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PAINT RACING NEWS
Bringing you the latest news relating to Paint running horses
Get your 2 year old ready for Paint Racing in the Northwest
APHA will be adding a $2,500 Paint Racing Incentive Bonus to the 2019 Harvest Cup Futurity and 2019 Rocky Mountain Futurity Finals. Money will be split 35%-30%-20%-15% to the Top Four fastest Paint times of each race. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to earn some extra cash for racing your Paint in the Northwest.
Hair Testing As Condition of Entry for Remington Park Mixed Meet in 2019
Remington Park and the Oklahoma Quarter Horse Racing Association, with approval of the OHRC have jointly agreed to implement a House Rule during the 2019 QH Mixed Meet requiring a clean hair test free of any prohibited drugs be submitted for every horse prior to entry in any race at the meet. Additional detailed information regarding collection ad testing will be available to horsemen prior to the opening of the meet.
For more information, contact OQHRA or Remington Park Racing Office: oqhra@aol.com or tim.williams@remingtonpark.com.
Racing Owners Participation Fee
A racing participation fee is assessed annually to all recorded owners of race starters. Recorded owner of multiple horses will pay fee one time
if the exact name is the same on all horses. Payment will be due on or before March 1 annually with late fees assessed after March 1.
Non-payment of the owner participation fee will not reflect on a horse’s past performance as records will be kept on all horses; however, if a horse qualifies for any award they will be ineligible to receive if fee or subsequent late payment penalty has not been paid.
All racing year-end awards will be awarded to the owner or lessee on record as of December 31 of the qualifying year, given the owner or lessee on record has paid all fees and is a current member. (See fee schedule in the APHA Rule Book.)
Racing Fee Schedule:
Annual Racing Participation fee: $25 due by March 1. Late fee: $100 after March 1
Regional Racing Awards
Regional racing awards will be presented on an annual basis to horse/owner, breeder, and trainer in five regions. Regional awards will be determined by the following system:
a) Horse/owner per region based on APHA honor roll points (see Rule RA-060.D1);
Information on Double Registered Horses
When registering your American Paint Horse and if it will be registered with the American Quarter Horse Association be sure to select a name that is acceptable at both registries. If you plan to race, all double registered horses must be named the same at APHA and AQHA. The horse will not be allowed to race at all if the names are not the same.
Upcoming stakes races:
• Oklahoma Paint & Appaloosa Futurity – March 10, 2019 – Trials; March 23, 2019 - Finals
• Speedhorse Graham P&A Derby-G1 – March 10, 2019 – Trials; March 23, 2019 – Finals
• Speedhorse Graham P&A Futurity-G1 – May 18, 2019-Trials; June 1, 2019- Finals
• Speedhorse P&A Futurity-G1 – July 13, 2019- Trials; July 27, 2019- Finals
Nomination forms can be found on the Paint Racing website apha.com/racing
Come Play and Get Paid!
Upcoming Paint Barrel Racing Incentive Program (PBRIP) events are listed on our website at apha.com/pbrip or call 817-222-6444.
Contact APHA For Paint racing-related questions: Karen Utecht: APHA Director of Racing racing@apha.com • 817-222-6444 apha.com/racing
b) Breeder and Trainer will be based on total money earned in that region—the five regions are: Northwest (WA, OR, ID, MT, WY, ND, SD, UT), Eastern (MI, KY, FL), Central (OK, CO), Southwest (TX, AZ, NM, CA) and Canada.
Winner must be a current APHA member to receive their award. Regional awards will be presented at the 2019 January Heritage Place Winter Mixed Sale.
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Speedhorse Photo Archive Answer
The photo on page 221 shows Champion Aged Stallion Don Guerro (War Chic-Donetta, Don Bar) with Hall of Fame jockey Robert Adair and trainer Dan Francisco after winning the third running of the Champion of Champions at Los Alamitos in 1974. The 1970 sorrel stallion also won the Golden State Derby, HQHRA Inaugural Handicap, Double Bid Handicap, and Auld Land Syne Handicap in his race career.
Don Guerro was bred and owned by actor and director Robert Mitchum’s Belmont Farms. “One of the merits of a ‘brave’ horse must surely be his inspiration and loyalty,” Mitchum once told Nelson C. Nye for Speedhorse.
Mitchum decided to get into Quarter Horse racing and when Don Guerro was foaled, he was overlooked by some, “for his apparent lack of precocity. I feel he compensated for this with trust and an ability to learn quickly as well as that controlled agility which, to me, suggested great power.”
So, Mitchum sent the colt off to be broke. Don Guerro returned with a report that he would gallop all day long, but wouldn’t run. Mitchum didn’t lose faith in his colt, however, believing he would do whatever he was asked if he was just shown the way. And he was right.
In his five years of racing, Don Guerro earned $171,869 with a race record of 35-9(5)-7(4)-4(2). Don Guerro was named 1974 Champion Aged Stallion after winning three major stakes races against the major heavyweights of the day.
In his 1974 Champion of Champions victory, Don Guerro was nowhere near the favorite of the field. He was up against then all-time leading money earner Timeto Thinkrich; Charger Bar, who was on a 12-race win streak; and many other top runners.
The stud career of Don Guerro was not as prolific as his race career. Don Guerro sired 29 winners and multiple stakes winners with just over $350,000 in earnings, including 2-time stakes winner Donaero, who set two New Track Records.
This year’s $600,000 Champion of Champions-G1 was won by Bodacious Eagle at Los Alamitos on Dec. 15.
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