John MacMillan, a race-horse owner in Eastern Ontario, put his farm up for sale this week – one day before Premier Kathleen Wynne rolled out $400-million in new funding over five years for the ailing industry.
The funding is too little, too late for many horse owners and breeders across Ontario, among the biggest casualties of the previous government’s decision to kill a revenue-sharing program with the province’s racetrack operators.
Karen Howlett & Adrian Morrow – Globe and Mail – October 11, 2013.