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The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey is thrilled to announce the full restoration of the $20 million horse racing purse supplement in the newly adopted FY2026 state budget—a major win for harness racing and the entire equine industry in New Jersey."This is a massive win for harness racing in New Jersey,” said Mark Ford, president of the SBOANJ.The purse subsidy has proven to be a strategic lifeline, allowing New Jersey to compete with neighboring states that heavily subsidize racing through casino revenues. It supports a stronger stakes program, a more robust breeding industry, and helps position New Jersey as a premier destination to breed, train, and race horses.The SBOANJ extends its sincere thanks to the Governor and members of the New Jersey Legislature for their continued use of taxpayer dollars to subsidize the racing industry."This money keeps our dying industry going,” added Ford. “We’re grateful—and we’re just getting started.”
Ford really is stupid! “Keeps our dying industry going” that the dumbest comment from any leadership group I’ve ever heard.
You and your fellow idiots finally come up for air? Or was there too much chafing?
They did get the money. The quote was made up. Ford isn’t even that dumb.https://www.sboanj.com/victory-at-the-wire-20-million-purse-supplement-fully-restored-for-new-jersey-horse-racing
Sadly some of these morons here would rather see taxpayers money go to illegal immigants so they can send the money out of country. Instead of keeping a vibrant agriculture industry in the US.
Don't be loco amigo Stan, we work hard for the moola, we just don't cross the border and start handing cash back over it. We work and we work, and we typically smile and don't complain. We're quiet and humble and do the work that American's don't want to or typically will not do an do it for less than the legal minimum wage!You take by job and send me back, you muck my stalls gringo!
Once we get rid of all the ILLEGAL imigrants and quit giving people money to not work. Guess what any job is better than starving. But hey you can move to NY and get your free groceries from the new government store. Ask any Russian how they like standing line to get the free groceries this week
Harness racing is on welfare and cannot sustain any other way and you know that.What track is self sufficient? Sure if the gringos want to work for the welfare money arrest, and send illegals back. Fair enough.Grab the money while you can because if and when decoupling happens widespread, you'll be the last of the Stan durbreads and we'll see only at fairgrounds once in a rare while!
The NFL is on welfare than too?New York State is contributing $600 million in public funds, and Erie County is providing $250 million, for a total of $850 million in public funding towards the new Buffalo Bills stadium, which has a total cost of $1.4 billion
Thanks for your input MP. If and when the contracts with casinos end. The owners of the casinos will get richer. The owners in harness racing that actually like horses will keep racing The dirtbags that only care about profit will go away. Good riddance we will survive because we love the horses
That's an investment not welfare, it comes across as a subsidy but long term pays back huge dividends above and beyond the initial investment originating from the govt!
