Faces At The Races: Craig MacPherson

Family history and fatherly advice prompted Craig MacPherson to consider a career as a thoroughbred trainer back in the 1980s. Some 300 wins later, he's still making his mark on the West Coast.
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A Canadian Link to European Horse Meat Scandal

Dutch meat trader Jan Fasen, who worked for Draap Trading, the company at the centre of last year’s European horse meat scandal, is currently in custody as subject of a meat-labelling fraud investigation. The charges stem from an incident in which horse meat from Romania found its way into numerous frozen ground beef products in […]
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OHRIA Responds to Auditor General Report

The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) was not surprised by the findings contained in the Auditor General’s Report on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming’s (OLG’s) Modernization Plan considering the devastation the horse racing and breeding industry has endured since the cancellation of the Slots at Racetracks Program (SARP). “It is troubling when your own […]
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Confirmed Case of EHV-1 at Assiniboia Downs

The Manitoba Horse Racing Commission has issued a release confirming a case of neurological Equine Herpes Virus-1 (EHV-1) at Assiniboia Downs, a racetrack located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The ORC is closely monitoring the situation. While the quarantine at Assiniboia is in effect, trainers of horses that have been on the grounds of this track since […]
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OLG Modernization Plan “Overly Optimistic,” Auditor General says in Special Report

A 2012 plan to modernize the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and generate higher profits for the province was “overly ambitious” and “overly optimistic,” Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk said in a Special Report released today. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation’s Modernization Plan Special Report also found that the “abrupt cancellation” of a program […]
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Hastings Opening Day

  The skies cleared about 1:00pm on Sunday at Hastings Racecourse and the race goers poured in for what appeared to be the largest opening day crowd in many, many years. General Manager, Darren MacDonald in his first year as G.M of the East Hastings Oval was grinning from ear to ear as the handle […]
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Manitoba Jockey Club Signs Deal with the Province

A year-long legal battle between the Manitoba Jockey Club (MJC) and the provincial government over funding of live Thoroughbred racing at Assiniboia Downs has come to an end. In a joint statement on April 23rd, it was announced that the parties have entered a 12-year deal, which will see the MJC continue to operate the […]