May 23, 2012:

Following a period of public consultation, the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has approved an application received from Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) to vary the approved 2012 race date schedule for Mohawk

May 23, 2012:

From humble beginnings with many of the foundation races in her career tracing to Ontario's Rideau Carleton Raceway, Ornellaia Dream is now the prime force to be reckoned with in the top trotting class at Pompano Park

May 23, 2012:

Entering Wednesday, Dave Palone had 15,090 career wins, good for second place in North American harness racing history. Herve Filion holds the all-time record

May 23, 2012:

A racing fan who has always longed to grab the mike and call a race will get that chance at the upcoming Grand Circuit meet to be held at Goshen Historic Track

May 23, 2012:

Put On A Show brings a four-race win streak to Sunday afternoon’s $100,000 Betsy Ross Invitational for pacing mares at Harrah’s Philadelphia

May 23, 2012:

Meadowland Racetrack operator Jeff Gural has penned an open letter to horsemen in which he has expressed his dissatisfaction with the lack of entries to the track's pari-mutuel races

May 23, 2012:

Three drivers injured in a seven-horse accident at Rosecroft Raceway on Tuesday, May 22 are recuperating at Prince George’s County Hospital

May 23, 2012:

After capturing her first win of 2012 in her SBOA Stakes elimination last week, Legal Entity will state her case for top prize in the $161,218 final this Friday

May 23, 2012:

Imagine if your horse went out and recorded the fastest-ever mile in the 59-year history of a racetrack. Imagine if, in turn, you referred to the horse as "lazy."

May 23, 2012:

Woodbine Entertainment Group today announced the 2012 Mohawk standardbred meet, which kicked off last Thursday, will shift to a four-day-a-week schedule

May 23, 2012:

The Ontario Harness Horse Association has announced the details of separate meetings for its District 5 and District 9 members. In addition to those, OHHA is also reminding its members of a District 10 meeting, which will take place tonight, and a District 7 meeting, which will take place this Friday

May 23, 2012:

A new Equine Festival, which will take place this Saturday (May 26) and Sunday (May 27) at the Lindsay Fairgrounds, will include a special tribute to San Pail, Canada’s 2011 Horse of the Year

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 22, 2012:

Brian Sears hopes to make his first trip to Sweden a winning one. Sears will drive Arch Madness in Sunday’s prestigious Elitlopp, an invitational event that unites 16 of the world’s best trotters at Solvalla Racetrack

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:

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:

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:

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

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