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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Dear Members,
By now you should have received your
Incentive Award checks that we plan to have mailed out by US Bank on Tuesday, November 24th. The award sheet showing what each place in the four categories, is shown below, and will be posted on our website and in our newslet- ter. We did have to forfeit some awards due to noncompliance with the rule of Owners having to be a member within 90 days after their NM Bred horse runs 1st, 2nd, or 3rd. The office has worked very hard to let people know about this requirement by sending letters and membership applications to non-members as well as trying to reach people by phone. We also have this posted on the overnights and have advertised
this in our magazines and newsletters. Please help us to spread the word to new owners.
Congratulations to all the connections of the New Mexico Cup winners! We are very thankful to have been able to run these races this year, albeit at reduced purses. Thanks to our 1st Vice President Mike Logan who has worked incredibly hard on our New Mexico Bred stakes at all the racetracks, a few new rac- es were added at Zia Park. All of the NM Cup races were black type, and the NM Cup Classic Futurity and Derby were kept at the advertised $145,000 added since they were early closing races. The purse for the Futurity was $360,345 and the Derby was $247,735.
Our Annual Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 28, 2021. I have reserved
a ballroom at the Sheraton Uptown located at Louisiana & Menaul in Albuquerque but due to COVID-19, we may not be able to have an in person meeting. The Board of Trustees will decide if they wish to have a Zoom meeting or if they wish to postpone or cancel it. As you know, at the last Annual Meeting, Proxies were eliminated, and we now have Mail In Ballots. By the time you receive this magazine the bal- lots will have already been mailed out. Don’t forget to return them in the envelope provided with prepaid postage and your return address
no later than January 4, 2021. We will go by
the postmark. You must sign your ballot in the designated area at the bottom of the form. The ballot will have the member’s name printed on it so only that member can use that ballot to vote. If your ballot is not signed or is postmarked after January 4th, it will not be counted. If someone submits their membership after December 7th or misses the deadline of January 4th to return their ballot, you may either vote at the Annual meeting, or if we do not have an in person meet- ing, you can come by our office to vote on that day of January 28, 2021 only. We will not be accepting ballots by email or fax.
I hope you all are able to stay healthy and avoid this horrible virus. It really hit home when two of our three employees here at your New Mexico Horse Breeders’ office came down with COVID-19. We had to shut down for a short time, but we have recovered and are back to 100%. Thank you for the warm wishes and phone calls. We really appreciate it.
Happy Holidays! Mary M. Barber
Executive Director, NMHBA
Award Distribution Allocation
September 21, 2019 Thru October 24, 2020 (Excludes Zia Park 2020 Season)
Award Monies To Be Distributed Based Upon Race Class As Follows:
CLASS A: Maiden, Trials, Futurities, Derbies, Allowance, Handicaps & Stakes • CLASS B: Claiming races of $8,000 and above CLASS C: Claiming races below $8,000 • CLASS D: Maiden Claiming races
Owner’s Awards
$844,937.09
Class
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Class A
$912.58
$342.24
$134.13
Class B
$725.38
$272.04
$106.61
Class C
$374.39
$140.41
$55.03
Class D
$327.59
$122.86
$48.15
Breeders’ Awards
$950,554.03
Class
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Class A
$996.34
$368.40
$144.15
Class B
$791.96
$292.83
$114.58
Class C
$408.76
$151.14
$59.14
Class D
$357.66
$132.25
$51.74
Stallion Owners’ Awards
$147,862.61
Class
1st Place
Class A
$238.44
Class B
$189.53
Class C
$97.82
Class D
$85.59
Total Award Distribution
$1,943,353.73
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