Serving the Interests of Ontario Standardbred Breeders
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 »
With the first Ontario Sires Stakes event of the season taking place at The Raceway at the Western Fair District on Tuesday, May 28 (three-year-old colt trot draw closes on Thursday, May 23 at 10:00 a.m.), the OSS Administration is providing an update on the OSS Racing Guides. Due to the delay in confirming race […] Read more »
While the interview was taped just hours prior to Thursday’s bombshell announcement that Paul Godfrey had been fired as the Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, the discussion between host Norm Borg and John Snobelen is just as relevant. In fact, the argument could be made that horse racing’s chances to access different […] Read more »
On Tuesday, May 21, Ontario New Democratic Party Leader Andrea Horwath announced that her party will support the Ontario Liberal Party’s provincial budget, thus averting an election. According to a report by the CBC, Horwath made the announcement during a news conference at Queen’s Park. “We are prepared to support this budget within a process […] Read more »
Trot Insider has learned that a horse located in Quebec, who was recently stabled at an Ontario training centre, has tested positive for equine herpesvirus-1 (EHV-1). Pacing mare Invisible Children was stabled in the Campbellville area before being shipped to Quebec where the signs of the disease became evident. A test performed at Laboratoire Biovet […] Read more »
Sue Leslie, President of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA), issued the following statement regarding the departure of Paul Godfrey and the OLG Board of Directors. “Ontario’s horse racing and breeding industry has been reeling since March 2012 when the Government of Ontario announced the cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks Program. Our […] Read more »
