AGCO Information

On December 10, 2015, the Ontario Legislature passed legislation which will transfer the regulatory responsibilities of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and change the adjudication process for the appeal of horse racing decisions in Ontario. In particular, the legislation will create a new adjudicative body called the Horse Racing Appeal Panel (HRAP). The HRAP will have responsibility for hearing appeals of decisions made under the Rules of Racing. At the same time, the adjudicative responsibility for matters dealing with proposed refusals, suspensions and revocations of licences pursuant to Notices of Proposed Orders will be transferred to the Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT).

For further information, please read “AGCO Information Bulletin - Changes to Adjudication of Horse Racing Appeals”

AGCO Licence

Presently, the individual AGCO licence form is not available online. However, a multi-jurisdictional form can be downloaded by following the link to the Association of Racing Commissioners International.