Vision for the Future – Jim Lawson Jim Lawson, formerly the Chairman and newly-appointed CEO of Woodbine Entertainment Group, has a long and accomplished association with the sport of horse racing. His father, the late Mel Lawson, was a highly successful and high-profile thoroughbred owner/breeder, the man behind Jim Dandy Stable. Lawson is currently the […] Read more »
2014 Woodbine Entertainment Group’s SBOA Stakes Sustaining Payments Due April 15th
2014 Woodbine Entertainment Group’s SBOA Stakes for 3 year-old filly pacers and trotters will have eliminations on Saturday, May 24, 2014 ($25,000 G each) and the final on Saturday, May 31, 2014 ($160,000 E). Both elimination and final will be raced at Mohawk Raceway. The fourth of five sustaining payments for $300 is due April 15, 2014. […] Read more »
Sustaining Payments For Woodbine Entertainment Group’s SBOA Stakes Due March 17, 2014
2014 Woodbine Entertainment Group’s SBOA Stakes for 3 year-old filly pacers and trotters will have eliminations on Saturday, May 24, 2014 ($25,000 G each) and the final on Saturday, May 31, 2014 ($160,000 E). Both elimination and final will be raced at Mohawk Raceway. The third of five sustaining payments for $300 is due March […] Read more »
Premier Kathleen Wynne Attends 50th Anniversary Of Racing At Mohawk Raceway
Premier of Ontario Kathleen Wynne was on hand at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night for the 30th edition of the North America Cup, and made two special presentations. “I want to congratulate Mohawk on 50 years of good, strong industry in the province and I want to say that the reason I’m here is […] Read more »
SBOA and Simcoe Stakes Sustaining Payments Due In WEG Stakes Office Friday, Feb. 15
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has announced that the sustaining payments for the 2013 SBOA Stakes and Simcoe Stakes divisions, which are to be contested at Mohawk, are due Friday, February 15. The fees that are due are as follows: 2013 WEG/SBOA Stakes – Pacing and Trotting Fillies (foals of 2010) Three-year-old sustaining fee: $300 2013 Simcoe […] Read more »
OHRIA Praises WEG Deal, But Asks What About The Rest Of The Industry?
Below is a press release issued on Wednesday evening, January 23, 2013 from the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Associastion (OHRIA) commenting on the agreement reached between the Ontario Government and Woodbine Entertainment Group. The Ontario Government and Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), owners of Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto and Mohawk Racecourse in Campbellville, announced a deal […] Read more »
