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News from the WTBOA January 14, 2011
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Monday, January 10 -
Saturday, January 15, 2010
KEENELAND HORSES OF
ALL AGES SALE
Lexington, KY
(800) 456-3412; keeneland.com
Friday, January 14, 2011
2011 AHP STUDENT AWARD
CONTEST CLOSES
americanhorsepubs.org
Monday, January 17, 20111
40th ANNUAL ECLIPSE AWARDS
Fontainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
(859) 422-2657;
mravencroft@ntra.com; ntra.com
Friday, January 21, 2011
JIM SEABECK'S 98TH BIRTHDAY
Send a card or give him a call at
5116 S. St. Andrews Lane
Spokane, WA 99223
(509) 368-7848
Monday, January 24 -
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
BARRETTS MIXED SALE
Pomona, CA
(909) 629-3099; barretts.com
Friday, January 28, 2011
WTBOA BOARD MEETING
(253) 288-7878;
maindesk@washingtonthoroughbred.com
Monday, January 31, 2011
NORTHWEST RACE SERIES
LATE FEE EXTENSION PAYMENTS DUE (253) 288-7878; maindesk@washingtonthoroughbred.com
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
DEADLINE TO NAME FOALS OF 2009
The Jockey Club, Lexington, KY
(800) 333-1778; equineline.com
or jockeyclub.com
Sunday, February 6, 2011
EMERALD DOWNS OPENS FOR
HORSES TO COME ON THE GROUNDS
and
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
RACETRACK OPENS FOR TRAINING
Auburn, WA (253) 288-700 or
(800) 931-8400
emeralddowns.com
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
PEGASUS THOROUGHBRED
TWO-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING SALE
Preview Monday, February 14, 2011
pegasushorsesale.com
Saturday, February 19, 2011
WASHINGTON ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA
(253) 288-7878;
maindesk@washingtonthoroughbred.com
Monday, February 28, 2011
WASHINGTON THOROUGBHRED FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINE
The Race for Education
Lexington, KY 40504
(859) 252-8648; fax (859) 252-8030; raceforeducation.org/scholarships/
Saturday, March 12, 2011*
OREGON ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
(503) 285-0658; info@orgontoba.com
www.oregontoba.com
Friday, April 1, 2011
BACKSTRETCH CLUBHOUSE LEARNING
CENTER SCHOLARSHIP AUCTION
Emerald Downs, Auburn, WA
Contact: WHBPA (253) 288-7860;
whbpa.com
*Tentative
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HORSE FOR SALE
2010 Washington-bred filly by Soft Gold (Brz) (72% winners from starters) out of Sudden ($20,000 winner at 2). Call (602) 799-2832.
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WTBOA Mission Statement
The Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association seeks to unite and represent those who are interested in breeding, owning, racing and improving Thoroughbreds in the state of Washington and the Northwest. To generate positive growth, interest and appreciation of Washington Thoroughbreds, the WTBOA is dedicated and committed to education, communication and collaboration, as well as marketing and promoting the nobility, history and benefits of Thoroughbreds. |
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And the Winner is ...
Malon Cowgill, of Kennewick, is the winner of the WTBOA early 2011 membership drive prize of one week's free lodging in a Las Vegas condo, which was donated by Jack Arnold.
Congratulations to Malon and a big thanks to Jack for his generosity and support.
We again thank all of you who have joined or renewed for your support! If you have not joined, you can still do so. You will receive two passes to Emerald Downs (live or satelliting, on-site only), a beautiful 13-month full color calendar for 2011 and many other great benefits. Click here to join or renew or give us a call for more information, 253-288-7878. |
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Who Will This Year's Winners Be?
Nominees for Washington's year-end awards have been announced and plans are in progress for the Annual Awards Banquet, which will be held on Saturday, February 19, at Emerald Downs. Last year's event proved to be a successful and fun-filled evening and every effort is being made to create an even bigger and better event this year. We invite you to join us in celebrating the 2010 equine and human champions, as well as honoring all of the nominees.
Click here for the list of nominees in each category.
Click here for tickets and reservations, or call (253) 288-7878 for more information. |
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Emerald Downs 2011 Dates Approved
The Washington Horse Racing Commission approved 82 days of racing for Emerald Downs's 2011 season at their January 12 meeting. Emerald will start their 16th season on Friday, April 15, and run through Sunday, September 25. Except for three holiday Mondays (May 30, July 4 and September 5) and the months of July and August when Thursday racing dates will be added, the meet will offer Friday, Saturday and Sunday cards.
The first horses will arrive at Emerald Downs for the 2011 season on Sunday, February 6, and the racing surface will be open for training starting Tuesday, February 8. |
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Entries for $80,000 Portland Meadows Oaks Close January 17
The richest purse for the 2010-11 Portland Meadows season will be the $80,000 offered in the open Portland Meadows Oaks to be run on January 29. The mile race for sophomore fillies is one of three Thoroughbred stakes offered on the Saturday card, which will also feature the $25,000 Governor's Speed Handicap, a six-panel race for runners three and up, and the $11,000 McFadden Memorial Invitational for three-year-olds at a mile. Entries for all three stakes close January 17.
The Portland Meadows Oaks replaced the Oregon Oaks and is offered as a springboard to the Black-Eyed Susan 2.2 bonus program which will award $2.2-million in bonus money to the filly who can sweep the Portland Meadows Oaks, Santa Anita Oaks (G1), Gulfstream Park Oaks and finish up with a victory in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) run at Pimlico the day before the Preakness Stakes (G1). |
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WTBOA Sales Graduates in the News
2003 WTBOA Summer Yearling Sale graduate and stakes winner Indian Weaver won his first race as a nine-year-old in a six-furlong race at Sunland Park on January 8. The Washington-bred gelded son of Basket Weave-Go for Jackie, by Fit to Fight, bred by Nina and Ron Hagen, improved his record to 10-19-9 from 86 starts and he has earned $277,353.
2007 WTBOA sales graduate Hit the Juice scored a head victory over race favorite Getrdonegotrdid in the $10,975 Overnight Handicap run at Portland Meadows on January 10. Mike and Keith Thompson's five-year-old Washington-bred gelding, who is trained by Mike and was ridden by Joe Crispin, came from off the pace to finish the 5 1/2-furlong added money event in 1:05.50 over a fast track. Bred by Rogelio Gonzalez, the son of Ihtimam-Cider Slew, by Slewacide, has won three races and earned $24,233. |
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Other News
Trainer Bud Klokstad and his wife Billie's homebred Special Holiday won her second race in three tries when the three-year-old Washington-bred daughter of El Dorado Farms LLC's Private Gold went gate-to-wire to take a six-furlong allowance test at Golden Gate Fields on January 9. The first foal out of the unraced Slewdledo mare Special Return, Special Holiday has earned $37,700.
Banjammer, the three-year-old colt by Candy Ride (Arg) who finished second by a nose to Inhisglory in the $50,000 Turfway Prevue Stakes run at Turfway Park on January 8, is out of Right Time Matty, a daughter of El Dorado Farms LLC's Matty G.
Four-year-old Arena Elvira improved her record to 2-3-0 from five starts after the daughter of Ghostzapper and multiple graded stakes winner Two Item Limit, by Twining, won a mile allowance race at Gulfstream Park on January 13. The $81,500 earner was bred by Kentucky by Northwest Farms LLC. |
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In Memoriam
Rick Swanson
Rick Swanson, of Arlington, 64, passed away on December 25, 2011. He was a 1965 graduate of Paradise Valley High School in Phoenix, Arizona.
A former WTBOA member, Rick and his wife Carol operated RC Farms in Arlington.
He is survived by his wife, Carol; father, J. McCormick Swanson; son, Duane (La'el) Swanson; step-son Rhett Shaffer; brother, Steve Swanson; and many grandchildren.
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Give the Gift of 2011! WTBOA Calendars for 2011
now available - $5 donation per calendar Call to order or for more information
253-288-7878 |
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