Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Harness Racing: Irish Harness Racing Association
Mr. Gunner LaCour:
The track Mr. Flanagan is referring to is one of the smallest harness jurisdictions in the US. We can do up to $1 million on any given race day - maybe even more - in turnover. Those 45 racing days, with approximately the same number of horses, have an economic impact on the state of California and nationally of $97 million. That is the smallest parimutuel jurisdiction in the US that is still generating that-----