With regards to the proposed ordinance, An Act to Allow Slot Machines or a Casino in York County, Question 1, which will appear on the November ballot, there is no provision in the ordinance to fund retirement homes for harness racing horses at the end of their careers [The proposed ordinance stipulates that an allotted 10 percent of a mandatory 39 percent of net slot machine income must be distributed to a fund that to supplement harness racing purses — ed.).

Horses can live up to 30 years, but most harness-racing horses stop making money for their owners at about ten years of age, if not sooner, due to injuries, arthritis, lameness, and chronic pain incurred during years of harness racing.