2021 Ontario Racing

[The Exporter]

That's the spirt.

[Brown jug]

agreed
however clearly something is going on or changing
she was a major player only 3 years ago and now you see very few trained by her
time will tell

[wiggles44]

Saturday August 21

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $48,600
Total Handle: $42,643

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $42,800
Total Handle: $30,050

Sunday August 22

Georgian Downs
Total Purse:  $246,200
Total Handle: $152,734

Leamington Raceway
Total Purse:  $43,100
Total Handle: $40,047

Rideau Carleton Raceway
Total Purse:  $340,200
Total Handle: $279,155

[bond]

Amazing that some people here want racing gone-now using subsidies as an excuse to get rid of smaller tracks.
Pretty much all of agriculture -of which racing is a part of-- is subsidized. Agriculture is heavily subsidized in every country. Farmers and their equivalent have a special place in national traditions and are seen as necessary for self-sufficiency in time of war or famine. In fact, the greatest blockade to the elimination of all tariffs worldwide is the fighting over agricultural subsidies (prop up your guys) and tariffs (block external competition).
Last year agriculture was subsidized to the tune of 20 BILLION!--and on this forum-a few want these smaller tracks to close over a few THOUSAND$$. These smaller tracks are entertainment for people and do provide a source of income and jobs . Im thankful they are there--went there as a kid and have happy memories-and hope they are here to stay.

[wiggles44]

Amazing that some people here want racing gone-now using subsidies as an excuse to get rid of smaller tracks.
Pretty much all of agriculture -of which racing is a part of-- is subsidized. Agriculture is heavily subsidized in every country. Farmers and their equivalent have a special place in national traditions and are seen as necessary for self-sufficiency in time of war or famine. In fact, the greatest blockade to the elimination of all tariffs worldwide is the fighting over agricultural subsidies (prop up your guys) and tariffs (block external competition).
Last year agriculture was subsidized to the tune of 20 BILLION!--and on this forum-a few want these smaller tracks to close over a few THOUSAND$$. These smaller tracks are entertainment for people and do provide a source of income and jobs . Im thankful they are there--went there as a kid and have happy memories-and hope they are here to stay.

Amazing how some people want to lump harness racing into agriculture.  Every single Ontario citizen relies on agriculture in the province of Ontario.  Not too many give two fucks about harness racing.  I’m sure if you told them that their tax money was going to be used solely as just “entertainment” instead of the health system or schools they’d be wondering why.

[Brown jug]

so growing hay and other things that horses consume is not agriculture
vets and blacksmiths should be unemployed

 all the people that become unemployed when you shut down racing will now get jobs in healthcare and schools where the money( by the way a insignificanty small % of the budgets for healthcare and schools) would be redirected

amazing !!

[wiggles44]

Saturday August 28

Hanover Raceway
Total Purse:  $90,600
Total Handle: $58,981

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $54,000
Total Handle: $43,850

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $41,800
Total Handle: $33,112

Sunday August 29

Leamington Raceway
Total Purse:  $42,000
Total Handle: $33,877

[Southpaw]

Watched a really good Russell Brand YouTube video yesterday that discussed how this exact scenario, of the horsepeople helping the casinos establish and grow their business, should become partners in that business.  Much like the Uber drivers who are helping train the self driving cars that will one day replace them should become shareholders in Uber rather than unemployed by the robots they trained to help grow the business.  So is it welfare or is it royalties?

[horses first]

Brown Jug happens in all business. Keystone pipeline was shutdown Biden said we will get you a green energy job. Well that never happened. Government picks winners and losers all the time at some point harness racing will get that call and if tax payers knew the story they would have voted harness racing off the island a long time ago. Some of the tickle down players you mention will be on the losing end. Governments are hemorrhaging money all over the globe from covid and that isn't going away anytime soon as 5BLN people remain without a vaccine. Variant after variant will mutant leaving governments to fill gapping budget holes. If B and C tracks need to contract that maybe in the cards.

[wiggles44]

Saturday September 4

Hanover Raceway
Total Purse:  $129,750
Total Handle: $62,533

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $49,800
Total Handle: $36,111

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $51,100
Total Handle: $37,119

Sunday September 5

Clinton Raceway
Total Purse:  $141,300
Total Handle: $132,279

 

[wiggles44]

Saturday September 11

Hanover Raceway
Total Purse:  $49,400
Total Handle: $48,103

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $61,500
Total Handle: $37,503

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $43,400
Total Handle: $31,258

Sunday September 12

Leamington Raceway
Total Purse:  $43,000
Total Handle: $41,348

 

[Exit 16W]

GOOD WORK

[Brown jug]

riveting   information

[Mazola]

Who gives a fuck bitter man.

[wiggles44]

Saturday September 18

Hiawatha Horse Park
Total Purse:  $66,600
Total Handle: $43,040

Kawartha Downs
Total Purse:  $41,800
Total Handle: $28,129

More money wasted