Ontario’s horse-racing industry.The Ontario government announced Monday the province will enter into its COVID-19 reopening plan starting Friday.
That’s slightly ahead of the target day of Monday.As a result, Woodbine Entertainment revealed Monday standardbred and thoroughbred racing will go Friday without spectators at Woodbine Mohawk Park or Woodbine Racetrack, respectively.
Ontario set to enter provincewide COVID-19 reopening plan on June 11 Horse racing hasn’t been allowed in Ontario since the government declared a state of emergency and issued a stay-at-home order April 7.
The stay-at-home order expired Wednesday.Standardbred racing will resume at 7 p.m. ET on Friday while the ’21 thoroughbred card will open with a 1:20 p.m.