Thereโ€™s not much in terms of details about what the provinceโ€™s three biggest political parties will offer the horse racing industry, but the good news is the Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party and Liberals all have pledged some measure of support for horse racing with a June 7 Ontario election looming.

โ€œNone of the parties have given a lot of detail on what their plans would be, but weโ€™re very hopeful because all three parties seem to be very supportive of the horse racing industry in general and have been speaking supportively,โ€ said Jessica Buckley, president of Woodbine Mohawk Park, the standardbred track in the Woodbine Entertainment Group family.

Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society Ontario president Peter Berringer said, โ€œWe are willing to work with any party that gets elected and will work hard to represent the breeders and the entire horse racing industry.โ€

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