The ACT Greens are calling for an end to the public funding of horse racing in Canberra.
The ACT government is in negotiations to re-sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Canberra Racing Club and the Harness Racing Club worth about $40 million.
Under the deal, the horse racing industry will receive at least $7.5 million in taxpayer funding each year for the next five years.
"There's a much better way to use that public funding," ACT Green's spokesperson for animal welfare, Jo Clay, said.
"It hasn't gone through a public procurement, it hasn't gone through a grant process.