It was, in fact, too successful. The McGuinty government, facing a budget crunch in its waning days almost 15 years ago, abruptly cancelled the program, saying that the province could no longer afford to subsidize horse racing at such a scale. There was, not surprisingly, a political angle to the decision: most of Ontario’s 15 racetracks were in rural ridings that were not held by Liberals.
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