An important snippet:
Something for everyone to shoot for is the Oregon-bred stake races this fall at Portland Meadows. The purse on the Oregon Futurity should be over $40,000, and the Bill & Janet Wineberg $20,000 plus (with the same purses structure as last season). There is more added money for these races because the Oregon Racing Commission allocated hub funds to match paid in nomination fees and Oregon-bred purse supplements. As never before eligible two-year olds that are nominated to these stakes take on new value. The price to supplement a horse that isn’t nominated is 20% of the gross purse. Good reason to watch for the Stakes Nomination Form in your mailbox this month. The deadline to nominate foals of 2004 is July 31. Don’t miss this opportunity to insure your foals are eligible for the 2006 stakes.
Read the entire President's Message here.
Also, make a note that the OTBA has a new e-mail address:
otba@qwest.net