Trot Insider has learned that on Thursday, October 18, a rally and demonstration in support of the Ontario horse-racing industry will be taking place at Queen's Park.
Lily Postl, a 24-year-old recent graduate of the University of Guelph's Performance Horse Handler Program, will be hosting the Queen's Park rally on Thursday, October 18. She has said that the rally will get underway at roughly 11:00 a.m.
"Before I even graduated my course I have watched racing in Ontario go downhill with the Liberals' decision to end the slots-at-racetracks program [effective] March 2013," said Postl, who has been working as a groom and hotwalker for the last three years at Fort Erie Racetrack.
"No one in the industry knows what will happen [to] the future of horse racing, and the effects are starting to show," she said. "I have written letters and contacted politicians, but I believed I could do more."
Postl has explained that she has been collecting horseshoes from various racetracks in Ontario for about the last month. "The shoes are to represent a direct or indirect job lost in rural/urban Ontario due to the government's rash decision," she explained. "The shoes are going to be displayed on boards to show everyone just a chunk of the jobs lost in this huge agricultural sector."
Postl is calling on equine-related students, teachers, grooms, riders, local businesses and anyone else affected by the Ontario Liberals' action to join her and support the industry as a whole.
For more information, please refer to the Facebook page for the event by clicking here.
You won't get thrown in the
You won't get thrown in the slammer. Peaceful demonstrations are a human right. Just don't have weapons with you. Wish I could be there.
You should hire the students
You should hire the students in the province of Quebec to do the demonstrations for you all. You`ve been talking, and talking for the past year. Go do what the students did,... demonstrating on the streets of downtown Montreal every night for almost 2 months. Queen`s Park? Go make the noise on the streets of downtown Toronto.
Fantastic concept Lily, I've
Fantastic concept Lily, I've maintained that from the beginning. The only thing that was recently brought to my attention is that it conflicts with McNair's sale :S I am too on board to cause a raucous. Go big or go home though. EVERYONE has to be there. Enough is enough!
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL
Getting thrown in the slammer
Getting thrown in the slammer en masse would certainly get some media attention!
Demonstration. Is the key
Demonstration. Is the key word here....... I hope all horsemen and feed suppliers will be there....... maybe all horsemen should meet in london and travel together as a pack down the 401 at say 20 km/h ( will get attention and good gas mileage. WHILE MAYBE SENDING A MESSAGE TO DUNCUN AND GODFREY THAT A FIGHT IS GOING TO BREAK OUT RIGHT SHORTLY THAT THEY WON'T WIN. IM IN. I'LL BOOK THE DAY OFF WORK. WHO'S WITH ME......50 TRUCKS AND TRAILERS NEWS CREW. 401 GOING AS FAST AS A GARDEN SLUG. LETS DO IT..... HOPE WE DON'T GET THROWN IN THE SLAMMER