Toronto, ON – Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today announced that wagering on its tracks, Woodbine and Mohawk, is now available in racebooks throughout the state of Nevada. Five thoroughbred cards and five standardbred cards per week are being beamed into most of the state’s 83 racebooks, including high-profile destinations Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, Caesars Palace and Mirage […]
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Thornbury, ON – In keeping with its mission to become one of the pre-eminent horse parks in Canada and the U.S., Cedar Run is in the final few weeks of completing the equestrian and show jumping portion of the park, with three grand rings, two smaller show rings and warm up areas all to be […]
Representatives from national and provincial organizations and breed groups gathered in Calgary on June 7 to share ideas, present issues and discuss solutions for the equine ID system that has become inevitable for our industry. The conference was presented by the Horse Industry Association of Alberta with funding through the provincial and federal governments’ Growing […]
Toronto, ON – Bear Stables’ It’s Time Bear, with Emile Ramsammy aboard, made every pole a winning one Sunday at Woodbine, taking the featured $125,000 Bold Ruckus Stakes, an Ontario Sires event for three-year-olds. Sent postward an 11-1 outsider, It’s Time Bear immediately shot to the front in the six-furlong turf stake, taking the field of […]
Toronto, ON – Roderick Ferguson’s Southdale won his second consecutive race and first added-money event, in taking Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Eclipse Stakes at Woodbine. The 1 1/16-mile Polytrack event was just the fifth lifetime start for the four-year-old colt, trained by Ian Black and ridden by Emma-Jayne Wilson. A son of Street Cry, Southdale prevailed […]
Toronto, ON – Simply Splendid, superbly handled by jockey Chantal Sutherland, outbattled Miss Keller in late stretch to post a surprising upset in the Grade 2, $300,000 Nassau Stakes for fillies and mares, Saturday at Woodbine. The one mile contest over a ‘good’ E.P. Taylor Turf Course went postward with six starters, including odds-on Rainbow View, […]
Toronto, ON – David S. Willmot, Chairman of Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Eaves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective Friday, June 4, 2010. Mr. Eaves, who joined Woodbine Entertainment Group in 1994, succeeds Mr. Willmot, who has served as Chief Executive Officer since 1995. “It is a […]
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA), an umbrella association that represents all segments of the horse racing industry, is pleased to announce that Sue Leslie, its Chairman, will assume the duties of the departing Hector Clouthier. “Sue is and will continue to be a great asset to OHRIA as President and Chair,” […]
With the support of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) and industry members of the Medication Control Advisory Group, the University of Guelph (U of G) will be conducting a research study into hemoglobin levels in Ontario racehorses. The program will collect 200 pre-race and 200 post-race blood samples from a group of Quarter Horse, Standardbred […]
Ajax, ON – The Ontario Quarter Horse Racing Industry Development Program is pleased to announce that two handicapping brunches will be held at Ajax Downs this year. The handicapping brunches are meant to introduce new audiences to Quarter Horse racing; and to educate attendees on the decision making process involved in making a wager. You will […]
Ottawa, ON – The Breeds & Industry Division of Equine Canada would like to inform all stakeholders that, due to the reported finding of horses infected with vesicular stomatitis (VS) in Arizona, US, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has asked the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to suspend the issuance or endorsement of […]
Toronto, ON – Stewart Elliott, whose reputation as one of thoroughbred racing’s hardest working jockeys is well-earned, was today named the 2010 recipient of the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award. Born March 1, 1965, Elliott lived in Toronto until he was seven years old, when, in 1972 he moved with his family to Hong Kong for six […]
Toronto, ON – Chair Rod Seiling announced that Dan Nixon of Toronto has been appointed by the Government of Ontario as a member of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) for a period of two (2) years, effective May 29, 2010. With a professional background in finance and banking, Mr. Nixon has been an owner of […]
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) today announced that the Ontario Ministry of Finance has confirmed a continued commitment to the highly successful Quarter Horse Racing Industry Development Program (QHRIDP). For the 2011 through 2016 period, the QHRIDP will receive a fixed amount of $8 million annually from the Ontario Slots at Racetracks […]
Toronto, ON – Sam-Son Farm charge Grand Adventure captured Sunday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Connaught Cup Stakes at Woodbine. Under jockey Patrick Husbands, the son of Grand Slam raced out of trouble on the outside, started to rally near the top of the long E.P. Taylor Turf Coirse stretch, seized command near the one-sixteenth pole and stayed […]
