Equine Guelph has launched an innovative experience for horse owners with its free online offering,,”Journey Through the Joints”, now on its website. Sponsored by Pfizer, the interactive experience takes you below the surface of lower joints, through various stages of joint disorder, and suggests ways to manage inflammation. “We think it’s really important to teach […] Read more »
New OLG Accounting Procedures Will Net Gaming Host Municipalities 5.25%
Beginning in 2013, all host municipalities will see their share of revenue from Ontario Lottery and Gaming facilities effectively bumped from 5 to 5.25%. The increase reflects a change in OLG accounting procedures, as it moves from Canadian to International standards, and the attendant effect on the calculation of net revenue. The new net for […] Read more »
Final OMAFRA Transition Panel Report Submitted Oct. 15th, No Legislation Required, Says Snobelen
OMAFRA Horse Racing Transition Panel member John Snobelen has told radio personalities Paul and Carol Motts that the Panel’s Final Report was submitted Monday, October 15th. None of the recommendations requires legislation, Snobelen said, so the current prorogation of parliament will not be a delaying factor. Snobelen also told the Motts that Agriculture Minister Ted […] Read more »
Opposition Parties Adamant Legislature Should Not Be Prorogued Following McGuinty’s Surprise Resignation As Premier
According to October 15th interviews with the Toronto Sun, neither NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, nor PC Leader Tim Hudak supports Dalton McGuinty’s plan to prorogue Parliament in league with his surprise resignation announcement. Prorogation could stymie legislature activities for six months while the scandal-ridden Liberals organize a Leadership Convention and try to regroup. Horse racing […] Read more »
Industry Uncertainty Whacks Standardbred Breeders At Forest City Sale
The quagmire the Ontario Government has created by killing the Slots at Racetracks Program continued to devour breeders at the Forest City Sale, Oct. 13-14. During the two-day auction at the London Agriplex 257 yearlings sold for an average of $10,519–a perilous drop of some 42.5% from the $18,311 average in 2011. All totalled, 257 […] Read more »
“Advanced Equine Health Through Nutrition” To Be Offered Online By Equine Guelph
Equine Guelph, University of Guelph, has opened registrations for “Advanced Equine Health through Nutrition”, a 12-week online course designed to increase nutritional awareness by incorporating advances in research and evolving horse management practices. “This course in particular takes the basic nutritional recommendations and teaches students how to apply them, particularly when feeds may be causing […] Read more »
