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The House Agriculture Committee heard testimony this week on a bipartisan bill that would write taxpayer-funded checks to thoroughbred owners every time their horses compete on a Minnesota track.
The bill ( HF 1540) allocates $7 million over the next two years for a pilot program that awards Minnesota-based thoroughbred owners $750 each day one of their horses starts a race. The money is doled out on a per-horse basis, meaning that an owner with three horses in competition would receive $2,250, regardless of how the horses perform…