Hon. James Donnelly

The appellant, a thoroughbred licensee, appealed a Stewards' ruling that suspended him for three days and disqualified his mount from first position.

The Industry Appeal Board previously allowed his appeal regarding the suspension but did not address the disqualification.

At the Ontario Racing Commission hearing to address the order of finish, it was noted that the owner of the horse placed first after the disqualification was not given proper notice of the hearing regarding the order of finish.

The Commission adjourned the matter sine die to allow for proper service and the opportunity for all interested parties to be heard.

Woodbine Entertainment Group applied to the Ontario Racing Commission to cancel its remaining Sunday Standardbred race dates due to a shortage of horses and participants.

The Ontario Harness Horse Association opposed the application.

The Commission approved the cancellation on the condition that Woodbine schedule extra races on the remaining days of the meet to mitigate the loss of racing opportunities for horse people.