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On the heels of his horse Warrawee Needy becoming a co-world record holder, Rideau Carleton Raceway’s Norm Borg talks to Carl Jamieson in the first of a series of interviews with members of the CHRHF class of 2013 Norm Borg Interview with Carl Jamieson – July 2013

In a story published in the Sunday, June 30th edition of The Star our own Louis Cauz and Tom Cosgrove share just a few of the colourful stories and history from the first 153 editions of The Queen’s Plate with reporter Joseph Hall.  Tales of the race being won by both the most wealthy and

We thought it might be fun to take a look at all the connections to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame to this year’s Pepsi North American Cup horses, and what we found is that 9 horses in the 10 horse field as well as the Also Eligible horse have connections to Canadian Horse

Tickets are now available to purchase for the 2013 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Induction Dinner and Ceremony.  Complete details available below:

The Canadian Film Centre located at the Windfields Estate in Toronto, the former home of celebrated Canadian Edward Plunket (E.P. Taylor) held a ground breaking ceremony on Wednesday, May 15 to mark the commencement of construction on their new Northern Dancer Pavilion. The beautiful estate property of the Taylor family, has been the home of Norman Jewison’s

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Lou Cavalaris Jr. at the age of 89 on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013.  Inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1995,  among the honours achieved in a career spanning three decades, included being the trainer of Hall of Fame horses Cool Reception and

April 29, 2013 The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its 2013 Legend inductees. Legends are people and horses whose accomplishments occurred a number of decades ago.  They made unique contributions to horse racing in Canada and our Hall is pleased to recognize the special roles they played.   Standardbred Legends Samuel

World Class racing greats Secretariat and Niatross headline the field of 13 new Hall of Fame inductees under new rules that allow international competitors into Canada’s Hall.  There will be a total of three horses and three people representing Standardbreds, along with three horses and four people from the Thoroughbred ranks entering the Canadian Horse

Racing greats Secretariat and Niatross figure prominently on the 2013 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame election ballot which reflects the changes announced earlier this year. Eligibility now includes those people and horses who brought honour to Canadian horse racing. Also new to this year’s ballot is the Communicators category, added to honour those who

March 8, 2013 With less than a month remaining before the industry’s share of revenue from the Slots at Racetracks Program ends, OHRIA ‘s continuing efforts to engage the Premier and the government have resulted in a major policy change regarding the Horse Racing and Breeding Industry in Ontario. In a press-conference earlier today, Premier