Chris Dowding

Horse racing enthusiast | Father of two exciting energetic young men | MNP Partner | Canada's London 🇨🇦

[Chris Dowding @cdowding2]

@andyserling Imagination

[David Anderson @tipperary11]

Funding delays for nearly 6 months and counting. How much is enough @WoodbineTB? Taking money from the pockets of your own horse people to subsidize your own budgetary shortfalls. @ONTRacing does all the heavy lifting for the industry and you want to bully with your veto powers. Time for some accountability and leadership. @fordnation @theTDN @BloodHorse @paulickreport @TheTorontoSun @TorontoStar @globeandmail @CTHSOntario @HBPA_ONT

[Canadian Thoroughbred @CanadianTbred]

Funding Delay Sparks Industry Tension as Political Pressure Builds
While funding has been approved at the government and industry level, final execution requires sign-off from all parties, which has stalled. #horseracing #TBbreeders
https://t.co/DS9Uxh1dm2

[Ryan Clements @offandpacing_ry]

Building games is scary. We built the best game we've ever made. Only 214 people are playing it. I'm going to get to 10,000 and share the whole journey- every win, every failure. First move: setting up a table at a baseball card show this weekend to convince collectors to try a mobile game. No idea if it'll work.

[Niagara IceDogs @OHLIceDogs]

Hometown kid, Liam Spencer, is back in his hometown. 🏠

This is what dreams are made of.

📺 Catch your Niagara IceDogs take on the London Knights on @FloHockey and @yourtvniagara

#DogCountry

[VinFast Canada @VinFastCanada]

In Oakville, community means everything. And at VinFast Oakville, we’re not just a store - we’re your neighbors in the world of electric mobility.

#VinFastOakville #CommunityDriven #ElectricFuture #LocalService #DriveVinFast

[Trot Insider @trotinsider]

Tara Hills Stud Ltd. of Port Perry, Ont. is named the Armstrong Breeder of the Year as announced at the 2025 O'Brien Awards. This is the second win in this category for Tara Hills. Congratulations! #harnessracing

[Chris Dowding @cdowding2]

@WoodbineTB Congrats Pietro! It’s been an incredible run

[TechAlliance @TechAlliance]

Local sports tech innovator EventConnect is tapping into growing investment in youth sports and sports tourism, with sales up 30%+ annually over the past three years.

A strong example of founders building platforms aligned with real market momentum 👇
https://t.co/OxQtUfJWQo

[CTHSOntario @CTHSOntario]

We’re looking forward to welcoming everyone tomorrow for our Breeding Education Event! With sessions on strategic breeding, documentation, mare & foal care, reproductive health, and more, it’s set to be a valuable day for breeders at every level.

[CTHSOntario @CTHSOntario]

The countdown is on! The 2025 Canadian Digital Mixed Sale begins on Thursday Nov 20 9:00am EST. The 2025 Catalogue is now available here: https://t.co/ldqswXM3ld

[TechAlliance @TechAlliance]

Konnexio’s (@konnexio) Adapto platform brings true flexibility to manufacturing: modular units, quick reconfiguration, and AI-driven performance.

Led by Founder Konrad Konnerth, TechAlliance Board Member + Past Chair 👇
https://t.co/YqtR1fkwlR

[Canuck Racing Club @Canuck_Racing]

On Sunday, we won ALL the races run @WoodbineTB! Never seen horses race in a snowstorm? Then this is a must-watch video.

Sired by Modernist @darbydanfarm, 2YO THUNDERMAKER stormed to the front and got his maiden win under Pietro Moran.

https://t.co/nGrhpPAa17 via @YouTube

[Jayson Werth @twoeight_racing]

Congrats @lmgriffjohnson, not that anyone cared last year when I owned 10% of Dornoch and was co new owner of the year with Stewie….but happy to pass the torch to a great kid and promoter of horse racing @lmgriffjohnson

You guys sound like a bunch of old jaded assholes talking shit to a kid who won an award he didn’t even ask for. Wow wtf.

I may be new to horse racing and I wasn’t gifted percentages in horses, but wake up!

The way forward for this sport isn’t tearing people down for loving this industry, it’s promoting ownership and the experience that makes horse racing great.

Don’t get me wrong, the CAWs are real. A handful of algorithm driven players dominate pools and screw up people’s odds while everyday bettors get squeezed out at the wire. CUT THEM OFF!

The reality is we need more fans, and my belief is that happens through ownership. That’s my experience and why I started @IconRacingLFG .

We need education, not insulation. Growth, not retraction. We need the next generation of owners, fans, and bettors not people turned off by sour experiences, bad odds at the wire and a bunch of dickheads that are allergic to an Industrial Revolution that doesn’t involve CAWS.

I hear you @Repolestables and respect what you’ve done and continue to do in horse racing year in and year out. You aren’t wrong. I love competing against you and want you as an ally even though you’re from Queens, home of the @Mets.

But we can’t have a kid like Griffin Johnson out here bringing energy, fun, and visibility to the sport feeling bad about his hustle. Who cares if he got gifted horse percentages. What was Kelce’s deal on #SwiftDelivery (could be wrong lol)?

Gifting % is nothing new

I started ICON Racing because it’s all about ownership, entertainment, and the experience of how great this sport is

No one wants to get in if they feel like they can’t find or have no edge

Horse racing: kill CAWs before CAWs kill you.

Stop the hate, embrace and encourage positive change, encourage fractional ownership like @MyRacehorse and @IconRacingLFG end the late inning CAWs, or ride the sport into the fucking ground!

And leave Griffin alone. He’s a good kid doing something positive for all of us and falling in love with an amazing sport. Respect the hustle and celebrate the honor!

Y’all should be ashamed of yourselves.

Congrats Griff and welcome to horse racing. You’d fit right in at @IconRacingLFG any day, we’d be lucky to have you.

#1PercentOwnership100PercentOfTheFun
#ICONRacing #LFG #HorseRacing #OwnershipExperience #NewOwners
#freeswifthitter #fuckswifthitter #ihearhashtagsareforoldpeople

[Niagara IceDogs @OHLIceDogs]

Liam Spencer just scored his first as an IceDog send tweet (!!)

📺: @FloHockey + @yourtvniagara

#DogCountry

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

“OH NO! NO WAY! OH MY GOD! YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!”

Davis Schneider’s dad posted a video of the leadoff home run from his point of view

[Umpire Auditor @UmpireAuditor]

Umpire Mark Wegner made a very bad, very late call in game 3 of the World Series that gifted the Dodgers an out.

Wegner missed 13 calls in the game.

[Umpire Auditor @UmpireAuditor]

Umpire Adrian Johnson (ranked 75th of 92) missed 14 calls in game 2 of the World Series.

He had a correct call rate of just 87.3%.

For context, the lowest rated umpire this season had an average correct rate of 89.7%.

[Canadian Thoroughbred @CanadianTbred]

Restrictive, Unfair Tax Laws Hurting Ontario’s Horse Racing Sector
Current outdated Canadian tax laws are a disincentive for people to buy #racehorses in Canada, compared to the U.S. #horseracing #CanadianTaxLaws
https://t.co/yosbsPt8Db

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

And what’s the craziest part? If these greedy track owners would just shut off the Caws at 5 minutes people would be happy. But you can’t have these fluctuating odds and ridiculous payouts. Gamblers have to win at least 2x as many times to get the same payouts I got 2 years ago. It’s hard enough to win without being told you now need to win double. The only people who don’t care about this are people who don’t love the game. No joke it’s my favorite thing in the world to do. It kills me I can’t do it anymore but I feel like I’m getting mugged everytime I place a bet now.