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ORC Issues Final Race Date Schedule for Fort Erie Race Track

Further to the Notice to the Industry issued December 20, 2011 regarding the conditional approval of the 2012 race dates for Fort Erie Race Track, and given that no applications were received to vary the 2012 schedule, the Director is providing Notice of the final decision regarding the 2012 live and simulcast Race Date Schedule […]
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Equine Canada Works With the CFIA to Control EIA

With the resurgence of Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) infected horses in Canada in 2011, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), in consultation with Equine Canada’s Health and Welfare Committee, is developing a new protocol for dealing with this disease. The CFIA is seeking input from members of the Canadian horse industry in the program’s redesign. […]
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ORC Ensures Wagering Continues

In order to ensure wagering on horse racing in Ontario continues beyond March 31, 2012, the Board of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has authorized the use of access agreements between individual ORC licensed horsepeople and licensed racetracks for the purpose of compliance with Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) betting supervision regulations. With this move, racetracks […]
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Designated Ports of Entry into Canada for Slaughter Horses

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is reminding transporters and importers that as of January 1, 2012, all shipments of feeder and slaughter horses entering Canada from the United States by ground transportation will be required to proceed through designated ports of entry. Shipments will only be accepted during regular CFIA hours of operation.   […]
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2011 Woodbine Thoroughbred Meet Shows Strong Rise in Handle

Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today announced its 2011 live Thoroughbred racing season saw a significant increase in handle over the previous year. The 165-day meet, which concluded December 4, saw an “all-sources” total of $423,210,680 wagered, a 7.5 per cent overall rise from the $393,506,550 figure recorded from the 167 dates offered last year. It […]
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ASPCA Calls for Permanent Ban on Horse Slaughter

Following the passage of the 2012 Agricultural Appropriations bill, the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) is urging support of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (HR 2966/S 1176), which would stop the slaughter of American horses for human consumption by banning it in the U.S. and prohibiting the transport […]
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Macdonald named WEG VP of Strategic Initiatives

Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today announced the appointment of Andrew Macdonald as the company’s Vice President, Strategic Initiatives. The newly created position will report to the organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Nick Eaves. In this role, Macdonald will focus exclusively on leading WEG’s various strategic initiatives which will have significant impact on the company’s […]
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Eagle Poise Talon-ted in Track Record-Setting Effort

Riverdee Stable’s Eagle Poise, under Patrick Husbands, rallied to win the Grade 3, $153,300 Valedictory Stakes, the final added-money event of Woodbine’s 2011 thoroughbred season, in record fashion. The five-year-old gelded son of Empire Maker dueled with a game Harrods Creek down the lane, gutting out a head score. Eye of the Leopard, the 2009 […]
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Casse, Contreras Set Records During 2011 Woodbine Meet

The year-end drama had played out well before Sunday’s huge 13-race season-ending card at Woodbine, but many of the magical moments of the meet were no less historic. Mark Casse set records in both major training categories. It was a fifth straight training title and sixth overall for Casse, who won 119 races, shattering the […]
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Contreras Sets Single-Season Earnings Record

Jockey Luis Contreras, who recently became just the second rider in the history of Woodbine to win 200 races in one meet, recorded another impressive feat, most purse earnings in a Woodbine season, a mark he set on Thursday afternoon. Contreras, who won the 2011 Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate with Inglorious, as well as […]
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Is Eagle Poise Poised to Take the Valedictory Stakes?

Eagle Poise, a five-year-old son of Empire Maker, who finished second in the 2009 edition of the $150,000 Grade 3 Valedictory Stakes, looks to go one better in the marathon feature on Sunday, closing day of the 2011 Woodbine thoroughbred meet. Owned by Riverdee Stable and trained by Graham Motion, Eagle Poise won the 1 […]
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Woodbine’s 2011 Thoroughbred Meet Set to Wrap

The 2011 Woodbine thoroughbred racing season will take its spot in the history books after Sunday’s 13-race card, which was drawn Thursday. The 165th and final day of the eight-month meet, which has a first-race post time of 1:00 p.m., will feature a season-high 155 horses, including eight also-eligible runners. For the serious horseplayers, both […]
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Contreras Eclipses 200 Wins in Woodbine Meet

Jockey Luis Contreras, currently leading the Woodbine standings, won his 200th and 201st races of the campaign, guiding Frank Di Giulio’s undefeated three-year-old filly Anywhere to victory in Friday afternoon’s seventh race and Mr. Monty to a triumph in the eighth. Contreras, who won the 2011 Woodbine Oaks and Queen’s Plate with Inglorious, as well […]
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Jenna’s Wabbit Seeks Third Win in Kingarvie

Jenna’s Wabbit, a two-year-old son of Old Forester-In The Buff, will try for his third-consecutive added-money score in Saturday’s $125,000 Kingarvie Stakes, at Woodbine. In fact, but for a neck loss in the Clarendon Stakes on July 3, the wascally ‘Wabbit’ would be working on a five-race win streak.  Still, Jenna’s Wabbit has been a […]
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Court Vision to Make Paddock Appearance at Woodbine

Court Vision, the 2010 Grade 1 Woodbine Mile and 2011 Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Mile champion, who will stand at Michael Byrne’s Park Stud in Ontario in 2012, will be paraded in the Woodbine walking ring on Saturday, at noon, as part of a retirement ceremony for the future stallion. Not only will the event […]