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Clinton Raceway welcomes first visit from Ontario Sires Stakes and the $60,000 Kin Pace Final this Sunday July 9
Jul 07, 2017

In conjunction with the Kinsmen and Kinette Club of Clinton’s annual festival, PlucKinFest and the Municipality of Central Huron’s, Canada 150 Celebrations, Clinton Raceway is the place to be this Sunday. The Kin Pace, which is open...

Close race for training title at The Raceway
Dec 15, 2017

From WFD Media London, December 14, 2017 - The race for the 2017 Trainer Of The Year at The Raceway at Western Fair District is coming right down to the wire with just nine programs remaining in the season. Heading into Friday...

C Mary and Treasures Pearl edge up Grassroots standings
Aug 15, 2017

A pair of $19,150 Grassroots divisions for the three-year-old pacing fillies served as an appetizer for the third leg of the World Driving Championship at Georgian Downs on Tuesday evening.The Ontario Sired fillies opened the program and it was...

Common Questions and Answers: Ontario Racing Delivers Stranded Standardbred Purse Funds to Industry
Jul 27, 2017

Q: What is the stranded purse account?A: Following the closure of some Standardbred racetracks, as well as some program changes, some purse monies were left undistributed and “stranded”. The stranded purse account was being held in...

Congratulations to all of the O'Brien Award nominees
Jan 11, 2018

The winners will be announced at the annual O'Brien Awards Black Tie Gala on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, at the Hilton Mississauga / Meadowvale hotel in Mississauga, Ont. This will mark the 29th edition of the O'Brien Awards, named in honour...

Connections hope local edge separates Grassroots trotters
Aug 11, 2017

(Photo of Dagfin Henriksen and North And South courtesy of New Image Media)Stormont Ventnor and North And South will be lined up one in front of the other in the first $19,150 Grassroots division at Kawartha Downs on Saturday night and the...

Cool Catomine upsets 82nd Prince of Wales
Jul 25, 2017

FORT ERIE, July 25 – Cool Catomine, a 14-1 longshot, edged past favoured Aurora Way in the last strides to take the 82nd edition of the Prince of Wales, second jewel of Canada’s Triple Crown of Racing, Tuesday at Fort Erie Race...

Country Boy rocks at Ajax
Jun 20, 2017

 (Photos by Laurie Overton; Mrs. First Lady Photo by New Image Media)   Forty-eight hours after smashing a seven-year-old track record at Ajax Downs, Ontario horse racing’s latest equine star Country Boy 123 was happily munching...

Dancin Doug and Sports Legend impress in their OSS debuts
Jul 08, 2017

(Photo of two-year-old pacing colt Dancin Doug, driven by Doug McNair, courtesy of New Image Media) Sons of Ontario sire Sportswriter put on a show at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening in the first Gold Series event for two-year-old pacing colts...

Darling, Waples and Filion double up in stakes action Sunday
Aug 20, 2017

Ontario’s talented three-year-old pacing colts kicked off the Honourable Earl Rowe Invitation Trot program at Georgian Downs on Sunday evening and trainer Jack Darling picked up two more Grassroots trophies to add to his collection.The...

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