Quotes from 2019 AG report on Horse Racing Ontario’s 15 racetracks currently rely on annual government funding of close to $120 million to subsidize the horse racing industry in the province. In addition, 11 of these racetracks host provincial slot facilities, and receive about $140 million in annual lease revenues from OLG and…
Letter from Jim Wilson MPP to the Honourable Doug Ford MPP
http://www.auditor.on.ca/en/content/annualreports/arreports/en19/v1_312en19.pdf
On December 12, 2019 the Ontario Harness Horse Association, (OHHA) learned of the new implemented changes to the scratch rule at Flamboro Downs and Western Fair Raceway from the posting on the Standardbred Canada website. The new rule would see any horse that scratches from an outside post for any reason will be assigned the…