A scene from a 2021 Fourth of July race at Grants Pass Downs.Andy Atkinson/Mail Tribune

The Grants Pass billionaire who launched a $50 million effort to revive horse racing in Oregon has gone to court to force the state to decide once and for all on his plans for gambling at an entertainment complex adjoining his race track.

TMB Racing, a company formed by Dutch Bros Coffee co-founder Travis Boersma, claims the Oregon Racing Commission has put the horse racing venture in financial “limbo” by failing to vote on whether to approve plans for more than 200 gambling terminals in the Flying Lark “hospitality center.”

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