With things at a standstill at their home track due to a COVID-19 shutdown, a pair of horses who call Woodbine Mohawk Park home ruled The Meadowlands Saturday night (April 24) as trotter Its Academic and pacer Sintra scored in the co-featured $30,000 Preferreds. Sintra was nothing short of scintillating in overcoming post 10 to […] Read more »
Shutdown Poses Major Implications
A fortnight may not seem like that long, especially in comparison to the 403 days since the novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. However, the two-week extension to the current shutdown imposed on Ontario horse racing that was announced on Friday (April 16) has delivered a major aftershock to the […] Read more »
Eligibility For Vaccination Notice
On Saturday (April 10) Woodbine Entertainment and Ontario Racing issued a notice to Ontario’s horsepeople regarding COVID-19 vaccination information. The release is as follows: The Government of Ontario has now moved to Phase 2 of its COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan which provides eligibility to essential frontline workers who cannot work from home, which includes agriculture and farm […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Machnhope, Upsets In Matchmaker
The betting was focused on two mares in Monday’s $232,800 Blue Chip Matchmaker Series final at Yonkers Raceway, but in the end it would be 6-1 shot Machnhope that would get the job done in game fashion, overtaking Blue Ivy near the wire to score in 1:52.2 for driver Andrew McCarthy. The action was hot […] Read more »
Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame Announces Class Of 2021
The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to name three people and three horses to be inducted as the Hall’s Class of 2021. As previously announced, the Board of Directors agreed to reduce the number of inductees for the Class of 2021 to three per breed. This will allow for the 2020 and […] Read more »
Equine Benefit Payments Now Available
Ontario Racing is pleased to announce that Standardbred horsepeople now have the opportunity to access certain purse funds that remain available under the Funding Agreement with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) as a result of the suspension of live racing in the province as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The aforementioned funds were […] Read more »
