 Owners Day 2008
Howdy Pardners!
Owners 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. So mosey on down to the paddock in your jeans and boots for a "Yee Haw" good time.
Remember to bring your Delaware Park owner or trainer badge along with your invitation to attend the luncheon under the tent. We're rounding up winners for Owners Day!
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Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program Increases Purse Bonuses
The Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (DTHA) sponsor of the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program (DCTP), will increase the program’s purse bonuses for owners and certifiers from 15 percent to 20 percent each, effective June 1, 2008. Owners and certifiers of “Delaware Certified” thoroughbreds are eligible for the bonuses if their horses finish first, second or third in any race, including stake races, at Delaware Park. The cap on open stake races also received an increase from $5,000 to $10,000 in the maximum amount paid to the owners and the certifier.
 “By increasing Delaware Certified bonuses for owners and certifiers we hope to encourage more thoroughbred owners to participate in the program, which will increase entries in races at Delaware Park as well as the economic benefit to Delaware’s agriculture economy,” said Barbara Brown, DTHA board member and chairperson of the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program Committee. The increase will also help the program remain competitive with the increasing purse structure in Pennsylvania, she said.
The Delaware Certified Program began in 2003 with 110 thoroughbreds. Today there are over 1,300 thoroughbreds in the program, which has paid over $1.6 million in additional purse bonuses and contributed more than $10 million to the state’s farming economy.
The program’s success led to the addition of two Delaware Certified stakes races in 2007 and two more stakes races during the 2008 Delaware Park meet. Each purse is $75,000 guaranteed.
A Delaware Certified Thoroughbred is a thoroughbred that spends a minimum of 90 consecutive days on a Delaware farm or training facility prior to March 31 of its two-year-old year and races at Delaware Park. Completition of an application form and certification fee is required. A total of 70 Delaware farms and training facilities are participating in the program.
For information about the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program, call (302) 994-2398, email dctp@dtha.com, or visit their website, www.dtha.com and click on the DCTP link to download an application or to find a list of participating Delaware farms. From the website you can also check to see if your horse of racing age is Delaware Certified.
Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc.
777 Delaware Park Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19804
(302) 994-2521 Ext. 7284
(302) 994-3392 Fax
info@dtha.com
To Contact The Delaware Racing Commission:
John F. Wayne
Executive Director
Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission
Delaware Park (302) 994-2521 ext 8970 (voice mail)
(302) 994-3567 (fax) at Delaware Park (Use Cover Sheet)
john.wayne@state.de.us
http://www.dda.delaware.gov/thoroughbred/>
IMPORTANT NOTICE
All horses (including ponies) entering the grounds of Delaware Park are required to present proof of vaccination against Equine Influenza Virus (“flu”) and Equine Herpes Virus (“rhinopneumonitis”) within the past seven (7) to ninety (90) days, a Certificate of Veterinary Inspection (“health certificate”) within the past ten (10) days as well a negative Coggins test certificate within the past year.
Horses to be stabled on the grounds must have a negative Coggins test with a reported date no earlier than December 1, 2007.
All horses stabled at Delaware Park are required to be revaccinated every ninety (90) days for Equine Influenza and Equine Rhinopneumonitis. (The provisions of this order are subject to change in light of any changes in the risk of exposure for this disease.)
John T. Peters, D.V.M.
Commission Veterinarian
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