The Healthy Horse - Finish Well. Plan to Start Well
Campbellville, Ontario — The Ontario Horse Council is a newly formed, not-for-profit organization created to represent the full breadth of Ontario’s horse industry.
Ontario Horse Council - One Industry, One Voice. One horse
Campbellville, Ontario — The Ontario Horse Council is a newly formed, not-for-profit organization created to represent the full breadth of Ontario’s horse industry.
Peighntmeadiamond Wins Again, Picov Championship Next
AJAX DOWNS, SEPTEMBER 24 2026 - Overcoming a stutter-step start and some jostling, PEIGHNTMEADIAMOND asserted his superiority once again as Ajax Downs' top older horse with a powerful win in the September 23 featured race.
Welcome to Horse Country at the 176th Erin Fall Fair!
The Erin Agricultural Society is delighted to welcome an exciting lineup of horse breeds and equine disciplines back to the 176th Erin Fall Fair.
Ontario's Horse Industry Newspaper
The Rider is Ontario's number one source for horse industry news and information both in print and online.
The newspaper is in its 51st year of publication. The Rider has special English, Western, Quarter Horse and general sections having many columns written by industry leaders, a comprehensive coming events section, stable, stallion, and service directories, real estate ads and classifieds. The Rider covers all English and Western disciplines as well as Quarter Horse Racing, Driving and various other breeds and disciplines. The Rider is distributed through subscription, through the memberships of our official association partners and through almost 300 tack and feed stores. The Rider is also available as a digital edition.
The Rider is a six time recipient of the Ontario Equestrian Federation Media of the Year award. Editor and Publisher, Barry Finn is the Past-president of the Independent Publishers Association of Ontario.
Our dedicated advertisers and faithful readers have kept the paper going strong for 51 years. We're looking forward to keeping you informed for many more years to come. We welcome your press releases and news.