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All Committee Meeting

NEW MEXICO HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

ALL COMMITTEES MEETING

(Ruidoso Downs, Sunland Park, SunRay Park, Zia Park, Downs @Albuquerque)

TUESDAY, JULY 20TH

10:00 am

Lunch will be served

MCM ELEGANTE HOTEL

2020 Menual Blvd

Albuquerque, NM  87107

884-2511

PLEASE RSVP TO

TERRI OR BRENDA

505-266-7056

Website

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NM Racing Commission Meeting Dates

Wed., July 21, 2010

Wed., August 25, 2010

Thur., September 23, 2010

Thur., October 28, 2010

Thur., November 18, 2010

All the meetings will start at 8:30 am and will be held in Albuquerque.

 

Request for Owners to Serve on Jockey Mount Fee Increase Committee

Dear Owners:   We are looking for 3 Owners who have not made up their minds over the jockey's request for an increase to jock mount fees to serve on an advisory committee.   Meetings with jockey's representatives will be held over the phone on teleconferences which will be arranged by the NMHA.   Need response by 12:00 noon, tomorrow, Tuesday, June 22, 2010.  Please call Pat Bingham, Executive Director, at 505.205.6650 if you would like to serve.  You may also send a fax to 505.266.0643 or an e-mail to binghampe@yahoo.com.  Thanks in advance  for your anticipated response.

Note for Horsemen June 17, 2010

Note for Horsemen:

 

The NMRC met in public session yesterday, June 16, 2010.

The following action of interest to Horsemen was taken by the NMRC:

1. Tabled Racing at Raton’s request for 2011 licensure and related applications due to pending disciplinary hearing to be held on July 21, 2010.

2. Tabled ZIA Park’s request for race days for 2011. ZIA has requested 53 days to run from September 11 to December 6, 2011. (53 days approved for 2010)                             Approved July simulcast signal.

3. Approved Sunland Park’s application for racing for 2011 and its request for approval of July 2010 simulcast.

4. Sunray, approved 11th race for last 12 days of race meet. Also approved simulcast import for July  2010. Tabled request for race days. (April 22 to July 3    44 days.       46 days approved for 2010.)

5. Ruidoso Downs, tabled race days for 2011 (Ruidoso proposed 60 days, Memorial day to Labor day, 2011 same as 2010).. Tabled NOM blank approvals pending meeting with Horsemen.

 

6. DAA: Tabled request by DAA for Wayne Epsteen to serve as head of security in barn area pending further discussion between DAA and Alb. Committee. Tabled race day application for 2011. DAA has applied  to run 43 days beginning in mid March through last weekend of May. Would pickup 11 days during state fair if state fair doesn’t put in for days. Total 54 days 2011. DAA would have to negotiate a change in dates with Sunray to fit days on calendar for 2011. Approved July 2010 simulcast. .

7. State Fair application. Tabled Fair's request for 17 race days to be run in September 2011 during state fair.

 

Decided to fine P. Valenzuela $1,500 and gave him 15 riding days off for actions at Sunray. Decided to fine Delano Lucero $400.00 with 1 day off for actions at Sunray in April. Card cancelled due to jocks' refusal to ride on April 24, 2010.

Discussed jock mount fee  increase and requested that jocks and Horsemen resolve issue by next NMRC meeting set for July 21, 2010. A 3 owner committee will meet with jocks in a phone conference during week of June 23 to  commence discussions.

Remember, new medication rules become effective on July 5, 2010. See previous blog entry on subject published below.

The commission agreed to table implementation of the helmet and vest rule until after the July 21, 2010 NMRC meeting.


The NMRC re-affirmed that maidens 6 and older are not eligible to run at NM tracks.

Call Pat Bingham at 505.205.6650 with any questions. Office number for NMHA is 505.266.7056.

 

Ruidoso Derby Post Position Order

The post position for the qualifiersfor the 17th running of the Grade 1 Ruidoso Derby on Saturday June12th.

 

Post

Position

             Name

Time

                Owner

        Trainer

1

Swingin Daddyo

19.422

Debra Gotovac

Bradley Bolen

2

Jess So Sixy

19.355

Robert Williams

Wes Giles

3

Kuhl Little Man

19.558

Sunset Well Service Inc.

Albert Franco

4

Sir Seth

19.404

Rodney Christiansen

G. Blane Wood

5

Runaway Stoli

19.481

Sunset Well Service Inc.

Albert Franco

6

Hott Feett

19.500

R.D. Hubbard, Mike Bello, Bat Masterson and Butch Southway

Paul Jones

7

Stepenos

19.490

Paul Jones, Jim Markum, and PK Thomas

Paul Jones

8

Double Down Special

19.246

Vanessa Bartoo

John Stinebaugh

9

CD Frontier Justice

19.355

Fredda Draper

Carl Draper

10

Smokey Stone

19.440

John and Doug May

Fred Danley


 

Letter

(The following letter is an opinion registered by one of our NMHA member and probably heartfelt by others.)

 

Shame on you, New Mexico Racing Commission, Gaming Control Board and double shame on you, Governor Bill Richardson!

 

Yes, shame on all of you for hurting horse racing in New Mexico, the town of Raton, and the State of New Mexico. You asked how did we hurt these three entities? We’ll start with Governor Bill Richardson. In 2007, Governor Richardson enacted the Indian Gaming Compacts that limited one more racetrack in the state. These compacts run through June 30 of 2037. What gave you the right, Governor Richardson, to hold a business hostage for 30 years? Racing is part of the agricultural foundation of the State of New Mexico. No one in this world should have the right to place a 30-year moratorium on any industry unless it was the industry that hurts the people that are involved in it, the state in which in originates, or the general population of that state. Indeed, the Governor of the State of New Mexico did this to New Mexico horse horsing, and then, Governor Richardson, after this was done, you touted the village of Raton to seek a racetrack in the municipality. You also did the same thing in Tucumcari. You did exclude one major track that still exists in the State of New Mexico, although it has not run for many years, which is the Downs at Santa Fe. By doing this touting, your Racing Commission received three viable applications for a racetrack; for Raton, Tucumcari, and the Down at Santa Fe. Not to belabor a point, after months and months of deliberation, a non-U.S. citizen was allotted the license to begin construction of a race track in Raton. A key investor in the track at Raton was an individual that received millions of dollars from investments that were made by state agencies in which the state agencies lost all of their investment capital. This in many people’s viewpoint was swindling the State of New Mexico. Then the façade of getting the track built began. With missed deadlines, failure to meet more missed deadlines, and on and on until the Gaming Control Board, finally on May 4, 2010, withdrew the license. I think we all know the history of what went on at Raton with the substandard temporary building being place, liens on the property for non-payment to the general contractor and on and on. This is the fault and the shame of Gaming Control Board and the Racing Commission. The people of Raton had the biggest hoax played on them that is unconscionable and downright cruel. The horsemen of the State of New Mexico likewise had the same done to them.

 

The Downs at Santa Fe could have been a viable racetrack because it still exists. The horsemen used the horse track for training in 2008 and 2009. The barn structure is sound. Truly, it does needs some TLC and it needs to be brought up to speed and code in electrical, probably water, but these are things that if the license were granted to the Downs at Santa Fe would have been done and the horsemen of the State of New Mexico would have had a chance to begin an abbreviated meet in 2009 and a complete meet of 60 days 2010. But as everything else in this state, this turned out to be a political three-ring circus. The Racing Commission, marching to the drumbeat of the Governor, also the Gaming Control Board, until it began to be an embarrassment to the entire State of New Mexico. Then finally the track at Raton was taken off life support after 18 months of false promises and downright failure to perform.

 

Again, shame, shame on all of you for allowing this to happen. You cheated a community in this state, you cheated the state out of gaming revenues that could have come from the Downs at Santa Fe where the majority of the population is in the middle of the state, not in a far Northeast small community or another small community named Tucumcari that would have been a detriment rather than a positive for racing.

 

In the State of New Mexico, we have politics in every facet of our every day living. We need to get the politicians out of industries. It’s not this pay-to-play stuff that citizens want anymore; they want truly elected individuals to do best for their state.

 

Hopefully, when there is a change in administration the new governor of this state will not repeat the travesties that have been done to one of the top five major agricultural industries in the state, and have enough sense to appoint commissioners that are not influenced by politicians, both for the Racing Commission and the Gaming Control Board, and follow their own rules and regulations that is in their statutes and rules.

 

A Kneale Foutz

Ruidoso Futurity Qualifiers


The Qualifiers for the 18thrunning of the Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity on Sunday June 13th.

Qualified

Position

Name

Time

Owner

Trainer

1

American Runaway

17.138

Sammy and Johnny Martinez, and Bobby Cox

Paul Jones

2

Royally Sandra

17.455

R.D. Hubbard and Dr. Barry Thompson

Paul Jones

3

Fredona

17.460

Valle Guadiana Corporation

Juan Gonzalez

4

Unanchored

17.468

Fredda Draper and Wayne Casson

Carl Draper

5

Absolut Treasure

17.487

Reed Land and Cattle Company

J. Heath Reed

6

Treason

17.510

Donna Aldridge and Lola Willis

Mike Joiner

7

No Dice Special

17.513

VWP Jr. Inc.

John Stinebaugh

8

Bodacious Dash

17.590

Jim Pitts

Blane Wood

9

Legendary Express

17.601

Jack Evans

Blane Wood

10

Brimmin to Pass

17.606

Sunset Well Service Inc.

Albert Franco

 

Important Note For Horsemen

Note for Horsemen

June 2, 2010

Effective on Saturday, June 5, 2010, Sunray Park will require a negative pyroplasmosis test in order to come on the grounds. Please consult with your vet regarding this blood test. If you have any questions call Lonnie Barber, Director of Racing, Sunray Park at 505.566.1200 or Pat Bingham at the New Mexico Horsemen’s office at 505.266.7056.

 

 

Ruidoso Downs 2010 Horsemen’s Committee

Trainers:

Bobby Dan Crenshaw

                Gerald Marr

                Jeff Hudson

                Randy Schalla

Owners:

                Freda McSwane

                Orlando Montes

                Dan Hardisty

                Connie Snyder

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