Over the next few weeks the Ontario Equestrian Federation (OEF) will be packing up the office and moving a short distance down the street to its new location. Their phone numbers, staff extensions, fax numbers and email addresses will remain the same, but on March 1st you will be able to find them at:
1 West [...]
Courtesy of Standardbred Canada – www.standardbredcanada.ca
Following the recent release of the Drummond Report, and recommendations that would damage Ontario’s horse racing industry, Standardbred Canada is pleased that the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Canada’s largest voluntary farm organization, is in strong support of the men and women of Ontario horse racing.
“Horse racing is a vital part [...]
Wellington, Florida – Looking forward to the 2012 competition season, reigning Olympic champion Eric Lamaze has added several new horses to his show jumping stable following the tragic loss of his 2008 Olympic gold and team silver medal partner, Hickstead, in November.
Lamaze, 43, of Schomberg, ON, has acquired seven new horses. Five were registered as [...]
Texas A&M Researchers Unlock Quarter Horse Genome
COLLEGE STATION, TX – A truly American horse breed, the American Quarter Horse first came to being in the early colonial era in America. And in a study recently reported in the journal, BMC Genomics, researchers at Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM), working [...]
2nd Annual STRUT! for a JustWorld Fashion Show, Presented by Horseware Ireland
Wellington, Florida – The second annual ‘STRUT! Fashion for a Just World’ Fashion Show will be held Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Wellington Club on the grounds of the FTI Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, FL, following the $50,000 Vita Flex Match Race show jumping competition. The fashion [...]
Courtesy of http://www.ohria.com/
February 17, 2012
The Ontario Horse Racing Industry Association (OHRIA) has developed a strategy and is launching an intensive six-week grass-roots campaign to inform both the public and the Government of the economic impact of the horse racing industry in the Province of Ontario.
OHRIA has engaged the services of a public relations firm and [...]
Vedaprofen no Longer a Permitted Medication in Equine Canada Sanctioned Competitions
Ottawa, Ontario—The Equine Canada Medication Control Committee is announcing the following changes to Equine Canada medication control regulations regarding Vedaprofen.
As of June 1, 2012, Vedaprofen will no longer be a permitted medication in Equine Canada sanctioned competitions. As a result, horses competing in Equine [...]
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Ajax, Ontario L1S 2B9
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February 16, 2012
Honourable Dwight Duncan, MPP
Minister of Finance
7 Queens Park Crescent, 7th Floor,
Toronto, ON M7A 1Y7
RE: RESPONSE TO COMMENTS REGARDING THE ONTARIO SLOTS AT RACETRACKS PROGRAM
Dear Sir:
On behalf of the Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario Inc. (QROOI), I am writing to respond to statements you made [...]
HBPA OF ONTARIO – MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD!
15 February 2012
Dear Members,
The Ontario Horse Racing Industry is facing its most serious crisis yet. This past Monday the Ontario Government announced they were considering changes to the Slot at Racetracks revenue agreement shared by the horse racing industry. In 2011 the horse racing industry’s share paid through [...]
February 15, 2012 – QROOI – NOTICE TO THE INDUSTRY: VOICE YOUR SUPPORT FOR ONTARIO HORSE RACING
In response to the Ontario Government’s announcement that they are considering changes or a reduction to the Slots at Racetracks revenue shared by the horseracing industry we are asking you to ‘STAND UP’ for our industry. ‘STAND UP’ for [...]
