A Minnesota legislative panel prepared Monday to ban historical horse racing (HHR), a swift rebuke to the Minnesota Racing Commission's vote just one week ago to legalize the casino-style games. "I think the Racing Commission took an unlawful action last week and this bill reverses that," said Rep. Zack Stephenson, DFL-Coon Rapids, as he introduced his bill to the House Commerce Committee on .
Leaders of the Minnesota horse racing industry say they feel under siege in some ways after being largely shut out of sports betting so far, and now they're the target of a new bill in the Legislature.