Videos tagged with "farming"

Heartbeat of Ontario Horse Racing: Anthony MacDonald [01:00]
In light of the recent announcement from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, that it plans to end the province-wide Slots at Racetracks program in March 2013, a series of videos were created to illustrate the wide range of people who will be dramatically affected by this decision. Horseman Anthony MacDonald of Guelph, Ont. is like many of the more than 60000 people involved directly or indirectly with horse racing in Ontario, individuals that make up the heartbeat of Ontario's vital and valuable industry. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has been falsely referring to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Slots at Racetrack revenue sharing program as a subsidy. His claim is that the Government has been providing a $345 million annual subsidy to Ontario's Horse Racing Industry. In a recent fundraising email to supporters, the Ontario Liberal Party suggested that they are "choosing to support our youngest learners over wealthy race track owners". According to OLG's financial statements, the Government of Ontario is receiving $1.1 billion per year from the Slots at Racetracks Program. The horse racing industry, which has made space available to OLG slots and allowed competition between the slots and horse racing at their facilities, receives only 20% of the revenue from the slots. The Government walks away with 75% of the slots revenue and host municipalities receive 5%. Both NDP Leader Andrea Horwath (ow.ly and PC Leader Tim Hudak (ow.ly have blasted the Liberals and this ...
Tags: Ontario, Horse Racing, Horses, Breeding, harness racing, OLG, thoroughbred, standardbred, quarter horse, Liberal, Dwight Duncan, Andrea Horwath, Tim Hudak, farmer, farming, agriculture, casino, gambling, bet, Dalton mcguinty, jobs, employment, racetrack,

Heartbeat of Ontario Horse Racing: Jason LaMarche-Hunderup [01:19]
In light of the recent announcement from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, that it plans to end the province-wide Slots at Racetracks program in March 2013, a series of videos were created to illustrate the wide range of people who will be dramatically affected by this decision. Breeding Manager Jason LaMarche-Hunderup of King Township is like many of the more than 60000 people involved directly or indirectly with horse racing in Ontario, individuals that make up the heartbeat of Ontario's vital and valuable industry. Finance Minister Dwight Duncan has been falsely referring to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Slots at Racetrack revenue sharing program as a subsidy. His claim is that the Government has been providing a $345 million annual subsidy to Ontario's Horse Racing Industry. In a recent fundraising email to supporters, the Ontario Liberal Party suggested that they are "choosing to support our youngest learners over wealthy race track owners". According to OLG's financial statements, the Government of Ontario is receiving $1.1 billion per year from the Slots at Racetracks Program. The horse racing industry, which has made space available to OLG slots and allowed competition between the slots and horse racing at their facilities, receives only 20% of the revenue from the slots. The Government walks away with 75% of the slots revenue and host municipalities receive 5%. Both NDP Leader Andrea Horwath (ow.ly and PC Leader Tim Hudak (ow.ly have blasted the ...
Tags: Ontario, Horse Racing, Horses, Breeding, harness racing, OLG, thoroughbred, standardbred, quarter horse, Liberal, Dwight Duncan, Andrea Horwath, Tim Hudak, farmer, farming, agriculture, casino, gambling, bet, Dalton mcguinty, jobs, employment, racetrack,

JALOPY RACES (46 MPH laps!), Phillips, Wisc., circa 1960 [02:47]
Small farming town, dirt track, car racing (Helmets, T-shirts & Balls...2 in most cases, occasionally 3) with hoopties dragged out of "the back forty" after decades of decay (can you sense METAL FATIGUE?)... WHOA, NELLIE! this is some entertaining racing!...footage by the late John Lastovich (JOHNNY L.) of Chicago.
Tags: VINTAGE, JALOPY, STOCK, CAR, RACING, PHILLIPS, WISCONSIN, crash, chipmunk, chipmunks, nascar, speedway, METAL, FATIGUE, BACK FORTY, GIGGLE WEED, alvin, alvin chipmunks, kart, motor, race, chicago, forever, cute, park, funny, laughing, style, horse, track,

Corntastic Weekend is August 19-21 at Tioga Downs [00:31]
The wildly popular and wildly corny weekend returns to Tioga Downs August 19-21. Enjoy a corn-themed celebration at the races featuring free grilled corn from local farms, a corn eating contest, corn husking contest and more! Plus, don't miss our antique tractor display. As we like to say, it'll be Corrrrrrrntastic!
Tags: Tioga Downs, harness racing, horse racing, corn, farming, Nichols

Farmington Varsity Pompon High Kick BACK2BACK CHAMPS 2010! [02:38]
Farmington Varsity Pompon competed in the Medium Varsity division at the Mid American Pompon Dance and High Kick Championship. Their theme was Kentucky Derby and costume was horse jockeys. They received 1st place and had the overall highest score of the day! They have won BACK2BACK championships as they won Small Varsity in 2009. Keep it up FVP!
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