Toronto, ON – The Ontario Racing Commission’s (ORC) consultation with the industry on re-thinking the allocation of race dates is continuing. In the past few weeks, ORC Executive Director John Blakney has met individually with representatives of the various sectors of the racing community to begin discussions and provide background to this task.

At the invitation of the ORC Administration, representatives of racetracks, horse people associations and breeders met yesterday to continue the discussion of what is required to move forward. The meeting represented the completion of the preliminary consultation stage of this journey.