Is the death of harness racing coming?

Many of us harness racing supporters, owners, drivers, trainers, and grooms are worried sick about the future of harness racing in Ontario. As the government is debating if they plan on scrapping the slots at tracks program. Which will cut costs of  purses earned by winning races or up to 5th place extremely. It will cause 60,000 people to be out of jobs. Not to mention the HUGE number of horses that will be out of jobs and homes. As a result of this the number of unemployment will rise extremely. Many of these people with horses will not be able to feed or look after them. Some of these horses will be given new lives as riding,companion, or driving horses but many of them will not be able to find homes and will go for meat.
      I know there are many people that believe racing is cruel and heartless. They want to see this sport end BUT is it not cruel or heartless to send these big loveable animals to a place where they will be tortured then brutally murdered? As a animal lover and supporter of an animals well being I work in the racing industry and am not a cruel heartless bitch. I love my horses and treat them better than myself. A lot of people who are in the racing industry love these animals and treat them better than themselves. So we are not cruel( ya some one may be but they get kicked out of the industry really fast) and we just want the best for these big animals.
       If animal activists want to go after any animal hating cruel person go after the most heartless cruel bastard in Canada Dalton McGunity. He believes animal cruelty laws should NOT be raised. He has done nothing but attack the rural industry. He has done nothing but try and collapse Canada. He has put Canada in debt. He passed a law secretly for G20. He is trying to screw over Canada's health care system.
       Now back to the racing. Harness racing has a very long long history. It has been around since the Roman empire. As seen in many movies it first started with chariot races. I'm not to sure if it was as brutal in real life as the movies but I can only imagine the things they would do to win.  Later on harness racing became a pass time for people to do on the back roads. With this new popular idea came the idea to breed a breed of horse to be good for this type of racing. A thoroughbred by the name of Messenger was brought to the United States in 1788 to create what is now known as the Standardbred. After years of breeding they finally created the horse of desired traits to be perfect for racing under Harness. Thus Hambletonian 10 was born. The first standardbred.

        The books were then opened for horses who could trot or pace in the standard time. That's how the Standardbred received it's name. The Stud book was closed so no new breeds or horses could be registered. There has been many times in history where Standardbred racing has been popular. It has generated more jobs then any other equine industry. There are 15 standardbred race tracks and 1 thoroughbred/standardbred race track. In 1909 the Canadian Standardbred horse society was created. Harness racing has never left us  and Ontario doesn't want to leave it.