Every year, several billion dollars leave our state.  The operation of slots at racetracks  in neighboring states provides tracks in those states with an insurmountable economic advantage over Texas tracks.  The consequence of this economic disparity has been the exodus of horses, breeding farms and other horse professionals to other states, as they follow higher purses, leaving the Texas horse industry at an overwhelming disadvantage which threatens the very existence of a vital horse industry and agricultural enterprises in the state.

Our mission is to support a legislative effort which will provide the Texas horse agri-industry with tools to compete against Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, states where the horse industry has been proactively supported by their state governments.

Texas HORSE supports legislation that will allow the installation of VLTs (video lottery gaming machines – often referred to as slot machines) at licensed Texas racetracks.

Texas HORSE is asking the Texas Legislature to let the people of Texas decide.

Please take a look at the site and learn more about how this legislation would benefit horsemen and what you can do to help.

Texas HORSE is unprecedented in its size and scope. There has never existed such a grouping of diverse, multi-disciplined horse organizations and horsemen to support a single cause.

Read their story.