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The Board of Directors of the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario, (HBPA), is pleased to advise there will be live thoroughbred racing at Fort Erie Race Track in 2014. Meetings to organize, schedule and promote the race meet at the historic border oval are taking place.  Horse people can assist by spreading this […]

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame sends our sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of James (Jim) William Wright who passed away in Victoria, BC  January 31, at the age of 91.  Throughout much of Mr. Wright’s rich, full life, horse racing played a significant role, starting in 1950 with the purchase

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall invites the public to submit nominations for 2014 from both Thoroughbred and Standardbred industries in the following seven categories: Male Horse; Female Horse; Person, Jockey, Driver or Trainer; Builders, included but not limited to Breeders, Owners, and Officials; Communicators, those who have told the story of horse racing in Canada

Hall of Fame horse Afleet has died at Breeders Stallion Station in Japan at age 30 No horse had more of an impact on Canadian racing in 1987 than Afleet, a flashy 3-year-old colt who was named Horse of the Year. Owned and bred by Rick Kennedy of Toronto, the regally-bred colt was trained by

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame has learned that Builder Raymond Benoit has passed. We send our sincere condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Benoit. He was inducted in1985. To read more about his career go to https://chrhof.media-doc.ca/1985/01/05/raymond-benoit/“Funeral services were held Saturday in Laval, Que., for Raymond Benoit, longtime announcer and executive

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame extends sincere condolences to the McNiven Family and Killean Acres. “Longtime breeder and owner Don McNiven of Ingersoll, Ont., died on Saturday, Jan. 18. He was 81. Mr. McNiven played a major role in the harness racing industry. Although he worked for 35 years in the Ingersoll post

On Wednesday, January 15, Cam Fella was officially submitted to the nominating committee by Standardbred Canada for inclusion into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Only two horses — Big Ben and Northern Dancer — have been inducted into the sports hall, and no horse has had a bigger impact on Canadian Standardbred racing than Cam

The inaugural CTHS Online Winter Mixed Sale is now live at www.cthsont.com. 97 horses have been catalogued, including broodmares, stallion seasons and shares, weanlings, yearlings and horses of racing age. This year’s Sale includes Mares in foal to sires such as,  Bold n’ Flashy, Giant Gizmo, Leonnatus Anteas, Maclean’s Music, Marchfield, Messner, Mike Fox, Old

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame extends our condolences to the connections of 2000 inductee Apaches Fame who turned heads from the moment he stepped on a racetrack in 1989 with his Hall of Fame driver/trainer Bud Fritz  and won his first start as a two-year-old in the Kindergarten Stakes in an  impressive 1:57.4