On Wednesday, December 11 in the backstretch of Woodbine Racetrack, Woodbine Entertainment conducted the most recent edition of the ‘Stronger Together: United Ontario Horse Racing for a Sustainable Future’ series. The Wednesday installment discussed Woodbine’s 2019 live Thoroughbred season and what the future holds for the track.

Woodbine’s CEO Jim Lawson and Racing VP Jonathan Zammit spoke to issues facing racing at Woodbine going forward including horse population, urging rules, interference rules, medication, development on the property and initiatives.

On the Ontario Sired Stakes program: There will be more money put towards Ontario-bred races (as opposed to Ontario sired races), “It continues to be an important part of our program. But, we need to expand it to create more and better opportunities for those horses to return to race at Woodbine. What we need are more horses & more Ontario breds.”

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