Horse Racing Appeal Panel
10 Carlson Court Suite 400 Toronto ON M9W 6A2
Comité d’appel des courses de chevaux
10, Carlson Court Bureau 400 Toronto ON M9W 6A2
HORSE RACING APPEAL PANEL
TORONTO, ONTARIO – MARCH 9, 2026
SB HRAP 05005 2026
NOTICE OF DECISION
IN THE MATTER OF THE HORSE RACING LICENCE ACT, S.O. 2015 C. 38 Sched. 9;
AND IN THE MATTER OF A MOTION BY THE REGISTRAR FOR AN ORDER QUASHING OR SETTING ASIDE THE SUMMONSES TO WITNESS ISSUED TO DAVE PHILLIPS AND BRIAN VANVEEN OF THE ALCOHOL AND GAMING COMMISSION OF ONTARIO DATED FEBRUARY 6, 2026 IN THE APPEALS OF ANTHONY BEATON, JOHN BRIDGES, CASIE COLEMAN, MARK DUMAIN, JOHN FIELDING, DAVID MERCER, SSG STABLE, AND THREE LYONS RACING
Date of Issue:
March 9, 2026
Horse Racing Appeal Panel (Panel):
Stanley Sadinsky, K.C, Chair
Appellants:
Anthony Beaton, John Bridges, Casie Coleman, Mark Dumain, John Fielding, David Mercer, SSG Stable and Three Lyons Racing
Counsel for the Registrar (the Moving Party):
Domenico Polla
Counsel for the Responding Parties:
Jean-Marc MacKenzie
Decision:
The Panel grants the Motion as set out below.
WHEREAS the Responding Parties are licensed with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission (“Commission”);
AND WHEREAS the Deputy Registrar of the Commission and the Judges at Woodbine Mohawk Park and Flamboro Downs made decisions on the afternoon of October 13, 2023 to scratch the respective horses of the Responding Parties entered to race on October 13, 14 and 18 as a result of their trainer Anthony Beaton being fully suspended on the afternoon of October 13th;
AND WHEREAS all of the Responding Parties have appealed the aforesaid decisions and seek to have the race records of their respective horses updated to reflect that the scratching of such horses was done in error;
AND WHEREAS the Responding Parties who had horses that were scheduled to race in an
Ontario Sire Stakes Gold Super Final seek a redistribution of the purse monies in their respective
races in order to deliver to them the guaranteed starting fee of $3,000 for each applicable horse;
AND WHEREAS on February 16, 2026, the Registrar filed a Notice of Motion requesting an order quashing or setting aside the summonses to witness issued to Dave Phillips and Brian Vanveen of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario dated February 6, 2026;
AND WHEREAS on February 26, 2026 the Panel convened to hear the Registrar’s Motion;
TAKE NOTICE that the Panel grants the motion, and the summonses issued to Dave Phillips and Brian Vanveen dated February 6, 2026 are hereby quashed.
DATED on this 9th day of March, 2026.
Stanley Sadinsky, K.C., Chair
Horse Racing Appeal Panel