Chairman Shawn Wiles wants to remind members that the
USTA District 8 Membership Meetings along with the District 8 and New
York Sires Stakes Awards Dinner will be held at Tioga Downs on Sunday,
October 27.
The informative programs are run under the aegis
of the United States trotting Association and Agriculture and New York
State Horse Breeding and Development Fund.
“During the membership meetings there will be a discussion
of the proposed rules and suggested by-law changes and we’ll have a
Q and A period ” Wiles said.
Joining Wiles will be the USTA’s Ellen Harvey.
“I’ll have the usual USTA list of activities and some of
them I know more about than others, so I can give a summary of those with which
I am most familiar and answer some questions,” Harvey added.
Also present at the USTA Meetings will be District
Directors, Jason Settlemoir, Mark Ford, Ray Schnittker, Mike Kane, Bruce Tubin
and Kim Crawford.
The General Membership Meetings will begin at 5:00PM.
At 6:30PM there will be a Cocktail Party hosted by Tioga
Downs, Batavia Downs, Buffalo Raceway, Monticello Raceway, Saratoga Raceway and
Vernon Downs followed at 7:30PM with the Banquet Dinner and Awards Ceremonies.
The membership meetings and discussions are free to all USTA
District 8 members. However, tickets to the Banquet and award ceremonies are
$30 per person.
The top horses in the New York Sires Stakes
program along with the best owned by USTA District 8 members
will be awarded beautiful trophies. But the highlight of the awards
presentations will be the Bruce Hamilton Memorial Medal which will be awarded
to Wanda Polisseni.
Those who plan on attending the awards dinner must
remember to make reservations (518-785-5858) prior to Wednesday October 23
and then make checks payable to HHBNYS and mail to: Harness Horse
Breeders; 400 Troy-Schenectady Road, Latham, NY 12110
