Borel pushes slots at Kentucky tracks

Frankfort, KY – Borel is helping the Kentucky Equine Education Project, a horse industry group based in Lexington, to urge passage in an upcoming special legislative session of a bill to allow slots at the tracks to increase purses.

Borel is featured in a radio ad and has written a commentary about the issue.

“If it doesn’t pass soon, then we will fall way behind, and those hard-working people all over Kentucky who take care of the horses will have to relocate to other states,” Borel said.

He notes that he moved to Kentucky 12 years ago “to be in the middle of the horse racing and breeding capital of the world.”

“There are reasons that Kentucky has been recognized as No. 1,” Borel said. “We have strong race tracks and internationally known races which provide a year round circuit. We have the finest breeding farms and horses in the world. And, we have outstanding horsemen and women who take care of the horses.

“No other state has this foundation, but Kentucky is at a crossroads. Our position as the best is slipping. Every other state in the region now helps fund their purses and breeders’ awards with money from alternative forms of gaming.”

Courtesy of Bluegrass Politics

Let’s do it.  We need a way to lose money at the track in between races.