Horses, horsepeople facing eviction from Warren County Fairgrounds

WLWT5 reports that efforts are underway to stop a Warren County agriculture group from evicting hundreds of harness racing horses and their trainers.

Antonia Storer is a self-employed trainer at the Warren County Fairgrounds. She said she and about 100 others were blindsided last week when they learned they were being evicted by the Warren County Agricultural Society Board.

“We have been told that they are in financial distress for a while. Meanwhile, we don’t have access to their books,” Storer said.

Trainers and owners said they were not notified in person but rather by a notice taped to barn doors.

It reads, “Effective December 1st, 2024, all harness racing renters, and their respective subletters, must vacate the WCAS fairgrounds property and remove all of their property from the fairgrounds by this date.

Pursuant to action taken by the WCAS board on Monday, October 21, 2024, the difficult decision was made to discontinue harness racing at the WCAS facility and barns due to the overwhelming financial burden it caused to the WCAS organization.”

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by Karin Johnson, republished from WLWT5