horse racing ontario

1
Open Letter to Premier Wynne

• As I sit here stewing over the predicament of the
  standardbred horse breeding industry in Ontario
  after talking to one of the principal owners of
  Seelster Farms I decided to put pen to paper with
  the hope that you might actually read my
  comments. Visit our store
• (http//www.racingfuture.com/)today to see for
  yourself.

2
The Racing Future Advocacy Progress Report

• Headed by former long-serving Liberal Member of
  Parliament and business executive and horse
  racing industry participant Dennis Mills as
  President and CEO, Racing Future was established
  in early 2012 as a business enterprise dedicated
  to motivating and inspiring a new generation of
  fans to get involved in and support the horse
  racing industry. 

3
Councillors vote for Flamborough casino

• Councillors voted at a marathon meeting Thursday
  that they strongly prefer a casino in
  Flamborough. They will only consider other sites
  if Flamboro Downs is found to be not a viable
  site.

4
Learning from The New York Horse Racing
Agriculture Alliance

• The direct, and indirect, economic impact of New
  York's horse industry in 2011 was 4.15 billion.
  A strong horse racing industry is vital to the
  New York agricultural and urban economies. Its
  continued growth needs to be ensured.

5
Racing Future why are we doing this?

• In our advocacy on behalf of everyone involved in
  horse racing, we get asked  why we are doing what
  we're doing at Racing Future.

6
Ontario Horse Racing Going Forward

• Thanks to Yvonne Schwabe, and the CTHS,
  Standardbred Canada, the Quarter Racing Owners
  Aasociation, Sue Leslie from OHRIA, all the
  individual contributors listed on our site and
  all the written efforts, we are heading into the
  final week of a seven month campaign to save the
  farmers and horses of Ontario.

7
A Speech to Remember David Willmot

• On Accepting the John W. Galbreath Award for
  Outstanding Entrepreneurship in the Equine
  Industry in 2001
• Thank you, Bob. I am delighted to be here. My
  wife, who is from Lexington, was editor of the
  now-defunct Thoroughbred Record when I met her
  and brought her to Canada. She found the
  following words of George Bernard Shaw that were
  often quoted by John Galbreath. Let me read them
  to you.

8
Supreme Court of Canada declares a historic
victory for horse racing

• In a historic ruling with wide-reaching
  implications , the Supreme Court of Canada has
  declared that financial losses from active
  involvement in the horse racing industry can be
  the result of a serious business activity and not
  subject to the 8,750 deduction limit under
  Section 31 of the Income Tax Act for losses from
  such activities as hobby farming.