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Fowlerville Purse Checks
The
purse checks from the Fowlerville Silver Circuit which raced on July 20,
2010 were mailed today, 7/28/2010.
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Robert V. Shell
We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Robert V.
Shell, (72), at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. Robert was
born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada on May 18, 1938 to William and Elsie
(Morris) Shell. His family moved to the U.S. and settled in Massachusetts
where Bob started his lifelong love of horses by delivering newspapers on
horseback at the age of twelve.
He owned and operated a trucking business in Ocala, FL. for several years.
Bob’s main love and passion was training and racing standard bred harness
horses. He was a member of USTA and MHHA. Bob is survived by his wife of 20
years, Julia (Rosseter) Shell, son, Robert Nicholas Shell, brother, Gary
(Judy) Shell of Derry, New Hampshire.
Bob is also survived by his Coldwater family, Carolyn (Alec) Hammond,
Darlene (Jerry) Morgan and Kendra (Mike) Burns.
A memorial service will be held 7:00 p.m., Thursday, July 29, 2010 at
Heritage Hall in Heritage Park in Coldwater, MI with Rev. Carlene Swann
officiating. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Refurbish Pets,
P.O. Box 83, Coldwater, MI 49036.
Arrangements by Spencer Family Funeral Home, Athens.
To share memories please visit www.spencerfamilyfuneralhome.com
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Brett Boyd and Mike Sweeney Meet with Governor’s Staff
On July 8, 2010 Brett Boyd and Mike Sweeney met with
Steven Liedel, John Wernet and Tim Hughes of the Governor’s staff along
with Bob Emerson, the State Budget Director. They presented them with
copies of this new, revised power point presentation. Please feel free to download it to share
with your legislators or if you’re speaking at a local service group. To View or Print Part
1 Click Here, To
View or Print Part 2 Click Here
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Michigan Standardbred Breeders Association Launches New
Website
www.msba.us
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Notification to Horsemen from Michigan Dept. of Ag.
To View Letter Click
Here
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2010 Michigan Colt Stakes & Futurities
Race Date Calendar
To view or print race date calendar, please Click Here
To view Colt Stake and Futurity general racing conditions
please Click Here
Week 4
To View Holland Click Here
To View Bad Axe Click Here
To View Harrison Click Here
When conditon sheets become available for Hazel Park on
8/7 & 8/9 we will post here.
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12th Annual
Great Lakes Standardbred
Yearling Sale
Sunday September 12, 2010
Sale Begins at 12:00 pm
At
MSU Agriculture Pavilion
East
Lansing, MI.
Catalogs will be available the first week of August, please check
our website soon www.greatlakessale.com for additional
details including a list of the yearlings consigned.
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MGCB and Michigan State Police Investigation
The
Michigan Harness Horsemen's Association fully supports the ongoing
investigation by the Michigan State Police and the State of Michigan Gaming
Control Board and our organization will fully cooperate with these
authorities to complete their investigation. "The Gaming Control Board
is in place to ensure the integrity of our 75 year old family
industry" said MHHA President Brett Boyd "and we applaud their
efforts to eliminate participants whose actions tarnish the reputations of
thousands of hard working Michigan families that call Horse Racing their
way of life." Horse Racing supports an estimated 12,000 jobs and is
valued by many as a billion dollar Agricultural Industry for Michigan.
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MHHA Integrity Hotline
MHHA
has installed an Integrity Hotline to report rules violations and safety
hazards 24 hours a day. Calls are
toll-free and confidential (877)
439-3623.
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Hazel Park Handle / Purse comparison after
the first 39dates
2010
Average Live Handle $79,388 Average Export Handle $104,967 Average Purses
$50,610 571 races ran to date.
2009
Average Live Handle $83,740 Average Export Handle $119,052 Average Purses
$60,774 531 races ran to date.
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Futurity Sustaining Payments
List
of Eligibles
To
View or Print Foals of 2006 Click Here
To
View or Print Foals of 2007 Click Here
To
View or Print Foals of 2008 Click Here
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2010 Futurities in Michigan
(Reprinted from January, 2010 President’s
Message)
The actual
and projected reductions in revenues also forced our Board to make some
difficult recommendations in regards to 2010 Futurities.
Realize that these must be approved by the MDA but our Board
recommended funding to only three Futurities in 2010. The Michigan
Breeder's, Wolverine, Spartan Futurities and Michigan Sire Stake will be
funded for the 2010 program but the Coon, Fedele and Michigan Futurities
will be raced for nomination and sustaining payments only. We
understand that there are no perfect answers to this scenario but the Board
agreed to the plan and agreed to reanalyze starting fees in these races
that will go without the benefit of State Funding. There was also the
recommendation to the MDA to eliminate all two heat racing with
Futurities. We are hopeful that this recommendation will be accepted
and purses will be evenly split and contested for in all futurity
events.
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Sulky Insurance
The MHHA provides Sulky Insurance for its members. All owners of the horse, the trainer and
driver must be current members of the MHHA at the time of the accident in
order for the insurance to be effective.
In order to aid you in determining if your connections
are current members of the MHHA for 2010 you can view our membership list
by Clicking Here. This list is current as of 7/7/10.
Please note that this list is changing daily and is not a
final determination of eligibility.
For more information, please call the MHHA office. This list will be
updated at least every two weeks.
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Racing Commissioner Announces 2010 Race Dates
Harness
Dates
Sports Creek –
18 Dates
1/1/2010 – 2/7/2010
Racing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Northville Downs –
32 Dates
2/12/2010 – 4/24/2010
Racing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Hazel Park –
62 Dates
4/30/2010 – 9/18/2010
Racing every Monday, Friday and Saturday
Northville Racing
Corporation – 27 Dates
9/23/2010 – 11/20/2010
Racing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Sports Creek –
15 Dates
11/26/2010 – 12/31/2010
Racing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday
No Racing on Friday, 12/24/2010 or Saturday, 12/25/2010
Racing shall be conducted on Monday, 12/27/2010
Mixed
Breed Dates
Mt. Pleasant –
23 Dates
5/15/2010 – 9/25/2010
Racing every Saturday
Racing will be conducted on Sunday 8/1, 8/22, 9/5 and
9/12/2010
No Racing on Saturday, 8/14/2010.
Thoroughbred
Dates
Pinnacle Race Course –
84 Dates
6/4/2010 – 10/31/2010
From 6/4 – 6/27/2010 Racing every Friday, Saturday and
Sunday
From 6/29 – 10/31/2010 Racing every Friday, Saturday,
Sunday and Tuesday
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Third Party Liability Insurance
Harness Horsemen International has agreed to allow
individual MHHA members to purchase Third Party Liability insurance, the
cost is $100 per policy year 6/1/10 – 6/1/2011. Click Here to
View or Print Application Form
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House and Senate Districts
We are looking to update our membership list with members
voting districts. We need you to
please let us know what voting district you live in. Please follow this link to locate your
House district www.house.mi.gov/find_a_rep.asp
and follow this link to locate your Senate district www.senate.mi.gov and click on “Find Your Senator”. When you get the information, please send
it to Aaron Bennett at bennettfarmsinc@hughes.net
or call 231-924-5989. Please do your
part to help us help you and get us your voting district number so we can
update our records.
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Proof of Negative Coggins
Test Required to Race in Michigan
For all horsemen currently racing at a pari-mutuel track,
Michigan law requires all horses must have had an official equine
infectious anemia test with a negative result within the calendar year or the previous 30 days. Results of a negative Coggins test must
be documented on the horse’s electronic eligibilities prior to
racing. The test results can be
posted on the electronic eligibilities at a pari-mutuel track or you may
fax them to the MHHA office at 517-349-4983.
Please Note: Faxing the yellow copy of your Coggins test often results in illegible documents. We
suggest making a darkened copy for faxing and that you call the recipient
to be sure your fax was received and can be read.
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Remember to Update Your EHV
Vaccination Certifications
Remember that proof
of EHV Vaccination is required prior to entering your horse to race
at a pari-mutuel track in Michigan. Please check the expiration date on your
EHV certificates to be sure they are current and on file with the ORC
veterinarians prior to entry to avoid problems being drawn in to race
or qualify.
EHV certificates may
be faxed to the attention of the ORC veterinarians at:
Northville: 248-349-9139
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Attention U.S.T.A. Licensed Drivers
& Trainers
Are You Aware You Already Have Some
Insurance with Your U.S.T.A. Membership?
Did You Know You Can Make it Even Better?
24 Hour Accident Insurance On and Off the Job with
Accidental Death & Dismemberment
Revised
April 1, 2009
The U.S.T.A provides $5,000 Accidental
Death and Dismemberment and $25 Weekly Disability for a maximum of 26
weeks, after the 30 day elimination period. This is the Mandatory
Plan of the 24 Hour Accident Insurance
covering all U.S.T.A. licensed Drivers and
Trainers (note: license must be current at the time the accident occurs).
For a few dollars per day, a Voluntary
Policy can give you much higher limits as outlined below:
Option 1. $300 Weekly
Disability* and $100,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment**
Annual Premium: $243.
Option 2. $500 Weekly
Disability* and $250,000 Accidental Death & Dismemberment**
Annual Premium: $608.
*If, within 30 days of a covered accident,
accidental bodily injury causes you to have a disability that is determined
by a physician to be continuous and prevents you from performing all the
substantial and material duties pertaining to your occupation, this
coverage will pay a weekly benefit beginning on the 31st day for
up to 52 weeks.
** Reduction of Principal Sum (AD&D
Benefit).
Age on Date of Accident
Amount of Benefit
After
Reduction
70-74
65%
75-79 45%
80-84
30%
Age 85 and older
15%
Additional benefits under the Voluntary
Plan include: Coma, Paralysis and Seat Belt
Accidents can happen to anyone, anywhere,
anytime. Please review this inexpensive coverage and evaluate what it might
mean to you and your family if an accidental disability or death were to
occur.
Click
Here to Download Brochure and Enrollment Form
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MHHA Legislative Action E-List.
To keep you
informed of pending legislation critical to the industry and to quickly
notify you of timely and specific action you can take to assist with
legislators representing you in the Michigan House and Senate, an updated
Legislative Alert e-mail list is being created. Sign up now for the E-List
by sending an e-mail to: mhha@mhha-online.com
.
Please make the subject line of your e-mail "E-List" and include
your name, the e-mail address you would like us to use to contact you and
the name of the State Representative and Senator for the districts in which
you reside. If not known, you may locate your State Representative by clicking here and your State
Senator by clicking
here
and then on "Find your Senator".
The E-list will
be generated only from requests to subscribe; please enroll now.
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INSTANT ACCESS CLASSIFIED ADS
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STALLIONS
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Stallion Breeding: One
breeding to Coventry, very reasonable.
Call 231-941-4455 or 231-499-7187.
At Stud for 2010: Sonic Speed by Camluck out of Rachel’s Raider by Keystone Raider. First crop is 2 year olds this year. Live cover only $400 live foal. Julie Worthington 517-647-2248 or Keith
Baker 517-526-0608.
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SERVICES
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Race Bike and Jog Cart Repairs: All
types and alloys (aluminum, stainless, etc.). Please call Don at 313-220-3011 for
further information and details. 710
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Equine Rehabilitation: Experienced
quality care for your horse following surgery or injury. Cost based on individual needs. References available. Sandy Mills 517-204-3829 or sandy8456@att.net.
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Need Trainer: For 3
year Old Houston Hanover mare for the fairs, 5 Year Old Shark St Partners
for pari-mutuels. Call John at
989-752-1220.
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Equine Dentistry: Matt Currie call for references/reasonable rates. (231) 629-7365.
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EQUIPMENT & VEHICLES
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For Sale: Brand New Wood
Classic Jog Cart $1,000. Pictures
can be e-mailed; please contact Keith Hough at 269-673-4295 or e-mail chough6@verizon.net.
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For Sale: 4-Horse Hot
Walker; heavy duty in excellent shape.
Asking $1,500. Call Rick at
517-398-4417.
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For Sale: 2004 Sundowner SunLite 727 Aluminum Horse Trailer, 3 horse slant,
gooseneck, very low miles, excellent
condition. $13,500 OBO. Call 810-376-8252 or e-mail carolm@avci.net.
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We offer a large
variety of custom-made equipment for all your farm needs. We can make most
anything to your specifications. Pebble Creek Farm 989-634-9125, e-mail: pebblecreekfarms@gmail.com
Please visit us on the web: www.pebblecreekfarm.net/workshop.htm
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HORSES FOR SALE/LEASE
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Two Houston
Hanover Yearlings: Gelding for sale $500 each.
1. Dam Precious L p, 3,
1:59.4h by Stretch Bret. Full
brother to Island Tiger p, 1:58.3 and Benefactor p, 3, 1:59.4. Half brother to Fick-L-Fritz
p, 1:54.4h holder of track record at Saginaw. 2.
Dam Papa’s Precious p, 3, 2:03.4; 2nd dam Precious
L. Also two broodmares and
weanling. Jurgy
Hanover mare (Photo Op) in foal to SJ Double Take and Annette’s Joy by Pied
Piper with weanling. Call Brenda at
231-821-2831.
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WANTED TO BUY OR LEASE
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Wanted: Fancy high
headed Standardbreds with lots of action.
Looking for classy horses with show potential. Shaytown Blacksmith
517-726-0550, attention Phil. No
Sunday calls.
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Buying and
Selling all Types of Standardbreds: Top dollar paid for buggy horses.
Call Karl Miller 574-642-0500 ext. 1.
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M&M
Horses: Wanted – horses for Amish and buggy – pacers and trotters. Will pay good price. Give us a call: leave a message at (517)
639-4617 or (330) 231-5286. (8/25 for 5 mos)
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Standardbred Horses:
Highest
cash paid for your buggy horse. Call (517) 522-5948 or (517) 206-1583.
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STALLS, BOARDING & TURN-OUTS
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Quality Horse
Care/Board/Stall Rest/Turn Outs: Daily rates available. Electrobraid fencing for the safety of our horses. Jeg’s
Standardbreds Inc. Jerry & Meg
Earls 810-599-9137. gjearls@aol.com.
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Chestnut Acres
LLC: Standardbred Horse Boarding, since 1979. Broodmares, Weanlings, Turn outs, Lay
ups, Stall Rest. Good Care, Daily Rates. www.chestnutacresllc.com Linn & Tracee
Hathaway: Concord, MI (517) 524-8539 Tracehaway@hotmail.com
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Give your horse
the golden opportunity: boarding, colt breaking and lay ups. All of your
complete needs. Give your horse a break, I break
them to ride also. Quality not quantity. Golden Opportunity Racing and
Training Center, Hillsdale MI. Goldentc@frontiernet.net. (517) 437-2042
Toni (12/28 thru5/28)
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Instant Access Classified Ad Information
Classified advertisements are paid advertisements published as
submitted by the advertiser; MHHA does not endorse nor does it warrant any
of the goods or services advertised herein.
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Classified
ads may be submitted by e-mail, fax (517-349-4983) or mail (MHHA, P O Box
349, Okemos, MI 48805). MHHA current members only will be permitted to
place an ad by e-mail or fax, providing payment for the ad is received
within 5 days from date of posting. Please enclose your check with ads
submitted via regular mail.
Your
ad will be posted here within 24 hours of verification and can start
generating responses immediately! The cost for posting an ad is $20 for 30
words or less for the first month, with repeat (consecutive) months
available at $10 per month. You may include your e-mail address and/or
phone number in your ad, each counting as one word for purposes of
calculating ad cost. All paid classified ads will also appear in the next
published issue of our magazine, at no additional cost, unless the posting
is cancelled by the 15th of the month prior to publication.
Post your ad now by sending an e-mail to:
mhha@mhha-online.com
Please be sure to include your name, return e-mail address
and phone number for verification purposes.
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