For the second straight year Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed what advocates call devastating cuts to the Race Horse Development Fund.
More than 500 gathered at Equistar Farms (PA) Sunday to protest a proposal to fund college scholarships with money in the Race Horse Development Fund.
Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed 2020-21 budget would fund a $200 million college scholarship program by taking the money away Pennsylvania racing.
The Pennsylvania equine industry is working to ensure state legislators don’t raid racing’s share of slots money as the state tries to fill a budget deficit.
A dispute over funding the Pennsylvania racing commissions and drug testing program that threatened to shutter the sport is slowly moving towards resolution.
The Pennsylvania State Racing Fund is endangered by millions of dollars of inappropriate charges by the Dept. of Agriculture, the state auditor said today.
In what has become almost an annual ritual, Pennsylvania’s governor has proposed to siphon $31 million from racing and breeding’s share of slot revenues into the general fund. The Pennsylvania racing industry is fighting back.
