May 22, 2012:

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association has announced that it has created a task force which is aiming at dialogue with the Ontario Government. The task force has retained former Ontario Racing Commission Chair Stanley Sadinsky to assist and advise it on the development of the plan

May 23, 2012:

The Ontario Harness Horse Association has announced the details of a meeting for its District 5 members. In addition to that, OHHA is also reminding its members of District 10 meeting, which will take place tonight, and a District 7 meeting, which will take place this Friday

May 22, 2012:

After an initial TV run last week, the producers of Race Day are pleased to announce the short documentary about harness racing will continue to air on select Rogers TV stations in Ontario

May 22, 2012:

Driver Doug McNair and trainer Joe Pereira teamed up to kick off the fifth annual Slots Cup Series with a pair of popular winners on Tuesday at Western Fair Raceway

May 22, 2012:

An accident involving most of the fifth race field occurred at Rosecroft Raceway on Tuesday night sending at least three drivers to hospital

May 22, 2012:

Sending Ballykeel Ulysses out in last week’s Ontario Sires Stakes Gold elimination over The Raceway at Western Fair District was a strategic move by owner Cam McKnight, which paid off in spades when the three-year-old trotter earned a berth in this Friday’s $130,000 Gold Final

May 22, 2012:

It’s always refreshing to see a success story wherever you find one. Right now, those in Hanover, Ont. don’t have to look too far, as there is a horse with ties to the community that everyone is taking notice of

May 22, 2012:

A half-dozen three-year-olds --- five colts and a gelding --- have been entered to contest Yonkers Raceway's Art Rooney Pace

May 22, 2012:

Innisfil Mayor Barb Baguley has reaffirmed her desire to see gaming remain and expand at Georgian Downs in light of the recent RFI/gaming zones announcement from Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.

May 22, 2012:

Eight of North America’s top free for all pacers have earned their spots in the $300,000 final of the Molson Pace, the signature race for The Raceway at Western Fair District, on Friday

May 22, 2012:

The I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club is gearing up for the $300,000 final of the Molson Pace, set to take place this Friday, May 25 at The Raceway at Western Fair District, featuring some of the best pacing horses in North America. It’s one race you don’t want to miss!

May 21, 2012:

“I’m living the dream. I’m literal, living proof dreams can come true, and the goals you had as a child, you can get them in your life.”

May 22, 2012:

Trot Insider has learned that owner J. Ronald 'Ron' Burgess passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 20 with his family at his side at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital

May 22, 2012:

The Standardbred Retirement Foundation has opened its online auction as part of its annual golf fundraising event

May 22, 2012:

Officials from Kawartha Downs have informed Trot Insider that there will be a pair of track closures occurring in the near future

May 22, 2012:

Officials with Georgian Downs have announced details regarding upcoming schooling races for two-year-olds

March 4, 2010:

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

May 11, 2012:

The Letter below was sent on Friday (May 11) afternoon from Sue Leslie, President of the Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association to the Premier of Ontario responding to a series of inaccurate comments Minister Duncan made about horse racing, while attacking a significant foreign investor

May 14, 2012:

Ed James was recently recognized at the leading owner at Grand River Raceway for 2011, but after today James might just be heralded as the leading owner in all of Canadian horse racing after paying for a full-page pro-racing ad in Monday's (May 14) Toronto Star,

May 14, 2012:

"If the slots were removed from Woodbine you would see the end of Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto."

May 19, 2012:

After the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation revealed its gaming zones for potential casino expansion on Thursday, one MPP feels that the government's move to end the slots at racetrack program in 2013 will end up costing them money both now and in the future

May 10, 2012:

After being compared to jailed investor Bernie Madoff in Thursday's (May 10) Guelph Mercury, Ontario Finance Minister and Deputy Premier Dwight Duncan issued a public reply

May 17, 2012:

On Thursday, May 17, the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. issued a Request for Information in regard to its expansion of private-sector gaming in accordance with its previous-announced and highly controversial gaming modernization plan

May 7, 2012:

The Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA), which represents the majority of Standardbred horsepeople in Ontario, met with Mr. Paul Godfrey, Chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), and Ms. Beth Webster, Senior VP Marketing, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, on May 2

May 18, 2012:

During a Thursday morning town hall meeting in Guelph, horsemen Jody Jamieson and Anthony MacDonald took the opportunity to discuss the Ontario Liberal Party's recent actions toward the provincial horse-racing industry with Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim

May 16, 2012:

Dodging the spotlight while the province's second largest agricultural sector has been under attack from his reigning Liberal Party, Ontario Minister of Agriculture Ted McMeekin has now chosen to comment extensively

May 4, 2012:

On Friday, May 4, officials from Windsor Raceway announced via release that they are expecting for all operations at the track to cease August 31, 2012

May 6, 2012:

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry is part of a highly competitive global market. The industry contributes 60,000 jobs, $1.1 billion to the provincial government and $2 billion in recurring expenditures – all of which would be lost if the Slots at Racetracks Programs is cancelled in Ontario

May 18, 2012:

Word comes from Queen's Park that earlier this week the Liberal government quietly amended the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act to remove any need for a municipality to vote in favour of a casino before

May 3, 2012:

Members of Ontario's horse racing industry ask Premier Dalton McGuinty what the future holds for their industry if the Slots at Racetrack partnership is

April 2, 2012:

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan continues to downplay the significance of the horse racing and breeding industry in Ontario, along with the number of jobs that would be impacted by ending the Slots at Racetracks

March 23, 2012:

Fully three quarters of Ontarians say they approve of the 'Slots at the Racetrack' program (74%), and two-thirds approve of the specific terms of the deal OLG currently has with Ontario's horse racing tracks (61%) according to a new survey conducted by Forum Research

March 21, 2012:

Trot Insider continues to report on all major stories as the horse racing industry faces an unprecedented threat from the Government of Ontario with their latest