Woodbine Entertainment continues its campaign to resume live horse racing in Ontario. Trot Insider recently obtained a letter and supporting document sent by Woodbine to the Mayor of Milton Gordon Krantz illustrating …
Eligibility For Vaccination Notice
On Saturday (April 10) Woodbine Entertainment issued a notice to Ontario’s horsepeople regarding COVID-19 vaccination information. The release is as follows: The Government of Ontario has now moved to Phase …
Ontario Racing In Discussions Regarding Equine Benefit Payments
Ontario Racing, in response to the latest impacts of COVID-19 on the provincial horse racing industry, is actively working with industry partners, government officials and others, in an effort to …
OSS Sustaining Payment Update
Ontario Sires Stakes sustaining payments of $600 ($480 U.S.) for two-year-olds are due April 15, 2021. Due to the current racing shutdown, Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) staff members are working …
2021 COSA Fantasy Stable Entry Form
The Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) and TROT Magazine are pleased to announce the 2nd annual COSA Fantasy Stable Contest. Administered by Standardbred Canada, the inaugural contest, held in 2020, proved to …
Training Suspended At Mohawk
As a result of the Provincial State of Emergency declared today by the Government of Ontario, which includes a province-wide 28-day stay-at-home order effective Thursday, April 8 at 12:01 a.m., Woodbine Entertainment …
Standardbred Support Payments Announced
On Tuesday (April 6) Ontario Racing issued a notice to the harness racing industry regarding support payments for the cancelled race cards that were slated to be conducted at The …
GCGC Sale Approved Under Investment Canada Act
On Monday (April 5) Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (TSX: GC) (“Great Canadian” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that Raptor Acquisition Corp. (the “Purchaser”), an affiliate of funds managed …
Robert ‘Bob’ Burgess Passes
Longtime harness racing industry participant and Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Famer Robert ‘Bob’ Burgess, Q.C. of Rockwood, Ont. passed away on Saturday, April 3 at the age of 85. …
Wallace On Hall Of Fame Nominations
Horse racing was not on Ben Wallace’s radar for a life path, let alone a 50-year training career. But the winds of chance carried the Kitchener, Ont. native away from …