Premier Kathleen Wynne is expected to announce, on March 31st, that she will increase funding to the Ontario horse racing industry from $400 million promised last fall, to $500 million, over the next five years. Reportedly, the additional funds are intended to help breeders and are earmarked for regional tracks in Fort Erie, Ottawa and […]
ORC Manager of Veterinary Services Dr. Adam Chambers announced that the training time restrictions placed on horses stabled in Woodbine’s Barn 10 are now removed, effective March 27, 2014. Horses from Barn 10 are now free to train during regular training hours. Horses temperatures should continue to be taken twice daily and monitored closely for […]
On March 24th, a coalition of animal and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to stop the U.S. Forest Service from eliminating thousands of acres of protected territory and rounding up as much as 80% of the wild horses in the Devil’s Garden Wild Horse Territory […]
We Miss Artie, currently a top prospect on the Kentucky Derby trail for trainer Todd Pletcher, was today installed the early 4-1 favorite for the 155th edition of the Queen’s Plate. Last year, Midnight Aria led gate to wire to defeat Sam-Son Farm’s Up With the Birds to take the winner’s share of the $1 […]
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has revealed the findings of an undercover investigation into the backstretch behaviour of top Thoroughbred trainer Steve Asmussen and his assistant trainer, Scott Blasi, in a scathing New York Times article. The investigation, which was carried out and documented by a PETA investigator who acted as an […]
For those operating horse businesses, the Federal tax system has imposed a barrier unique to the horse industry and other farming industries.
A lesser achiever on the track has found his niche as an eventer.
What started out as an afterschool job working for his decorated horseman father has morphed into a coveted training career for Jamie Attard.
There has been a report of EHV-1 in a five-year-old Thoroughbred filly residing in Barn 10 at Woodbine Racetrack. The horse showed neurological signs on Thursday March 13th, but did not have a fever. The horse was removed from Woodbine to isolation on Saturday March 15th. The horse’s condition is stable. Results from tests available […]
Arrests and sit-in protests peppered the feral horse capture season this year as the (ESRD) issued three capture permits in January
