Seelster Farms has announced that the Dan Patch and O’Brien Award winning Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year, Wheeling N Dealin, is the latest addition to its stallion roster for 2016. Wheeling N Dealin enjoyed a spectacular freshman season during which time he never tasted defeat in nine starts. He swept the Bridger Series, won […] Read more »
CTV News Interviews Walter Parkinson About Breeders Lawsuit
On March 10, 2014 a group of 34 horse breeders from Ontario gave notice of Action to the OLG. CTV News reporter, Cristina Howorun, interviews Walter Parkinson of Seelster Farms about the lawsuit. Standardbred Breeders have tried for two years to get some form of fair compensation from the government of Ontario and OLG but both […] Read more »
Breeders Brace For Further Fallout From Slots Cancellation At The Yearling Sales
Ontario Standardbred breeders are set to feel further fallout from the cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks program when they send their horses into the ring at the Canadian Yearling Sale this weekend at Flamboro Downs. SBOA President Anna Meyers said in an article in The Guelph Mercury, “I had really hoped when this all […] Read more »
Stallion Service Fees Should Be Rolling In–But It’s Not Happening
Amid the current furor over the revenue losses the industry will suffer without the Slots at Racetracks revenue stream, not a great deal of attention has been paid to the plight of Ontario breeders. Harold Howe recently highlighted the immediate problems being faced by both stallion and broodmare owners in an editorial in the online […] Read more »
Uncertainty Over Slots Revenue is Already Impacting Ontario Breeders, says David Wilmot
In an article by JENNIFER MORRISON in the Toronto Star, Feb. 29, 2012, David Wilmot, Chair of Woodbine Entertainment Group blamed the uncertainty over the Slots at Racetracks Program for the cloud of gloom currently impacting Ontario breeders' investment decisions. Read more »
Nurse Mare Program Info For Ontario Breeders…Just In Case
‘Tis the foaling season and lots of bright-eyed healthy racing prospects are being delivered daily around the province. The law of averages says though, that sometimes things can go unavoidably wrong. It’s at times like that when we realize the value of the Nurse Mare Program that Standardbred Canada co-ordinates. The program is often […] Read more »
