Note for Horsemen:
Re: Track Safety Committee Meeting, NMRC Medication Committee Meeting
Dear Horsemen:
The Sunland Park Track Safety
Committee will meet on Monday, January 11, 2010 in the Monte Cristo Rey Room at
Sunland Park. A proposed agenda is attached for your
review. Horsemen are invited to attend
this meeting and provide input regarding safety issues on the track and
backside.
At 1:00 pm the Racing
Commission’s Medication Committee will meet in the Monte Cristo Rey Room to
discuss issues that relate to the medication Clenbuterol. All Horsemen and Vets should attend this most
important meeting.
Please call Pat Bingham at
505.266.7056 with any questions regarding the upcoming meeting.
Sincerely, Pat Bingham, Executive Director, New Mexico
Horsemen’s Association
Congratulations
to the new members of the Sunland Park Horsemen’s Committee. The trainers are
Dick Cappellucci, Don Castor, Ernie Edgar, and Wayne Noel. The owners are
Pierre Amestoy, Gary Clements, Rita Danley, and James Wasson.
The last day to vote for Sunland Park Horsemen’s track committee is Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. This applies to all tracks where voting is taking place. Thank you for your participation.
| Name | Time | Qualified Position | Owner | Trainer |
| Niftys Royal Flush | 19.423 | 1 | Abelardo F. Gallegos | J M Gonzalez |
| Whatever Bill | 19.424 | 2 | Salvador Soto | S R Soto |
| Sixy Chamisa | 19.447 | 3 | SM Cattle Export Company | R Sanchez |
| A Special Baby Doc | 19.449 | 4 | M J Enterprises | B Torres |
| Mr Regard | 19.523 | 5 | K H Logax, Inc | J M Gonzalez |
| Do You Copy | 19.534 | 6 | R. D. Hubbard | J Zamora |
| Badmoonrising | 19.538 | 7 | Zeferino Sauceda | H G Aldavaz |
| The Gap | 19.573 | 8 | SM Cattle Export Company | R Sanchez |
| Tecate N Lyme | 19.615 | 9 | Hermenegildo G. Aldavaz | H G Aldavaz |
| Aj Futurelights | 19.618 | 10 | Ron W. Hanna and Ed Johnson, Jr. | C Sedillo |
There will be a general
horsemen’s meeting at Sunland Park on Saturday, December 19 at 10:30 in the
horsemen’s kitchen. Nominations for the new Sunland committee will take place
at that time. Voting will begin on Sunday, December 20th (12/20) and
go until Tuesday, December 29th (12/29). Voting will take place every
day at the horsemen’s office at Sunland. You will be able to vote at Sunray,
Zia, Ruidoso, and The Downs on 12/20, 12/26, 12/27, and 12/29 from 11:00 to
1:30 in the grandstand.
We have recently added 2 renderings of Raton’s race track and casino plans. To be able to view these drawings please go to the links that are on the left side and click on NMHA 08 Awards Banquet and track photos. After you have arrived at the web page, click on “View Album” on the left side. These are the most recent drawings of the Raton project available.
AS STATED IN PRIOR NOTICES AND ON OUR WEBSITE BLOG at
WWW.NEWMEXICOHORSEMEN.COM, the NMRC’s recently enacted rule to eliminate testing levels for Clenbuterol goes into effect today. Effectively, without any testing levels, the medication becomes a zero tolerance medication for racing purposes.We have expressed our opposition to the decision by the NMRC to amend the rule on numerous occasions without success. We also retained counsel to review the steps that were taken to amend of the rule to determine what legal action if any could be taken in this matter. After consultation with several attorneys, we are advised that there is nothing that can be done in court and that the rule as amended by the NMRC must be followed.
A positive post race test for Clenbuterol (Class III medication) carries a mandatory loss of purse, $1,500 fine and a lengthy suspension.
If you have any questions regarding this notice, please call Pat Bingham at the NMHA office at 5050.266.7056 (Cell 505.205.6650) or Julian Luna, Executive Director for the New Mexico Racing Commission at 505.222.0702.