Horsemen`s Journal July – August 2008

Published for the members of the Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association, Inc.
Volume 19, Number 3
July/August 2008
Delaware Handicap weekend replay
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elaware Handicap weekend, July 12-13, served up
two full cards of racing and seven stakes with
purses totaling over $3 million. It was a beautiful
weekend and big payoffs for the betters.
Beginning Saturday, Augustin Stable’s PALMILLA
scored an upset victory in the $300,000 Robert G. Dick
Memorial Stakes (including $50,000 Breeders’ Cup fund).
With Rosemary Homeister, Jr. astride, the 5-year-old
daughter of Crowd Pleaser returned $42.20 as the longest
shot in the field of six. The Pennsylvania-bred, conditioned
by Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard, won by 3 1/2
lengths and covered the one mile and three eighths over a
firm course in 2:17.28. Herboriste, with A.R. Napravnik,
finished second a nose in front of the 1-to- 5 favorite,
Rosinka with Cornelio Velasquez, in third. Palmilla raised
her career record to four wins from 13 starts with winnings
of $310,310.
William Harris’ FIVE STEPS notched an easy victory in
the $100,000 R.R.M. Carpenter Jr. Memorial. With J. D.
Acosta aboard, the 7-year-old daughter of Yarrow Brae
notched a 5 1/4 length score and covered the mile and a
sixteenth in 1:42.44 over a firm course. The Maryland-bred,
trained by Christopher Grove, returned $6.60 as the second
choice in the field of six. Won Awesome Dude, with Mario
Pino, ran second. It was another 3 1/4 lengths farther back
to Celtic Innis, with A.R. Napravnik, in third. Kaufy Big
Shot, the slight 2-to-1 favorite, with Travis Dunkelberger,
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finished 4th.
FIVE STEPS
raised his career
record to nine
wins from 17
starts with
earnings of
$368,746.
Brereton
Jones’ PROUD
SPELL wore
down her rivals in
Scott Peck, DTHA President, and John
the final furlong
Mooney, Executive Director of Racing
at the Del Cap Draw
and won the
$500,000 Grade
II Delaware Oaks. Ridden by Gabriel Saez, the daughter of
Proud Citizen won by 3/4 lengths and covered the mile and a
sixteenth in 1:43.34 over a fast main track. The Kentuckybred, trained by the leading Delaware Park trainer J. Larry
Jones, returned $2.60 as the favorite in the field of six.
African Violet, with Cornelio Velasquez, ran second and it
was another 2 lengths farther back to Shes All Eltish, with
Eddie Castro, in third. Maren’s Meadow, with Mario Pino,
set early fractions of 48.53 for the half mile and 1:11.95 for
the three quarters mile before fading into fourth place.
PROUD SPELL, the Kentucky Oaks winner this year and
second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies last year, raised
her career record to six wins from ten starts with earnings of
$1,615,110. Jones intends on running her next in the mile
and a quarter $600,000 Grade I Alabama Stakes at Saratoga
on August 16. J. Larry Jones has now won both big Delaware races. In 2005, he won the Delaware Handicap with
Island Sand.
Park Avenue Racing Stable’s SMART AND FANCY won
the $100,000 Light Hearted Stakes. Ridden by Ramon
Dominguez, the 5-year-old daughter of Not For Love won by
a neck over Delaware Certified WEEKS with Edgar Prado
aboard. It was another length farther back to Akronism, with
Pablo Morales, in third. SMART AND FANCY returned
$3.20 as the favorite in the field of six. The Maryland-bred,
trained by Anthony Dutrow, covered the five furlongs on a
PROUD SPELL scores a victory in the Delaware Oaks .
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Owners Day 2008
firm turf course in 56.37. She raised her career record to 12
wins from 20 starts with earnings of $663,443.
Eldon Farm’s WHEELS UP AT NOON upset the
$200,000 Caesar Rodney Stakes by scoring the victory.
Ridden by Javier Castellano, the 4-year-old daughter of
Outflanker returned $24.60 after notching a 2 1/4 length
score. The 7-to-5 favorite in the field of eight, Silver Tree
with Edgar Prado aboard ran second a length ahead of Ruff
and Ready with Garrett Gomez. WHEELS UP AT NOON
covered the mile and a sixteenth over a firm course in
1:49.43. The Florida-bred, trained by Paul Douglas Fout,
raised his career record to six wins from 16 starts with
earnings of $257,020.
Paraneck Stable’s MAGICAL FOREST scored an upset
victory in the $300,000 Barbaro Stakes. With Jorge Chavez
aboard, the 3-year-old son of Cherokee Run won by a half
length over the 6-to-5 favorite, Cherokee Artist with Garrett
Gomez. Ready Set, with Edgar Prado, finished third.
MAGICAL FOREST returned $33.60 as the longest shot in
the field of five. The Kentucky-bred, trained by Joseph
Demola, ran the mile and a sixteenth in 1:44.02 over a fast
main track. His career record is now four wins from 13 starts
with earnings of $315,599.
HYSTERICALADY shipped in from California for
trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and owners Rancho San Miguel,
Jerry Hollendorfer and George Todaro to win the 71st
running of the $1 million Grade II Delaware Handicap. With
Garrett Gomez in the irons, the 5-year-old daughter of
Distorted Humor won by 4 lengths and covered the mile and
a quarter in 2:02.37. LEMON DROP MOM, trained locally
by Timothy Ritchey and ridden by Jose Caraballo, lead most
of the way and ran second. It was another 3/4 lengths farther
back to the 2-to-1 favorite and 2007 Del Cap winner Unbridled Belle with leading Delaware Park rider Ramon
Dominguez aboard. HYSTERICALADY returned $7.00 as
the third choice in the field of eight. The Kentucky-bred
raised her career record to ten wins from 20 starts with
earnings of $2,110,556.
Howdy Pardners!
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wners Day plans have been rounded up and branded for
Saturday, September 6, 2008. The showdown begins at
12:45 p.m. with 13 races and purses totaling over
$750,000. Mosey on down to the paddock in your jeans and
boots for a “Yee Haw” good time.
Your tickets will be mailed shortly. This is also a reminder
that you must bring your Delaware Park owner or trainer badge
along with your ticket to attend the luncheon under the tent.
We’re rounding up winners for Owners Day!
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Giddy up buckaroos and mosey on over to
Delaware PArk On September 6, 2008 for
the 16th Annual Owners day Celebration!
*Delaware Park Owner or Trainer License and
Luncheon Ticket Required for Admittance.
Editor’s Note
The Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Journal is
published monthly. Members are invited to submit suggestions for future articles and letters to the editor. Contact Kim
Sprenger at (302) 994-2521, ext. 7284; Fax (302) 994-3392.
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HYSTERICALADY, winning the $1 million Grade II
Delaware Handicap.
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Counselor’s Corner
Backstretch Employee Assistance Program
update
Tee off for Owners Day!
L
issette Alfaro, an addictions
counselor from St. Paul’s
Catholic Church in Wilmington,
has completed her second month with
the Delaware Backstretch Employee
Assistance Program (BEAP). With her
support we are continuing to offer
English as a second language (ESL)
classes as well as weekly recovery
meetings. The recovery meetings are
G. Wesley Jones, LCSW
held every Tuesday night from 6:00 –
7:00 p.m. in the Horsemen’s Office.
The ESL classes are held Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 8:30
p.m. in the same location. For more information on the ESL
classes, please contact Lissette Alfaro at (302) 507-9494.
Our fall hours will begin in late August and are listed below.
They also will be posted in the Horsemen’s Office. Please
remember you can reach me anytime on my cell phone,
(302) 383-7233. If you or anyone you work with is going
through a difficult time, you can contact me confidentially to
discuss those matters. My office is located above the
Horsemen’s Office, with a private entrance located on the left
side of the building.
Horsemen’s Golf Classic
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THA’s 6th Annual Horsemen’s Classic golf outing and
silent auction will be held Friday, September 5, 2008.
The golf tournament is currently sold out, but silent
auction and dinner tickets are still available for $75 each. Please
see Kim in the Horsemen’s Office if you are interested in
purchasing tickets. We greatly appreciate everyone’s support.
We also offer many different sponsorship levels. Please
contact me if you are interested in sponsoring this year’s outing.
“Triple Crown Sponsorship” $2,500 (will receive 4 complementary rounds of golf and a trophy presentation on Owners Day)
Win Sponsorship
Place Sponsorship
Show Sponsorship
Hole Sponsor
$1,000
$500
$300
$150
G. Wesley Jones, LCSW
[email protected]
BEAP Summer Schedule
So you think you can putt?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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nna Rose Napravinik and Rosemary Homeister have
shown their stuff on the racetrack with Anna Rose
currently being the second leading rider and Rosemary
being fifth. But can they putt?
At this year’s annual Horsemen’s Golf Classic you can find
out. Anna Rose and Rosemary have issued a challenge to all the
golfers competing in the tournament to see if they can out putt
the ladies. Join in the fun and try to win the “Rose Rose Putting
Challenge.”
Following the golf tournament is the silent auction and
banquet. It will be held at the White Clay Creek Country Club.
Tickets are still available for $75 and can be purchased at the
Horsemen’s Office.
Every year there are fantastic items for the silent and live
auction. They range from autographed pictures, tickets for
baseball, write-your-own-race at Delaware Park, and this year we
outdid ourselves!! Owners love to go in the paddock with their
trainer to chat with the jockey before a race, but now you may
have a chance to Date A Jockey! That’s right; WIN a date with
one of our very own amazing and cute jockeys. Pablo Morales,
Gabriel Saez, Rosemary Homeister and Anna Rose Napravinik
will be the grand finale of the live auction. You can bid for a
date with one of these fab four, which will also include a limo
ride and dinner. And you thought getting that box stall to Florida
was a good deal!
G. Wesley Jones, LCSW
2-6 p.m.
12-8 p.m.
Off
3-5 p.m.
Appointment Only
Appointment Only
Off
Lissette Alfaro
4-8:30 p.m.
G. Wesley Jones, LCSW
[email protected]
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In Memoriam
arlene Hartman
Fifield passed
away June 17, 2008.
Marlene had worked for
Delaware Park for fifteen years
where she met and married her
best friend David Fifield. She
was well known for all her
hard work in the lasix barn.
Marlene will be greatly missed
by her family, friends and all
of us at Delaware Park.
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Delaware Horsemen’s Assistance Fund
news and updates
Delaware Certified Thoroughbred
Program news and updates
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t the midpoint of the 2008 race meet, all
Delaware Horsemen’s Assistance Fund
(DHAF) programs were in full operation.
The Wellness Clinic schedule is posted outside the
Dayroom, and has currently been operating 3 days
per week. English as a second language classes are
offered Tuesday evenings in the DTHA office. Wes
Jones, the counselor, is available as needed, and is joined this year
by a new part-time bilingual counselor, Lissette Alfaro. Backstretch
coordinator Armando Gonzalez is available Tuesday and Thursday.
He operates the Backstretch Boutique as well as assists backstretch
employees. Daycare, dental, and prescription information can be
obtained from Lynda Furlong, program manager. Her hours are 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday through Thursdays.
The DHAF is always pleased to have updates from some of the
other programs we support. Brother Christopher Posch sent this
update with some of the activities he has offered this year in
addition to his weekly Catholic service on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
in the Dayroom.
“Here’s what we’ve been up to, aside from weekly Spanish
masses or prayer services. On May 1, 35 backstretch workers
attended a Twilight Retreat at Jesus Retreat House in Wilmington for
an evening of prayer, games, singing, relaxation, meditation, and a
delicious dinner. On June 13, 45 backstretch workers went on a field
trip to Lums Pond for canoeing, paddle boating, soccer, a sing-along, and an awesome bar-b-que featuring steak, chicken, sausage,
shish-ka-bobs, corn on the cob, and watermelon. We went swimming
at St. Anthony in The Hills in Pennsylvania on July 10. Your kindness
makes these special trips possible.” Brother Chris
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he Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program now pays up to 40%
(20% to certifier and 20% to
owner) of purse shares for the first, second
and third place finishers in overnight races
and stakes ($10,000 cap on stake race
bonuses). DCTP earnings are paid to
owners with purse money and are considered part of the horse’s official earnings. Delaware Certified
horses are preferred in all races, if condition eligible.
At the end of each month, DCTP certifiers receive their
cumulative bonuses of 20% of any first, second or third place
earnings.
*********Important Reminder**********
Delaware Certified restricted stake races closing
Monday, September 15, 2008.
All four races have free nominations and will run on
September 27, 2008.
The inaugural running of The Small Wonder
for two-year old fillies,
Five furlongs on the turf, purse $75,000.
The inaugural running of The First State Dash for two-year olds,
Five furlongs on the turf, purse $75,000.
The 3rd running of The Delaware Certified Distaff Stakes
for fillies and mares 3 and up
Six furlongs, purse $75,000.
The 3rd running of The Delaware Certified Stakes for 3 and up
Six furlongs, purse $75,000.
Also, be sure to take a look at Condition Book number 6 for
September 27, 2008. We plan to offer a few Delaware Certified
restricted races.
In order to be eligible for Delaware Certified bonuses and stakes
you simply need to send your weanling or yearling to a participating
Delaware farm for 90 consecutive days.
For more information on how to become Delaware Certified,
contact Bessie Gruwell at (302) 994-2398 or email [email protected] or
visit us at www.dtha.com and follow the link to Delaware Certified to
download applications and/or a participating farm list.
Backstretch workers at Lums Pond
Delaware Certified horses for sale
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f you have a Delaware Certified horse for
sale, you are invited to advertise free of
charge in our DTHA newsletter. Please call
(302) 994-2398 or email [email protected] or
[email protected]. Only horses that are Delaware
Certified will be advertised.
Delaware Certified horses are recognized by the symbol
on the saddle towel.
Two Delaware Certified/Pennsylvania bred yearling colts.
Both exceptionally fancy.
Bowman’s Band out of SW Lake Bessie by Runaway
Groom (100% producer).
Oratory out of AW Mrs. Vanderbilt Citidancer (1/2 sister
to SW Sagamoon). This is her first foal. If interested, please
contact (302) 270-1400 or (302) 270-7606.
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Permission to reprint given by Drew Couto of The Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC).
Horsemen Utilizing Modern
Means to Address an Old Problem
THG Aims to Address Outdated Simulcast Business and Revenue Models
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ver the past several months, the acronym THG has
appeared with increasing frequency in news reports associated
with horsemen’s rights and the future of race signal distribution in North America.
What is THG, and what does it stand for? With the changing economics of the sport seemingly always a question, all
horsemen should know the answers to these questions.
THG is short for “Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Group,” and
it stands as one of horsemen’s best hopes to help this industry
revise old business and revenue models that fall well short of
guaranteeing an equitable share for all stakeholders.
interests alike. Despite increasing wagering handle figures, this
“broken model” was consistently yielding declining revenue for
tracks and horsemen. Similarly, the group was concerned with
distinct, but troubling related trends in the pari-mutuel horse
racing industry:
• The consolidation of certain racetrack and wagering
companies that sought to change the economic
balance and structure of the industry in a way that
suited only their narrow corporate interests;
• An account wagering sector that is increasingly
fractious and unaccountable to the industry;
• The growth of unregulated offshore wagering
operations that provide large rebates to high-volume
customers yet increase the effective takeout of the
average player; and,
• The threat to true racing interests in an industry that
is more and more dominated by alternative gaming
companies.
Formation of the THG
In December 2007, TOC, the Delaware Thoroughbred
Horsemen’s Association, and seven Horsemen’s Benevolent and
Protective Association (HBPA) affiliates including Florida,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia
enrolled as owner-members of a new company, the THG. This
new entity was created by horsemen’s organizations to assist
and represent them in interstate simulcasting negotiations and
associated revenue tracking, both of which have become signifThe “Broken Simulcast Model”
icantly more complex in a business environment increasingly
recent years, the industry has come to recognize that
In
dominated by multi-track and multi-state wagering compainequities in our “broken simulcast model” are playing a large
nies.
To meet these challenges, the founding horsemen’s organi- role in declining revenue trends. On-track and Inter-track
zations created THG, under the guidance of one of the coun- wagering have decreased as the “growth” in wagering dollars
try’s leading anti-trust lawyers, intending it to function as an has shifted to new simulcast distribution outlets such as
independent entity focused on interstate simulcast business Advanced Deposit Wagering companies.
The problem with the shift is that the return to the induspractices that could advise and provide
try is significantly less through these
its member organizations greater
companies than when the same
efficiencies and improved access to
wager is placed at On-track and
The formation of THG was the
information, enhancing their effecInter-track sites. Unless the industiveness as representatives of the
culmination of a series of informal
try can reform a simulcast revenue
industry’s primary stakeholders –
model that was never intended to
racehorse owners – to improve the
meetings among horsemen’s
accommodate ADW and rebateoverall competitive vitality of the
oriented wagering, the gap between
organizations – initially TOC, the
pari-mutuel horseracing industry.
purse money earned and the cost of
The formation of THG was the
Florida HBPA, Kentucky HBPA, and
training our horses will continue to
culmination of a series of informal
increase, and the appeal of horse
Illinois THA – over a three-year perimeetings among horsemen’s orgaracing as a business and sporting
nizations – initially TOC, the
venture will continue to decline for
od. That gathering eventually grew
Florida HBPA, Kentucky HBPA, and
owners at an accelerating rate.
Illinois THA – over a three-year
to nine organizations, and was
THG and its member organizaperiod. That gathering eventually
tions
strongly believe that owners’
known
among
them
as
the
grew to nine organizations, and was
extraordinary ongoing investment
known among them as the
“Horsemen’s Study Group.”
in racing entitles them to partici“Horsemen’s Study Group.”
pate actively in crafting a new revThe group was concerned that
enue distribution model that
the industry – led primarily by track
reflects shifting and changing
interests – had been unwilling or
unable to address an obvious problem affecting stakeholders’ sources of handle. That belief was shared by many around the
interests: a simulcast revenue distribution model that was out- country, and within three months of its formation, THG’s
dated and riddled with inequities that hurt horsemen and track membership grew to include the Kentucky Thoroughbred
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THG’s initial goal is ambitious, but vital: to work toward reforming existing revenue distribution models upon which account
wagering has been mistakenly overlaid.
Association (KTA), Maryland THA, and HBPA affiliates in
Arkansas, Tampa Bay, Indiana, Minnesota, Oklahoma, West
Virginia, and Ontario, Canada.
THG Leadership
THG is led by volunteer officers, including president Bob
Reeves (director, Ohio HPBA); vice president Drew J. Couto
(president, Thoroughbred Owners of California); treasurer Joe
Santanna (president, Pennsylvania HBPA and National HBPA);
and secretary/general counsel Frank Petramalo (executive
director, Virginia HBPA). Together, this group manages THG’s
role as a negotiating agent for its members with racetracks,
wagering companies, and others as authorized independently
by THG’s owner-members.
For example, THG has facilitated simulcast negotiations
with the New York OTBs as well as with TrackNet Media
Group, the joint venture simulcast company owned by
Churchill Downs Inc. and Magna Entertainment Corp., on
behalf of THG owner-members that have contracts for race
meetings at tracks owned by those two multi-track operators.
Goals of the THG
THG’s initial goal is ambitious, but vital: to work toward
reforming existing revenue distribution models upon which
account wagering has been mistakenly overlaid.
In all states that have legalized pari-mutuel horse racing,
there are laws, regulations, or contracts between tracks and
horsemen’s organizations that set forth the distribution of revenue derived from wagering anywhere in the state; i.e., tracks,
inter-track, and off-track betting sites. Unfortunately, this is
not the case with account wagering.
There are only two states – California and Virginia – that
have clear-cut account wagering laws, yet account wagering
companies take bets from account holders in 41 other states in
which such wagering is essentially unregulated, whether or not
they have a contract with a local racetrack and horsemen’s
group in that state. For wagering in these unregulated states,
ADW companies have opportunistically developed a business
plan, based on the “broken simulcast model,” that enables them
to retain up to two-thirds of all wagering revenue.
Under the “broken model,” the majority of revenue derived
from a wager was retained by betting companies, which pay to
the tracks and horsemen that conduct races only a modest
“host fee” to be split between them. How modest? Well, if one
considers that, on average, wagering revenue/takeout is about
20% of wagering handle, that means from the 20 cents deducted from a dollar wagered, horsemen and tracks are expected to
share – and prosper on – perhaps 4 to 5 cents as “host fees,”
with the remaining 15 or 16 cents retained by the ADW company.
As a result of the efforts of the TOC, CHRB, and certain
track interests, some ADW companies have reluctantly modified contracted distributions to include slightly higher host fees
(6% to 7% of handle) and a component known as the “source
market” fee. Though in California the “source market” is
defined as the entire state, source market fees paid from wagers
made outside of California are defined quite differently. In
most instances, source market fees are only paid for wagers
made by account holders residing within a defined distance
from a racetrack, commonly 25 miles, outside of which the
ADW company pays nothing to local racing interests.
What just a few years of experience has revealed for the
industry is that the vast majority of the general population,
including ADW account holders, live outside of these source
markets, and thus the vast majority of all account wagering is
derived from outside of the defined source markets. As a consequence, the purportedly “generous” source market fee rates
paid out-of-state actually work out to be less than 2% or 3% of
an ADW company’s total handle; meaning, ADW companies
still keep in excess of half of ADW wagering revenues, with
tracks and horsemen getting less than 25% apiece.
This has got to change!
What Lies Ahead
Bearing in mind that, in the absence of state regulation,
ADW revenue distributions are governed only by contracts
between tracks and ADW companies, the problem is seriously
compounded if the tracks themselves own the ADW company;
they are in essence negotiating with themselves, with no one
looking out for owners’ interests.
The horsemen’s organizations that formed THG believe
that this host/source market model simply perpetuates the
“broken simulcast model” that has failed to produce a fair
simulcasting return to live racing interests, particularly to the
racehorse owners they represent. If the most promising avenue
for growth in the pari-mutuel horse racing business returns less
than half its revenue to live racing interests, and less than a
quarter to purses, then horse racing and racehorse owners will
not benefit from that growth, and future overall purse revenue
from wagering will inevitably decline from current levels.
Owners’ rightful interests cannot be adequately protected
under contracts between an ADW company and a track when
the same company owns both. For these reasons, a new business model is needed in which horsemen’s organizations have a
direct contractual relationship with ADW companies and can
negotiate for revenues that tracks have left on the table under
the flawed host/source market model.
To remedy this wrong is the initial goal of THG, and is
deserving of owners’ support everywhere!
Special contributor to this article was Wilson Shirley. Shirley
was a long-time consultant to TOC specializing in statistical
analysis and trends in Thoroughbred racing handle and revenue,
interstate and international simulcast wagering, and purse revenue. He currently serves as Manager of the Thoroughbred
Horsemen’s Group.
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H2-B Visa update for 2008 and 2009
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any businesses across the
country, including Delaware
Park trainers, have been
impacted by current government
regulations that have prevented H2-B
workers from being allowed to return
to their normal spring jobs.
The federal government caps the
H2-B Visa program at 66,000 visas
annually. In 2005, 2006 and 2007
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returning workers were not counted
toward this cap, resulting in over
120,000 visas. Congress did not extend the so called “returning
worker exclusion” for 2008. This significantly reduced the
number of H2-B visas for 2008 by more than half the usual
number.
A limited number of H2-B visas for fiscal year 2009 have
become available and our workers will begin arriving toward the
end of September. Although they are arriving late in the season
many of them will be eligible to extend their visas through the
winter and back again for spring.
In order to have H2-B employees available for the 2009
Delaware Park season, trainers that stable at winter locations
such as Florida, Louisiana, or other tracks are encouraged to
contact International Personnel Resources (IPR) regarding filing
applications that will allow employees to extend their H2-B visas
and continue working throughout the winter and into the next
Delaware Park season.
For more information, contact International Personnel
Resources (610) 430-7086 or Pete Lizarzaburu (302) 250-8313.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
DTHA Horsemen’s Golf Classic
September 5
Owners Day
September 6
DCTP Reception
September 27
DTHA Board meetings are held monthly on the third
Tuesday at 5:00 p.m. in the Horsemen’s Office. All owners
and trainers are encouraged to attend.
Note: your newsletter is online at www.dtha.com