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HorseRacingBCMarch 2014Issue # 59

The Thoroughbred Ladies Club of BC, whose charity work and scholarship program has benefited backstretch workers at Hastings Racecourse since 1973, meets the first Tuesday each month. If you would like to join them in their worthwhile efforts or help at the occasional function, please call: Linda Sentes at 604-318-7949 or Barb Williams at 604-542-8951.

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Looking for PhotosWe are looking for old photos of people or horses from the past. Jockeys, trainers, backstretch personnel are welcome and will be used in future issues.Each photo will be scanned and returned to it’s owner in the con-dition it is received.No win-photos please.

A 51-day live thoroughbred racing schedule has been announced for 2014 at Hastings Racecourse beginning April 27 and concluding October 13. Darren MacDonald, Hastings’ interim general manager, said there are also four tentative dates reserved for late

October depending upon income during the 51-day meet as per the agreement announced last week by the B.C. Horse Racing Industry Management Committee. The 2014 season offers several adjustments compared to recent years at Hastings Racecourse. The popular

Friday Night Live cards are scheduled for August 8, 15, 22 and 29, all with 7:00 p.m. start times. Also, there will be live racing beginning at 4:00 p.m. on August 18 and August 25, both Mondays when the 2014

Fair at the PNE will be closed. The Fair runs from August 16 to September 1. The traditional live racing card on Labour Day will commence at 1:50 p.m. as part of closing day of The Fair. Besides Labour Day, three other major cards are set for Holiday Mondays: Victoria Day on May 19; BC Cup

Day on August 4 and Thanksgiving Day on October 13. Canada Day will be celebrated on July 1, with a 1:50 p.m. start time. There are two 12:50 p.m. early starts on this year’s schedule: BC Cup Day (Aug. 4) and BC Derby Day on

Sunday, Sept. 14, the biggest and richest card of the 2014 season. The running of the 69th BC Derby with a purse of $150,000 is expected to attract some of the top 3-year-olds from Hastings, Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest.

HASTINGS RACECOURSE LAUNCHES SEASON WITH APRIL 27 OPENING

Clockers On DutyBeginning on Wednesday, March 12th, clockers we be working everyday that the track is open for training.Trackers, the horsemen back-stretch café, will now be open from 6:00am to 2 pm daily.

Big N Bad Wins Mr. Vancouver in Snow

Fort Erie Racetrack Lives Fort Erie Racetrack will be host-ing live Thoroughbred racing which includes The Year of the Horse Festival.A full racing calendar for North America’s most picturesque race-track will be published by the end of February.

PartyYou don’t need to be a Finalist to join the

Friday, April 11, 2014 at Woodbine Racetrack Tickets $250 each (plus tax) Advance tickets only. Reserve your tickets early to avoid being sold out. Special rate for tables of 10. The Jockey Club of Canada 416-675-7756 or email: [email protected]

• Red Carpet & Champagne Reception• Gourmet Buffet Dinner• Award Presentation to the Sovereign Award Champions of 2013• plus a Live Jazz Band Celebration Party and More!

Tickets are now on sale for the 39th Annual Sovereign Awards Party

Rick Mowles’ Big N Bad won the $25,000 MR Vancouver Stakes at Fraser Downs in the kind of weather that gives track photographers head-aches on February, 23rd. Big N Bad is a four year old bay gelding by Badlands Hanover-Just Sassy-Northern Luck) Owner: J J J Stables, Aldergrove, BCTrainer/driver: Bill Davis Time: 1:56Second: Jolt of WhiskeyThird: Sea Deuce

Harness NewsBC Horse racing was saddened February 28th with passing of Ed Lechner, 71. Ed was out feeding horses at his farm and had a mas-sive heart attack. There will be a moment of silence Sunday after-noon March 9th at 12:25 p.m. and a celebration of life in April.

The deadline for nominations for Sire Stake #3 is March 17th

Tickets for the awards banquet on April 3rd are available in the HRBC office.

The fall racing date application has gone to GPEB for approval

www.horseracingbc.ca March 2014Issue # 59

The B.C. Horse Racing Industry Management Committee today fi-nalized a multi-year funding ar-rangement among the principal par-ticipants in the industry – track operator Great Canadian Gaming Corp., the Thoroughbred sector and the Standardbred sector.The funding model will be an exten-

sion of arrangements that have been in place since 2012 whereby pooled income from all of the industry’s revenue sources is allocated to in-dustry participants. Income from a portion of slot machine profits at the casinos at Hastings Racecourse and Fraser Downs racetrack will contin-ue to be divided equally between the Thoroughbred sector and Standard-bred sector.The Committee also approved race

days and season lengths for the 2014 racing seasons, subject to ratification by the provincial Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch. These include up to 55 Thoroughbred racing days at Hastings (51 confirmed days plus up to four conditional days depend-ing on income) over a six-month sea-son, and 71 Standardbred racing days at Fraser Downs over an eight-month season. The season length at Fraser Downs will move to seven months in 2015 and to six months in

2016.It is anticipated that racing at Hast-

ings will commence in late April or early May and continue into Octo-ber. Racing at Fraser Downs is un-derway on Friday evenings and Sun-day afternoons, with 34 race days approved for the January-April time frame. Thirty-seven additional race days will be scheduled for the Sep-tember-December time frame at Fra-ser Downs.The Committee is pleased that rep-

resentatives of all industry parties have agreed to these arrangements and I personally thank the members of the Committee for making it hap-pen under very challenging condi-tions. We feel this model – to be in place for the next three years for the Thoroughbred sector and for the next five years for Standardbreds – will create an atmosphere of stability that will benefit breeders, owners, train-ers, bettors and racetrack personnel.With the funding arrangements sta-

bilized, the Committee will now turn our attention to the longer-term is-sues of attracting new bettors and growing the business. Douglas S. Scott Chairman B.C. Horse Racing Industry Management Committee

Hastings-based trainer Melanie Walters died February 13 as a result of injuries received in a training accident at her parent’s farm in Langley, British Columbia.Walters, 37, was coming off a strong year at

Hastings, where she finished in the top 10 in the trainer standings with 15 wins from 58 starts. It was Walters’s second year as a trainer. Her main client was her father, Dr. Ken Walters, a promi-nent horse owner at Hastings for many years.Walters also exercised horses for trainer Dino

Condilenios, who was the second-leading trainer at Hastings last year.“Everyone in the backstretch at Hastings is in

shock,” Condilenios said. “She was a great per-son. She would show up at my barn every day with a big smile. Everybody here loved her.”Walters is survived by two young children, Ca-

den, 7, and Laurel, 8

Western Thoroughbred Identification Services AnnouncementDue to the continuing decline of B.C.’s Thoroughbred foal crop over

thelast several years we have come to a decision to discontinue our Regis-tration/ Identification service. We will cease services once the 2013 foal

crop registrations are complete. We want to thank all of our customers for their patronage over the past 20 years and wish you all continued success in the future. Please contact the Jockey Club directly at 1-800-444-8521

for assistance on all registration needs. Sincerely, Reg & Marie Peat

Remembering…Melanie Walters

Multi-year deal agreed on for funding arrangements

Racing News

Hastings Racecourse se-curity guard Eric Dud-ley has been acknowl-edged with the Great Canadian Award of Merit for his actions this past summer after calm-ly talking a distraught patron from taking his own life by jumping from the rooftop of the racetrack.

Dudley Recognized As Hastings Hero

Ship N Win Program For 2014$100,000 offered to OwnersFor owners who have purchased new horses and haven’t raced at Hastings Racecourse and from outside of British Columbia prior to 2014:1: To qualify the horse must make 3 starts during the 2014 Racing Season at

Hastings Racecourse.2: All horses must be thoroughbreds, 3 year olds or older that have not

started at Hastings Racecourse in 2013 or prior.3: All horses must have started in another jurisdiction in 2013 or 20144: All horses must have started at least in two races in 2013 or 2014 for a

claiming price of $5000 or more to qualify.5: For each new horse the owner will receive $2000.00 after the horse’s

third start at Hastings in 2014. Regardless of the owner of record at the time of the third start the original owner who was officially the registered on the Jockey Club papers as the owner of the horse’s first start will receive the funds.6: Two or Three year olds bought at an (In Training Sale) in 2014 are also

eligible. Such horses must have been purchased thru the live portion of the Sale.7: Private Purchases of 2 year olds or 3 year olds from the United States

could be also eligible if purchased for $5000 or more. Eligibility to be deter-mined by the Racing Associations Committee.

Any questions on eligibility please direct to the Racing Office at Hastings

After our outside panel of experts decided on the winning entry for our Ideas Contest, I was happy to bring Mike Caggiano in as part owner of our filly Oro-luce. Prior to winning the contest I didn't know Mike who owns a small business and re-sides in Florida. He had also never been a Thor-oughbred owner. Our journey together with

Oroluce proves what we at Racing Future have been saying for a long time: owning even a fraction of a horse for a limited time gives horse racing fans a life-changing experience and creates loyal, life-long promoters of our sport.According to Equi-

base, last year, there were 29,563 owners whose horses had at

least one start in Cana-da, the United States or Puerto Rico. Can you imagine if every one of those owners offered a 5% ownership of one horse until the end of their 3 year old year? We could literally dou-ble the number of new activists for our sport every year!

Thank you,Dennis Mills

Racing Future’s First Time Owner Shares his Story

Looney LawsIt is illegal to ride an ugly horse down the street in Wilbur, Washington,

It is illegal to catch fish from horseback in Washington, DC courtesy Randy Goulding/DRF


2013 O’Brien Award WinnersPacers

Two-Year-Old Filly Pacer - Precocious Beauty owned by James L Avritt Sr., Lebanon, KY

Two-Year-Old Colt Pacer- Arthur Blue Chip owned by Dr. Ian Moore, Guelph, ON – R G Mc-Group Ltd., Bathurst, NB – Serge Savard, Saint-

Bruno, QC

Three-Year-Old Filly Pacer - I Luv The Nitelife owned by Richard P. Young, Boca Raton- Joanne

Young, Coconut Creek, FL

Three-Year-Old Colt Pacer -Vegas Vacation owned by West Wins Stable, Cambridge- Adriano Sorella, Milton – Anthony B Beaton, Waterdown

– Phyllis M Saunders, Hamilton, ON

Older Pacing Mare -Anndrovette owned by Bamond Racing LLC, Brick – Joseph

Davino, Clarksburg, NJ

Older Pacing Horse -Foiled Again owned by Burke Racing Stable LLC, Frederick-town – Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Canonsburg, PA –

JJK Stables LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL

People AwardsO’Brien Award of Horsemanship

Kelly Hoerdt, Beaumont, AB

Armstrong Breeder of the YearSeelster Farms, Lucan, ON

Driver of the YearSylvain Filion, Milton, ON

Trainer of the YearRichard Moreau, Puslinch, ON

Future Star AwardTravis Cullen, Edmonton, AB

Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce that Red Shores Racetrack & Casino at Charlottetown Driving Park, on Prince Edward Island, will be the host track for the 2014 edition of the National Driving Championship.The event is being hosted with the support of the PEI 2014 Fund as part of the 150th Anniversary celebration of the historic 1864 Charlottetown Conference that led to the creation of our Nation.The NDC will take place on Tuesday, August 26 in conjunction with a meeting of all of the prov-ince’s Premiers who will be on hand for the event. “It will be an honour to host the National Driving Championship in conjunction with the Council of the Federation," said Wes Sheridan, Minister Re-sponsible for Harness Racing. “Events like this, as well as the recent success of the O’Brien Awards here on Prince Edward Island, provide an oppor-tunity for us to showcase our vibrant harness rac-ing industry and the partnerships that make it so strong.” John Gallinger, SC President and CEO, said that the hosting of this year's NDC will provide a unique opportunity to showcase harness racing to all of our provincial leaders.The top two drivers from four regional

championships will make up the field of eight fi-nalists for the National Driving Championship. The winner will represent Canada in the World Driving Championship, to be hosted in concert with the World Trotting Conference in Australia in March, 2015.Host tracks for the Regional Driving Champion-ships have yet to be confirmed.“We are very excited to host the National Driving Championship and it will be one of the marquis events on our racing calendar,” said Red Shores Race Experience Manager Adam Walsh. “This format and the events have been very well received across the country and in the past each regional event was a major event of the racing season for the host track. The participation and co-operation of the racetracks and horsemen’s groups were a critical element to the success of all of the past Regional and National Driving Cham-pionship events,” commented Standardbred Can-ada’s Marketing Manager Kathy Wade Vlaar.The National Driving Championship is one of hundreds of events that the Island's year-long cel-ebration in 2014 will host.

National Driving Championship To Red Shores

2011 NDC Field: Left to right: Mario Charron (Quebec rep), Sylvain Lacaille (Quebec rep), Brandon Campbell (Western Region rep), Dave Hudon (Western Region rep), John Gallinger, President & CEO of Standardbred Canada, Trevor Henry (Ontario rep), Jody Jamieson (Ontario rep, winner of the 2011 NDC and 2011 World Driving Championship), Gilles Bar-reau (Atlantic Region rep), Ken Arsenault (Atlantic Region rep).

“Homeopathy For Horses”Dr. Henry Cheng, who has been a phar-macist in Cloverdale for over 30 years is hosting a Free seminar ‘Homeopathy For Horses’ at his Pharmasave location with Dr. Rehanni DVM, CCH on March 18

Pre-registration required by phone 604-576-2888 or on-line at

www.CloverdaleWellness.com


Early Spring

Training in

Osoyoosphotos by

Tahn Towns

A Valentines Day Treat! Filly foaled February 14 by Cheroot out of Finality Philly, owned by Stuart Carmichelle and Stride Away Thoroughbreds

Early Spring Training at Hastings


Early Spring

Training in

Osoyoosphotos by

Tahn Towns

Early Spring Training at Hastings

A Valentines Day Treat! Filly foaled February 14 by Cheroot out of Finality Philly, owned by Stuart Carmichelle and Stride Away Thoroughbreds


This spring, as in many springs before, Thor-oughbred foals full of noble blood, careful breeding and wobbly promise will extend their impossible legs and rise up with a kick onto the grounds of the storied Flying Horse Farm in West Kelowna. It is a ritual decades-old, and one that has produced many mar-vellous horses, a daz-zling array of cups, platters and statuettes that adorn the ranch house and stories that sparkle like all those horses and their tro-phies and handily out-number them. Like most larger-scale

race horse breeding op-erations, RJ and Lois Bennett’s venerable Flying Horse Farm is not expanding, though it is not through grow-ing just yet either. In fact, part of the family business is in the midst of a bit of a renaissance where everything old is indeed new again.The first clue to this

change is in the giant billboard outside the ranch gates advertising ‘Quality Thoroughbred Horses for Sale’ com-plete with smartphone-ready QCode that de-livers visitors to a website listing horses available for sale and offers further links to youtube video of the horses in action. The marketing mind behind all this is RJ & Lois’s youngest daughter, Rosanne. Recently re-turned to the ranch and not content to settle for

simply building a home there for herself and husband Larry van Kampen and taking a Sunday ride now and then, Rosanne Bennett set about lending a hand on the farm - without getting in the way.The farm is certainly a

family affair. With Lois in charge of equine op-erations, elder sister MJ in administration and accounting and el-der brother Andrew at work in the stables and also managing the web-site, the business was running as smoothly as any larger-scale breed-ing operation might ex-pect to these days. Mindful of this, Rosanne chose to make a niche for herself as the resident racehorse recycler of Flying Horse Farm. The Bennetts have

long been purveyors of quality Thoroughbreds for track and sport. RJ and Lois showed hors-es together until Lois retired from showing to focus on farm and fam-ily. When three of their four children followed them into competitive equestrian endeavours a small secondary in-dustry for Flying Horse Farm stock, particular-ly geldings, was creat-ed. The second wave of Bennetts in the show ring hit the in-gates on stakes winners such as Brandy Magic, Madly Magic and Air Flyer. Of course, back in the

day when RJ Bennett was dashing from a jumper round at the

Agrodome to watch his horse run in the next race at Exhibition Park, a quality Thoroughbred was a quality horse, full stop, and the concept of ‘marketing’ as we know it today was unheard of. Times have changed

but are changing yet again. North America started to pay attention when, in a 2011 speech to the USEF on ‘The Future of U.S. Show Jumping’, the legend-ary George Morris pub-licly rued his role in encouraging imports and deemed the Ameri-can Thoroughbred “the best sport horse in the world.”

Rosanne Bennett’s lit-tle farm store is doing a good business. Seven horses have been sold since she began last year, and all for asking price. Of these, two have gone on to careers in polo with the others finding favour as pros-pects for Three-Day Eventing and show jumping. RJ credits his daughter for the in-crease in turnover, stat-ing “she is a great little salesperson and does a really good job of talk-ing the horses up.” Rosanne is modest

about her role and notes that about half of the sales are to repeat cus-tomers who already

have a relationship with the farm and that some of their existing brood-mares have garnered a reputation amongst the sport horse set. To hear her tell it, “the horses sell themselves.”All modesty aside, this

extra boost in the after-market at Flying Horse Farms seems like the

right thing at the right time. Perhaps equestrian fashion is turning retro idea of marketing is certainly here to stay.“Quality Thorough-

bred Horses for Sale” does have a lovely ring to it though, doesn’t it?

Gottcha Gold Coronado’s Quest – Gottcha Last, by Pleasant Tap

16.1h bay TB. Multiple graded stakes winner of $933,570 winner of 8 races from 6 f to 9 f from age 2 through 5, including second in the $1,000,000 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

Florida’s leading freshman sire of STAKES HORSES! The only graded stakes winner by Coronado’s Quest at stud in North America. #4 on the Canadian LEADING SIRES list 02/20/2014

2014 Fee: $2000 LFG

(Stands & Nurses)$250 Booking Fee

Property of Steen & Cathy ReggelsenStanding at Stride Away Thoroughbreds 4338 Salmon River Road Armstrong, B.C. V0E 1B4

WWW.strideawayacres.com Phone: 1-(250) 546-2476 1-(250) 306-7792

or email: [email protected]

The Family Business…by Marcey Emery

Developed to include necessary components that are missing in many equine diets.A unique blend of high quality essential proteins, fats, minerals, prebiotics, yeast cultures, herbs, spices and saccharomyce cerevisae.Equicel Supplemental feed for performance hors-es provides quality sources of essential amino acids which are vital to maintenance, building & repair of all tissues.We do not add any fi llers, fi bers, texturizers or mould inhibitors.Available at R&E Saddle or delivery to Hastings

Park can be arranged.

Rick & Edith Davidson604-865-2350 [email protected]

25981 - 62 Ave., Aldergrove, BC V4W 1L7


Century Casinos, Inc. announced today that the “Century Downs Racetrack and Casino” project re-ceived master site development plan approval and the development per-mit from Rocky View County.With the development permit in

place, construction at the site may start at any time going forward. Stripping and grading is planned to begin within the next few weeks, weather permitting.Century Downs Racetrack and Ca-

sino is located less than one mile north of the city limits of Calgary and 4.5 miles from Airport. The lo-cation is ideally positioned exiting off the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, which is the main corridor between Calgary and Edmonton and one of the most heavily used highways in Western Canada, next to the Cros-sIron Mills shopping mall, a major regional attraction, and would cap-ture both the north and the northwest Calgary markets, which do not cur-rently have a casino. The project has already received

the racing license from Horse Racing

Alberta and also the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (“AGLC”) has approved the project for devel-opment. Per regulation in Alberta, the final casino license will be issued shortly before opening upon final in-spection by the AGLC.iles from the Calgary InternationaCommenting on the news, the Com-

pany’s Co CEOs Erwin Haitzmann and Peter Hoetzinger remarked: “We are excited about the go-ahead re-ceived from Rocky View County and are grateful for the tremendous sup-port the project continues to receive from local and provincial communi-ties and regulatory authorities.” Re-ferring to the fourth quarter results to-be-announced on March 31, they continued: “Regional gaming reve-nues across North America suffered at the end of 2013 in virtually every market, as did our operations. To-gether with higher corporate expens-es associated with new project devel-opments, results for the fourth quarter 2013 will be behind expecta-tions.”

Langley’s Neighbourhood Feed Store

Contact Winfola Stables1-519-731-2474

Need stabling in Ontario?Winfola Stables, located north of Woodbine and a few miles from Guelph, offers excellent care for Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses featuring: 12’ X 12’ soft matted stalls, individual turn-out paddocks.

Century Downs Racetrack and Casino project receives master site development plan approval

Smiles and MudCongratulations to HorseRacingBC photographer Patti Tubbs who has made the short list (three semi-finalists) for a Sovereign Award with this great photo of Hastings jockey Frank Fuentes. The hard working Tubbs can be seen in the paddock or winners circle most race days and her photos can be seen at wwwcatchamomentphotos.com

A Sovereign For Patti?


Long time backstretch fixture Joe Fix has worked on the backstretch as a hotwalker, excersise rider, tattoo clerk and on the starting gate for many years, in short an all-round horseman who has paid hid dues. This year he begins a new career, that of trainer, after receiving his trainers licence late last fall. Congratulations Joe.

Increasing Your Horse’s Stamina With Leg Saver!The basic Leg Saver treatments are quite simple. 3 Treat the lung and heart ting points (located on the front coronet band) once, 3 days before a race or event. 3 Treatments are for one hour each. 3 Treatments should be done separately, one after the other. 3 It will take 2 hours to complete both. 3 The following day the horse should be walked for ½ hour to one hour. 3 The morning of the race the lungs should be treated for ½ hour as early as possible (about 8 am). Do not treat the heart. 3 This will increase performance about 4 to 8 lengths, depending on the horse. 3 Always check on the shoulders, hocks, poll & whirlbone to make sure the horse is ready for optimal performance. 3 Always treat the hocks if there is any heat in them at all. A number of trainers have been experimenting with the amount of exercise needed to keep the horse performing at its peak. Here is what we have found: 3 Horses that have their training reduced the week before the treatment are significantly improved over horses that are kept at their regular degree of exercise. They win a lot more money. 3 Reducing the exercise program the week before the treatment produces a much fitter horse. Results show about 80% wins & seconds—mostly wins (rider error caused some of the second place finishes). 3 These treatments reduce stress and strain on the horse’s body (hooves, ankles, tendons, ligaments, knees, hocks and other areas of stress). 3 Protocol for young race horses – treat their heart and lungs once every 2 weeks. This builds stronger horses with tremendous stamina. This will not make them run faster it just makes them finish stronger. This new protocol will give you the best results in your performance horse. Having more stamina down the stretch run results in more wins! Try it with one horse and see the results.

I’m reluctant to tell a world-class trainer what to do but this protocol really generates superior results!

CONTACT: GARY DESROCHES

[email protected]

1-800-595-7408 toll free1-604-215-3622

Langley’s Neighbourhood Feed Store

A report released on January 9, 2014, by Retired Racehorse Training Project (RRTP) is the first nationwide study of how Thoroughbred ex-racehorses are transitioned into second careers. It is based on a survey conducted in late 2013 titled Exploring the Bridge To Second Careers in which owners of 4,200 ex-racehorses from 47 states and Canada responded to 23 ques-tions.“The public believes

that racing owners dump their retiring horses into auctions and that a lucky few get rescued and ad-opted,” said RRTP president Steuart Pittman.“Our survey tells a

different story. Most of these horses were not rescued. They were sold or donated through networks of people both inside and outside of racing who work very hard to transition these ani-mals.”

—34 percent of these horses were acquired directly from racing owners.

—31 percent were acquired from non-racing private owners.

—13.5 percent were acquired from non-profit placement or rescue organizations, although that share

increased from 11 percent to 19 percent over the last ten years.

—9 percent were acquired from profes-sional training or sales businesses.

—2.3 percent of horses came through auctions.The survey also

revealed that prices for horses increased with training, but are still far below what it costs to transition racehorses to new careers.

—The average adop-tion fee at nonprofit placement organiza-tions was $1,001 (22 percent were free). These organizations were most likely to have horse protection terms in contracts.

—Horses acquired through racing owners were purchased for an average price of $1,265 (30 percent were given away).

— Horses sold through private non-racing owners had an average price of $2,618, not including the 19 percent that were free.

— Horses sold through professional training or sales businesses had an average sale price of $4,646, not including the four percent given away.

—The average price at auction was $839.The survey respon-

dents identified the sport of eventing as their primary riding discipline most often (37 percent). Hunter/

jumper was second at 27 percent, dressage third at 13 percent, and then trails and recre-ation (English) at nine percent.The following conclu-

sions are taken from the full survey report:

—Racehorses are placed in second careers with long-term owners through a marketplace that lacks networks and forums through which the sellers, trainers, and buyers can find one another.

—Prices and adoption fees are depressed to a level that makes subsidies for those providing transition services essential until demand rises signifi-cantly.

—The financial incen-tive to retire horses sound from racing does not exist until in-creased demand raises prices for retiring horses.The Retired Race-

horse Training Project or (RRTP) will respond to the results of this

study with a major expansion of its work in 2014, including:

—A second Thorough-bred Makeover and National Symposium at Pimlico Racecourse on October 4 and 5 that will include more horses, more trainers, and more racing stables;

—Contracts for profes-sional services that will re-launch its heavily trafficked web site, develop partnerships with racing and riding institutions, explore the feasibility of a publish-ing venture; and

—Compile, print, and distribute the first state-by-state resource directory for Thor-oughbred placement.A full copy of Explor-

ing the Bridge to Second Careers is available through RRTP and can be read online at: http://www.retiredra-

cehorsetraining.org/documents/OTTBSur-veyReport.pdf.

Retired Racehorse Training Project Releases First National Study of Thoroughbred Racehorse Placement

BROODMARES FOR SALE BROODMARES FOR SALE BROODMARES FOR SALE BROODMARES FOR SALE

Due to death in the family, we have de-cided to offer 4 of our broodmares for sale. 3 are in foal and due April/May 2014 to our Storm Cat stallion, Great Legacy.Please send inquiries to:

Marianne or Karen Warland at: [email protected]

or call (604)816-5292

Retired trainer Alan ‘AJ’ Jack celebrated his 80th birthday January 24th at the Derby Bar & Grill

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