On Friday, June 28 the Horse Racing Industry Transition Panel released “Toward a Sustainable Future – A Draft Plan for Horse Racing in Ontario”, as mandated by Ontario’s Premier Kathleen Wynne. Horse Racing Industry Transition Panel June 21, 2013 The Honourable Kathleen Wynne Minister of Agriculture and Food Government of Ontario Dear Minister: It is […] Read more »
Standardrama At Orono Fairgrounds A Big Success
Organizers with Standardrama have said that this year’s edition of the event was a big success. The event took place at the Orono Fairgrounds on Sunday, June 23. “This year we had 43 entries, which well exceeded last year’s, and in one class there was more horses than we had at the entire show […] Read more »
Groups Get Together To Plan Future Of Horse Racing
Yesterday the Horse Racing Industry Transition Panel met with a number of Ontario industry groups in Guelph to sketch out in generality the plan it has devised to transform horse racing in the province. Present at the gathering was Rod Phillips the high profile CEO and President of Ontario Lottery & Gaming whose presence signaled […] Read more »
Join The Movement
Join Ernie Lillycrop in the movement from slots fan to horse racing fan. It started about five years ago. Ernie Lillycrop was eighty years old and he and his daughter, Kim, would make the trek into the Flamboro slots parlor once a week. “Then one day Dad says, why don’t we take our $20.00 and […] Read more »
Standardrama, June 23, 2013 At The Orono Fairgrounds
Standardrama has released the details surrounding its annual horse show. It is the first of four shows in the Ontario Standardbred Show Series. The show will be held at Orono Fairgrounds on Sunday, June 23 and will begin at 8:00 a.m. and run until 3:00 p.m. Organizers have announced that they are very excited to […] Read more »
Premier Issues Letter To Ontario’s Horse Racing Industry
In her capacity as Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture and Food, Kathleen Wynne issued a letter addressed to Ontario’s horse racing industry late Monday afternoon. Wynne’s letter is printed below in its entirety. The new Ontario government believes in a strong, sustainable future for the horse racing industry in this province. We have a plan, guided […] Read more »
