Horseman Gilles Barrieau has offered his perspective on the future of the harness racing industry in the province of New Brunswick.

In an interview with CTV News, Barrieau said “There’s absolutely nobody left and it’s gotten so bad that I just don’t know how this place (Saint John’s Exhibition Park Raceway) is going to get revived again, actually.”

Tory MLA Glen Tait, who was also interviewed for the CTV News report, said, “Unless there is some plan that I haven’t seen, then as far as I’m concerned, it’s just a matter of time (before live racing at EPR ceases) and harness racing will no longer be in the City of Saint John.”

Barrieau also said in the report that he is leaving his options open in terms of competing in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia or Maine in order to make a living.

To read the CTV News article and watch the video report, click here.

(With files from CTV News)

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