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Happy Canadian National Horse Day

Happy Canadian National Horse Day

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Show us the love! Let’s fill our social feeds with horses from coast to coast! Celebrate Horse Day and share your favourite horse photos on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter using the hashtags #Canada❤️Horses #horselove #horseday

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New Owner Brad Clark of Kawartha Lakes Celebrates First Win With 'Moonbar'

New Owner Brad Clark of Kawartha Lakes Celebrates First Win With 'Moonbar'

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AJAX DOWNS, MAY 30, 2023 - Michelle Olson set a goal for herself a few years ago to own and train a Quarter Horse to race at Ajax Downs. The young horsewoman and former ironworker will realize that dream as she will start her 3-year-old filly Gin Xpress in race 2 on Wednesday May 31, the fourth racing day of the 2023 Ajax Downs meeting.

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Peterborough's Michelle Olson Starts First Horse at Ajax Downs May 31

Peterborough's Michelle Olson Starts First Horse at Ajax Downs May 31

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AJAX DOWNS, MAY 30, 2023 - Michelle Olson set a goal for herself a few years ago to own and train a Quarter Horse to race at Ajax Downs. The young horsewoman and former ironworker will realize that dream as she will start her 3-year-old filly Gin Xpress in race 2 on Wednesday May 31, the fourth racing day of the 2023 Ajax Downs meeting.

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Horse of the Year Had to Be Ivory Stretches Winning Streak to Seven

Horse of the Year Had to Be Ivory Stretches Winning Streak to Seven

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AJAX DOWNS, MAY 18, 2023 - Making his 8-year-old debut, reigning Horse of the Year HAD TO BE IVORY showed no signs of slowing down as he romped to an easy 1 1/4 length win in the $30,375 Norman Picov Maturity at Ajax Downs on Wednesday. This was the fourth time Had to Be Ivory, owned and bred by Carol and Jaime Robertson of Hillsburgh, ON, has won the Maturity, the first stakes race of the Quarter Horse season.

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The Turcottes: The Remarkable Story of a Horse Racing Dynasty

The Turcottes: The Remarkable Story of a Horse Racing Dynasty

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2023 is the 50th anniversary of Secretariat's Triple Crown victory. Yes, fifty years ago, Secretariat, a horse so powerful and fast that many of his records still stand today, completed his historic Triple Crown campaign – his win was so popular with race fans that many winning $2 tickets were never surrendered for the $s. Secretariat's rider was Ron Turcotte who grew up as one of 14 children in the small town of Drummond, New Brunswick, noted for its timber industry not horse racing! Four o...

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Remembering Norm Picov

Remembering Norm Picov

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Ajax Downs, Thursday, April 13, 2023 - Community, family, philanthropy, and his beloved horses. These were some of the most important things to Norm Picov, a man determined to grow the sport and community he loved in his hometown of Ajax. Taking the reins from his father Alex Picov in 1952, one of the founders of Quarter Horse racing in Ontario, Norm transformed his family's farm, Picov Downs, into a state-of-the-art Quarter Horse track and casino known today as Ajax Downs.

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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame - Last Call for Nominations

Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame - Last Call for Nominations

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The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) is advising the Canadian horse racing industry of upcoming changes to the Elimination Guidelines (EG). Veterinarians and trainers should adjust their treatment protocols before the changes described below come into effect on April 3, 2023. The EGs on CPMA’s website will be updated at that time.

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Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Memorandum

Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency Memorandum

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The Canadian Pari-Mutuel Agency (CPMA) is advising the Canadian horse racing industry of upcoming changes to the Elimination Guidelines (EG). Veterinarians and trainers should adjust their treatment protocols before the changes described below come into effect on April 3, 2023. The EGs on CPMA’s website will be updated at that time.

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Had to Be Ivory Named Ajax Downs 2022 Horse of the Year

Had to Be Ivory Named Ajax Downs 2022 Horse of the Year

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Carol and Jaime Robertson's Ontario homebred HAD TO BE IVORY was named the 2022 Quarter Horse of the Year at the Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario and Ajax Downs awards banquet at the Ajax Convention Centre on Saturday, February 18. This was the first in-person awards ceremony for the Quarter Horse community since 2019.

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New LongRun Executive Administrator

New LongRun Executive Administrator

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LongRun is very pleased to welcome Sarah Bowen as their new Executive Administrator, replacing Wendy Muir, who is retiring at year end after eight plus years at the helm.

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