REMEMBER OHIO HORSEMEN, THAT IS OUR MONEY

[@ueenTwat]

With racing down for the foreseeable future there has been talk in Columbus that the legislature wants to repurpose some of our purse money that is not being used during this Corona Virus shutdown

Over my dead body.

We can not allow this dangerous precedent as it will just lead to further attempts by politicians raiding OUR nestegg  for their pet projects.  Call Renee and sign our petition demanding they stop this effort dead in its tracks. We are keeping track of the purse monies not being distributed to horsemen just in case track officials try to pull a fast one with what we worked so hard and long to receive

Remember, THIS IS OUR MONEY

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

Bullshit. You did NOTHING to earn it.

[bond]

I tend to agree that the state gave you the money from Casino taxes.  You didn't actually do anything to earn it.  If it's not being used and they aren't going to add race dates, it won't be a hit to your budget.  That money is better served somewhere else.  Make your business self-sustaining and you won't have to worry about handouts.  But who in their right mind would bet any decent amount of money on this sport with all the corruption?  I love harness racing, but the outcome looks bad.

Unbelievable BS----Agriculture is an ESSENTIAL SERVICE--As a horseman you are classified as Agriculture.
Horsemen did nothing to deserve money from Casino taxes?? Asinine statement sitting on your ass typing from your computer doing fuck all. Who works to look after the horses?? Who trains them? who pays for the trucks, the feed, the hay,straw, bedding,fuel for the trucks, the workers who many have families etc etc--You want to take money that was LEGISLATED to them??
How about the Democrat Politicians who just voted to get 25MILLION as a handout ? They deserve that? Thats 46000$ a piece-why? they already earn plenty and are on a steady wage..
all THE CORRUPTION??=Well those horse killers are about to be looking at a new career-in jail.
There are 1000's of hard working people in the racing industry that work hard for their money-its anything but a handout.
Unlike the illegals,lazy unemployed,overpaid fat cat politicians etc etc-THEY dont deserve our tax money.
Lot of haters on this site-wish they would leave and make a new forum--just for the haters(most on this site) Then we here can at least have a decent place to place our ideas without getting torched by drop out haters who offer 0-just negativity which is counter productive..

[chief yogi]

bond is right on here. casino money was law, horsemens share  of revenue. that was part of the bills everywhere that allowed the casinos to open.  and lets not forget that casinos are closed too.   also right on  politicians awarding themselfs more money Why?  and a bigger WHY do we give illegals anything at all except a plane ticket home. what little racing gets from casinos is and should be theirs.

[Calhoun]

Calhoun Predicts!

There is going to be a lot of sobbing on this thread.

Calhoun Predicts!

 

[Lebanon Levi]

With racing down for the foreseeable future there has been talk in Columbus that the legislature wants to repurpose some of our purse money that is not being used during this Corona Virus shutdown

Over my dead body.

We can not allow this dangerous precedent as it will just lead to further attempts by politicians raiding OUR nestegg  for their pet projects.  Call Renee and sign our petition demanding they stop this effort dead in its tracks. We are keeping track of the purse monies not being distributed to horsemen just in case track officials try to pull a fast one with what we worked so hard and long to receive

Remember, THIS IS OUR MONEY

  I THINK THAT DWARF DeWine GOT TO OUR REP AND HE BE GOING ALL REPUBLICON ON US. PROLLY GOT HIM LINED UP FOR A CUSHY NO SHOW, RETIREMENT ON THE GOVT PAYROLL GIG, IN RETURN FOR HIS SUPPORT OF STEALING OUR MONEY HE WILL SELL US EVERYDAY HORSEMEN DOWN SHITTS CREEK FOR HIS STEAKS RACING BROTHERS.  YOU WATCH AND SEE, AND READ IT HERE FIRST

[Calhoun]

First handout MUST go to breeders.

Without them, there is no future.

If there is no future, why bother at all?

Don't all horses have SOME residual value?

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

Unbelievable BS----Agriculture is an ESSENTIAL SERVICE--As a horseman you are classified as Agriculture.
Horsemen did nothing to deserve money from Casino taxes?? Asinine statement sitting on your ass typing from your computer doing fuck all. Who works to look after the horses?? Who trains them? who pays for the trucks, the feed, the hay,straw, bedding,fuel for the trucks, the workers who many have families etc etc--You want to take money that was LEGISLATED to them??
How about the Democrat Politicians who just voted to get 25MILLION as a handout ? They deserve that? Thats 46000$ a piece-why? they already earn plenty and are on a steady wage..
all THE CORRUPTION??=Well those horse killers are about to be looking at a new career-in jail.
There are 1000's of hard working people in the racing industry that work hard for their money-its anything but a handout.
Unlike the illegals,lazy unemployed,overpaid fat cat politicians etc etc-THEY dont deserve our tax money.
Lot of haters on this site-wish they would leave and make a new forum--just for the haters(most on this site) Then we here can at least have a decent place to place our ideas without getting torched by drop out haters who offer 0-just negativity which is counter productive..

Go swallow a bullet you fucking loser. I root every day for decoupling to take away WELFARE from scumbags like you. Give me a break with this hardworking line. There are tens of thousands of hard working people who lose their jobs because of progress. You're telling me everyone involved in harness racing is a harder worker than say, a coal miner? Why didn't coal miners get slots welfare? What's so special about horse racing? Nothing.

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

bond is right on here. casino money was law, horsemens share  of revenue. that was part of the bills everywhere that allowed the casinos to open.  and lets not forget that casinos are closed too.   also right on  politicians awarding themselfs more money Why?  and a bigger WHY do we give illegals anything at all except a plane ticket home. what little racing gets from casinos is and should be theirs.

Laws evolve to keep up with the times, dummy. You think harness racing deserves slots welfare for eternity for what reason, exactly?

[bond]

Go swallow a bullet you fucking loser. I root every day for decoupling to take away WELFARE from scumbags like you. Give me a break with this hardworking line. There are tens of thousands of hard working people who lose their jobs because of progress. You're telling me everyone involved in harness racing is a harder worker than say, a coal miner? Why didn't coal miners get slots welfare? What's so special about horse racing? Nothing.

Normally I would not answer an old fart like yourself-but you are a special kind of loser. Coal Miners?? Jerkoff.
A know all-who thinks he has answers to it all. You know fuck all about hard work-or about decent horsemen.
Why are you even on this site-except to insert your  im better than thou chronic BS.
If your cap was made of dynamite it would not be strong enough to blow off your head-ahole.
You can jump back on that horse you rode into town on and go fuck yourself- pencil pusher.

[bond]

Laws evolve to keep up with the times, dummy. You think harness racing deserves slots welfare for eternity for what reason, exactly?

welfare?? GSAC ahole---Harness racing is LEGISLATED to get a % of slots REVENUE. Its why they are called RACINOS. The Casino companies would not be there WITH THE RACING-if it wasnt a PARTNERSHIP.
If you were in charge-there would be no racing-and many participants WOULD then BE ON WELFARE.
So now instead of the Casino paying their % to the racing--the participants out of a job-sitting on their ass and now will be on WELFARE paid for by you AHOLE.

[Powerful Patricks Ghost]

welfare?? GSAC ahole---Harness racing is LEGISLATED to get a % of slots REVENUE. Its why they are called RACINOS. The Casino companies would not be there WITH THE RACING-if it wasnt a PARTNERSHIP.
If you were in charge-there would be no racing-and many participants WOULD then BE ON WELFARE.
So now instead of the Casino paying their % to the racing--the participants out of a job-sitting on their ass and now will be on WELFARE paid for by you AHOLE.

The only reason it was a "partnership" is because of the gambling laws at the time. There's this thing called progress. Laws and funding change because of that. Good luck getting public sentiment on the side of racing when the time comes to raid those slots welfare accounts. Good luck presenting the "hard worker" defense, when some of the biggest trainers in the sport just got indicted for a huge conspiracy of drugging poor animals. The end is coming and you're too blind to see it. Horsemen could have had some foresight, made some changes to the game, and made it sustainable for the long haul. Instead, greed, as always, won and the idiots couldn't get fat enough off of the purses. Threw every drug in the book at the poor animals to get that extra dollar. Good riddance.

[pocketrocketwinner]

Decoupling - much easier said than done. Especially in the larger horse populated states.

[bond]

The only reason it was a "partnership" is because of the gambling laws at the time. There's this thing called progress. Laws and funding change because of that. Good luck getting public sentiment on the side of racing when the time comes to raid those slots welfare accounts. Good luck presenting the "hard worker" defense, when some of the biggest trainers in the sport just got indicted for a huge conspiracy of drugging poor animals. The end is coming and you're too blind to see it. Horsemen could have had some foresight, made some changes to the game, and made it sustainable for the long haul. Instead, greed, as always, won and the idiots couldn't get fat enough off of the purses. Threw every drug in the book at the poor animals to get that extra dollar. Good riddance.

Im sorry you lost your $2 show bet-you obviously have no regard for decent hard working horsemen of whom there are many.
You choose the negative-because of your blind hatred betting on horses that lost--typical disgruntled loser-see them all the time tearing up tickets and blaming everyone except themselves-because thats why its called GAMBLING.
We all know slots are rigged--but funnily enough I dont hear you complaining that all Casinos should shut-because the HOUSE has the advantage.
You choose to keep portraying the scumbag horsemen as somehow representing everyone.
Thats why there are Laws--horse killers should be in Jail.
However-the racing Industry-is AGRICULTURE-no matter how you slice it. Harness racing is indeed in trouble--not for what you are spouting-but because of corporate greed.
The Casinos-make more money fleecing retirees like yourself-from their social security checks-than they do from harness racing which admittedly-has been very poorly run-but received no support from the Casinos-which partnerships are supposed to do.They want to get rid of it now-so they can use the facilities and not pay their legislated % thereby increasing their profit margins. So instead of MANY harness racing personnel keeping their jobs and receiving income--it will go to a FEW fat cat Casino Operators.
It will cause farms to close-and instead of seeing horses running in green pastures-you will be seeing shopping malls and retiree villages.
Not something I for one would like to see-but disgruntled Gamblers-dont give a shit.

[Calhoun]

There is going to be a lot of sobbing on this thread.

Calhoun Predicts!

 

It is far worse than even I thought. 

The sobbing... Is..  Uncontrollable...  Inconsolable...

Trump DID say to expect a massive increase in suicides. 

Let us pray.