"Here They Come" -- 3_30_2012 -- USTA [06:50]
This week's edition of "Here They Come," the USTA's video podcast, featuring Paul Ramlow and Jessica Schroeder, takes a look at Dave Palone's 15000th career driving victory, with plenty of winner's circle video footage. Paul and Jessica also discuss the opening legs of the Blue Chip Matchmaker and Levy series at Yonkers, give an update on the case of strangles at Saratoga Raceway, and talk about the instructors lined up for the USTA Driving School.
Tags: harness racing, standardbred, Hoof Beats, horse racing, magazine, horse, AHP, USTA
PC MPP John O'Toole speaking at Queen's Park rally for Ontario's horse racing industry [00:40]
On Monday, March 26, members and supporters of Ontario's horse-racing industry showed up at Queen's Park en masse to protest the Ontario Liberal Government's decision to close slot parlours at a number of provincial raceways and inexplicably walk away from the mutually-beneficial and highly-successful slots-at-racetracks contractual partnership. With buses from all over the province converging on Queen's Park, more than 1500 individuals, including MPPs, representatives from all of Ontario's horsemen's groups and other political representatives, congregated in order to let elected leaders and the mass media know that the industry will not take the Liberals' hasty, misinformed, and reckless decision in stride. In closing multiple raceway slots parlours and planning to step away from the economic machine which is the slots-at-racetracks program, the Provincial Liberal Government has essentially taken the stance that employing 60000 Ontarians, raking in more than $1.36-billion in direct annual revenue, and creating $2-billion in annual economic impact for the province is not worth trumpeting, let alone saving. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has been falsely referring to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Slots at Racetrack revenue sharing program as a subsidy. His claim is that the Government has been providing a $345 million annual subsidy to Ontario's Horse Racing Industry. In a recent fundraising email to supporters, the Ontario Liberal Party suggested that they are "choosing ...
Tags: Ontario, Horse Racing, Horses, Breeding, harness racing, OLG, thoroughbred, standardbred, quarter horse, Liberal, Dwight Duncan, Andrea Horwath, Tim Hudak, farmer, farming, agriculture, casino, gambling, bet, Dalton mcguinty, jobs, employment, racetrack,
Steve Moran Selects - The weekend ahead at Moonee Valley and Bendigo [06:17]
Steve Moran shares his tips ahead of this weekend's racing at Moonee Valley this Friday night and at Bendigo's first standalone this Saturday, the Yalumba Golden Mile raceday.
Tags: Steve Moran, Betting, Racing Tips, Horse Racing, Racing Victoria, Yalumba Golden Mile, Bendigo Jockey Club, Moonee Valley Racing Club, Night Racing, The Fairy's Kiss, Testascana, Sabrage, Testa My Patience.
Hunting For Gold [20:15]
Sean Boyce's recent trip to Ireland saw him meet-up with top bloodstock agent, Tom Malone, to see just how to pick out a future champion.
Tags: Sean Boyce Horse Racing, Tom Malone Bloodstock, Irish P2P, Point-to-Point Racing, Denman, War Of Attrition, Best Mate, Beef Or Salmon, Quito De La Roque, Nicky Henderson, Paul Nicholls, Willie Mullins
Horse for Sale - Ria [05:00]
Ria is a beautiful buckskin mare, for sale as of 12/19/2011. She is an honest and willing mount with a lot of try. She's great out on trail, alone or with other horses. She has a lovely forward movement, crosses water, rides in traffic, ponies other horses, and will go all day if you ask her. Ria excels with a confident rider. She walk/trot/lopes around the arena pleasantly,and we are currently working on collection. Ria has a ton of potential for speed events (barrels, poles, etc) and she loves cows! She'd make a fantastic team penner - take her home and have her win your next buckle! Ria is currently listed for sale at $3000 OBO, and needs to sell quickly.
Tags: Horse, mare, buckskin, team penning, ranch sorting, barrel racing, pole bending, barrels, poles, gymkhana, Gymkhana (equestrian), Brass, Ring, Sun, Farms