The Exodus Begins
When Pennsylvania passed its slots law in early summer, there was much talk about horses moving from surrounding states — such as Maryland — to the newly purse-rich tracks just to the north. What was feared has begun, reports the Baltimore Sun: “Legislative leaders here have failed in a last-ditch effort to place a slots referendum on the November ballot, and Maryland horsemen and breeders have begun what many in racing said was inevitable as long as slots remained forbidden: the exodus of horses, horsemen and horse farms.”
