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said the reassess ments have actually been going on for many years the equestrian industrys lobby group formed a task force to press the issue with politicians including mr januarys outstanding carriers fini find these words in the puzzle below bizarre boxcar car cigar czar far guitar jaguar jar memoir scar snack bar the words read uk down and across a t s c z a v r n i g j g w u i j e s e r o s e p u w v a g u a r r y c a i r p e r k b r u t a i n r g o f a r r q e r r a z i k h f g b o e e dewy x b x c c a u o y y i s c a m e m o i r r w c m adam mcgilvary interestshobbies snowboarding hockey basketball volleyball saving moneypoints savings and a trampoline shawn ragell interestshobbies basketball playing the guitar and listening to rock music saving moneypoints a new guitar colin shier interestshobbies skiing hockey running and mountain biking saving moneypoints saving money for a new mountain bike hilary eng interestshobbies playing on the computer and talking on msn shopping and 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brooks said the financial impact is so severe many horse barns will not survive furthermore mpac makes the reassessments retroactive up to two years for newly assessed buildings resulting in for many equestrian facilities property tax bills for tens of thousands of dollars some due and payable in a matter of weeks she said individual barn owners simply dont generate the revenue commer cial property rates were established for the changes for the future years are bad enough but the retroactive bill can be financially disastrous the issue is far reaching mrs hetherington said noting it applies to riders horse owners students barn owners and related horse industries horse capital york region is known to some as the horse capital of canada being home to 1365 horse farms and 17612 horses riding establishments are not the playground of the wealthy ms brooks said providing riding lessons to children and adults childrens summer camp programs therapeutic riding programs for the disabled or boarding and caring for horses is much more a labour of love than a lucrative business venture many families make sacrifices so they can enjoy time with horses in a rural setting most stables are small agribusinesses with very high input costs and narrow profit margins it is simply not feasible to expect a riding establishment could pass on a com mercial taxation rate to their cus tomers and stay in business