On Friday (November 21), Ontario Racing Commission Executive Director Steven Lehman offered Trot Insider an update on the previously-announced five-year enhanced Horse Improvement Program (HIP) for Ontario Standardbreds. In late October, Lehman penned a letter to Jeff Leal, Ontario’s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, stating that discussions were ongoing with the Standardbred Breeders […] Read more »
Buchanan Wants Thoroughbred,Quarter Horse, and Standardbred Stakeholders To Work Together
The new chair of the Ontario Racing Commission says fractious horse racing partners need to band together to decide key issues regarding the industry’s future or have those decisions made for them by government. Elmer Buchanan told The Canadian Sportsman magazine the new funding model gives government the ultimate say in how money will […] Read more »
Standardbreds Compete At The Royal Horse Show
One of the great traditions of the Royal Horse Show returns again this year with the Road Horse Division. Standardbred trotters hit the show ring to display their brilliance and speed as they compete to become Canadian Champions. After months of training followed by competitions at local and regional horse shows and fairs, exhibitors […] Read more »
