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Legislative Update
      
By Christine Garrity
     
After unprecedented lobbying by our group, including three lobbyists and a number of our members contacting Representatives and Senators, the Florida legislature decided to exclude the standardbred industry from parity with the thoroughbreds again by not adopting amendment language that would have mandated the track management to have a binding contract for slots revenues to enhance purses. Although the language was included in the House version of the pari-mutuel budget conference bill, the Senate refused to accept the House version of the bill and rejected the language that would have granted the FSBOA the language that would have required a contract for slots revenues.
        The same bill will reduce the Isle’s slots tax to the State from 50% to 35% and also grant the Isle extended card room hours from 12 hours to 18 hours during the week and up to 24 hours on the weekends. Current Florida statutes mandate that 47% of net card room profits shall be used to enhance purses with 3% of net card room profits used to supplement breeder awards. Therefore, there should be some additional revenues available to infuse purses and breeder awards. The required 140 days of racing to maintain a card room license and 100 days of racing to maintain a slots license remained unchanged.
       Although the inclusion of the language by the House was the farthest we’ve come to obtaining our goal, we still came up short. The very simple request for parity with the thoroughbreds should have been eagerly accepted by both Chambers to simply right the wrong that the legislature created in 2005. The Isle’s lobbyists and management were in Tallahassee vigorously lobbying against our efforts of course. It appears that the Florida legislature truly doesn’t care about our sport or about our multi-million dollar industry. You are encouraged to let your disappointment be felt by talking to or emailing your local Senator and House Representative and encourage them to support equity and fairness in the horse racing industry in Florida by taking our plight seriously and helping us right this wrong at the earliest possible legislative opportunity. We must fight back and let them know that the standardbred industry in Florida will not stand back and continue to be left out of legislation that we need to save our industry. We gained some traction this time and we need to seize on that traction and continue to move forward until we achieve our goal. 


THIS ISSUE IS NOT DEAD! YOU CAN STILL CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATOR AND ASK THEM WHY FLORIDA STANDARDBREDS WERE NOT GIVEN THE SAME BENEFITS (PARITY) AS OTHER RACING VENUES ! (Find your legislator using the following link)
http://myflorida.gov/taxonomy/government/legislative%20branch/

 

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      2009 Yearling Florida Stakes Eligible Listing
     
2009 Florida-bred stakes schedule
      2009 Hurricane Late Closer Entry Form
      2009 Orange Blossom/Gator/Orchid/Pelican late closer entry forms.
      2009 Stakes Racing Calendar (Sept - Dec: 4 pages)
    


The Miami Herald, Apr, 9, 2009
"For Pompano Park horsemen, slots are not paying off."

Michael Vasquez article as printed on the Miami Herald's Web site.

What benefit would expanded gambling legislation have on the Florida Standardbred community and racing at Pompano?

To stay current on the gambling issues being debated by the Florida legislature, read Josh Hafenbrack's articles in the Sun-Sentinel.
(Go to the Sun-Sentinel Web site and search for Josh Hafenbrack)

Read the latest FAQ's (frequently asked questions) and answers of horsemen's issues at Pompano in 2009.  

 

  Important News/Links:                                   
*   2009 Membership Application 
*   New Deprecication Law/Stimulus Bill for Race Horses

*   Important PDF files to download  
*   Related Standardbred Web sites  
*    Stallion Registration Form
*  
FL bred Foals born (reported) in 2009  (42: as of May 22, 2009)
*  
Adopt a Standardbred from the Standardbred Retirement Foundation

   

2009 
 Registered Stallions 

There are 33 registered stallions this year. If you go to the stallion listing you will be able to download a complete pedigree (in PDF) for each stallion.

Email FSBOA staff at:

    
Jim Ripoll
          jim.fsboa@att.net
    
Rosie Huff
          rosie.fsboa@att.net 
     What benefit would expanded gambling and lower tax rates have on the Florida Standardbred  community?
     
by Jim Ripoll and Mike Deters
     
   
That is the $64,000 dollar question! Unless management at Pompano Park is willing to sit and talk about a contract with the standardbred horsemen and include them in the added revenue from gambling and expand the number of live racing days--probably nothing!
    It looks like the only way to have the State approve the Senate's version of expanded gambling is to have the Florida House of Representatives relent and approve all or parts of the plan as advocated by the Senate.
    The next question is, should Florida horsemen mount a letter/email campaign to Florida House members to support the Senate version of new gambling legislation? We know that PPI, Inc., has lobbyist in Tallahassee but, can those lobbyist convince those legislators representing districts north of the I-4 corridor, incidentally where many horse farms are located, to help their constituents in the horse industry?  The FSBOA is ready, willing, and able to sit with management to discuss options. Management must understand that it was because of the efforts of the FSBOA and the Standardbred racing community throughout the State, and especially in Broward County,  that they were able to build the casino (Racino). As of this point in time, the horsemen in Florida have NOT benefited. It is now up to management to take the next step.
     With some form of cooperation between Pompano's management and Florida horsemen, hopefully the answer to those questions can be addressed before the Florida legislature adjourns in May.
      

2009 FSBOA Board of Election Results   

Jamie Marra, Owner
Frank Smith, Owner
Peter Blood, Trainer (incumbent)
Anthony Amante, Breeder (incumbent)
Jay Sears, Breeder (incumbent)

Links to Important FSBOA Pages
Foals Born in 2009 as of 5/12/2009 (35)
Stbd Retirement Foundation
Gilcrest Training Center
Gold Star Farm

FL Reg Stallions
Training

Stake Payments

2009 Stakes Eligible/Schedules  Listings  (Posted when available)
all in PDF Format and downloadable.
 

  2009 Yearling Nomination Form (Late nomination)
  Florida Breeder Stakes Eligibles
  FSBOA Sale Stake Eligibles
  Yearling Nominations

Warning to all horsemen and horsewomen. If you are injured as a result of a third party incident, do not accept a final judgment ($$$$) from the insurance company until all bills and debt have been satisfied from the various companies involved in the resolution of the incident.

     Do not sign any agreements with the insurance company!

Please note: All 2008 registration forms are available on this Web site in PDF format.

2008 Membership Application
Stallion Registration Form
 
Yearling Nomination Form
Stake Payment Sustaining Forms

FOAL LISTING INFORMATION

     This Web site will list foals born in 2008 in the FSBOA newsletter and on the FSBOA Web site, free of charge, all standardbred foals born in Florida. Owners can telephone, fax, email or mail the required information about the foal. The information that we need is as follows; date foaled, color, sex, sire, dam, and owner or owners.

Please forward the information to us as the foaling takes place. Do  not wait until the end of the foaling period of the year, as space available can be a problem.

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The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association, Inc., is a non-profit organization with objectives of promoting the Standardbred horse-breeding and racing industry in Florida. The FSBOA maintains a registry of Florida-bred Standardbred horses to promote and determine the eligibility of such for Florida-bred preferred races.
    This web site contains information about stallions standing in Florida, special Standardbred events taking place throughout the year, stake race information, including payment schedules, eligibilities, purses, and results. This site also will publish advertisements, at minimal cost, relating to Standardbred services and articles offered for sale.


Board of Directors

Mike Deters, Pres
Tom Audley, VPres
George Birkhold, Sec.
Marc Aubin
Peter Blood
Jake Huff
Frank Smith 
Jay C. Sears

Christine Garrity, Vice Pres.
Jean Bryar, Treas.
Anthony Amante
Melvyn Aylor
Jamie Marra
Dave Myrick
Gary Piontkowski

 

Email the FSBOA: fsboa@att.net
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