Mother’s Day is just around the corner and we’ve got a great way for you to make this Mother’s Day one to remember for the whole family. Forget the flowers and chocolates, why not take a drive through the countryside and visit some mares and foals at one of four breeding farms taking part in [...] Read more »
In a video interview with Harold Howe of The Harness Edge, SBOA President Anna Meyers stresses the critical importance Read more »
A total of 46 pacers and 58 trotters remain eligible to the SBOA Stakes for 3-year-old Ontario-sired fillies following the April 15th payment. Eliminations for both the pacing and trotting divisions are scheduled for Friday May 18th at Mohawk Racetrack. SBOA Stakes Finals, each estimated at $160,000, will go Friday, May 25th. A list of [...] Read more »
The evening of Monday, April 30th, OHRIA and Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) co-sponsored an Industry Information Reception at Queen’s Park in Toronto. Attended by 58 of Ontario’s MPPs, plus some staff, the reception provided OHRIA and WEG the opportunity to personally interact with the members. The evening’s focus was to educate and inform the MPPs [...] Read more »
Standardbred Canada’s Nurse Mare Program is designed to assist in matching orphaned or rejected foals with nurse mares, and now the process is even easier. Breeders who have a nurse mare (a mare who has just lost a foal) that could be matched with an orphan foal, or a foal that requires a nurse mare, [...] Read more »
The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association applauds MPP Monte McNaughton’s private member’s bill, introduced in the Legislature on Thursday April 26, 2012 that would require local referendums prior to allowing new gaming facilities to be constructed. “We believe this bill is an important step and one that will ensure, just as the OLG Slots at [...] Read more »
