On June 30, 2010 The Oregon Racing Commission approved Portland Meadows’ application for a license for their 2010-2011 racing season. Portland Meadows has stated they will race 75 days beginning with an opening day card scheduled for Monday, October 4, 2010. Portland Meadows’ racing schedule will consist of live racing every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday with a first post at 12:40pm PST. Live Racing will go every week up until closing day on Wednesday March 30, 2011. Portland Meadows will take a one week Holiday break in December. There will be no live racing on Monday December 20, Tuesday December 21, and Wednesday December 22, 2010. Portland Meadows will race up to 10 races on both Monday and Tuesdays, and 9 races on the Wednesday cards. The Stakes Schedule for the 2010-2011 racing season should be completed in the coming weeks.

There will be summer stabling at Portland Meadows this summer. The Oregon HBPA has again decided to sponsor the costs of operation to keep the backstretch open... There will be no charge for stall rent until June 1, 2010, at that time the rent will be $3.50 per day per horse when you rent by the month. The rent will continue until August 1, 2010. Haul in's will be charged $10.00 per day. All stall rent and haul in fee's will be paid to the Oregon HBPA. The Track will be available for training on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 5:30 am until 9:00 am. If you plan on having a horse here you must fill out a Summer Stall App.

The Board of Directors for the Oregon H.B.P.A. are:

Owner/Director’s
Susan Calvert
Debbie Funk
Bill Hepperle
Bruce Loudon
Ron Sutton
There are no Alternates

Owner-Trainer Director’s
Vanessa Hunt
Nick Lowe
Jonathan Nance
Linda Northam
David Runyon

Alternates
Jim Gordon – 1st Alternate
James Young – 2nd Alternate

We would like to congratulate those of you that were elected to our Board of Directors and thank all of you that ran for a position on the Board. Being a Director is not easy; it requires a dedication to help our industry through some very hard times. Often we all forget that the people who serve on these Boards go beyond just attending an occasional Board Meeting or General Membership Meeting, they give their time, energy, patience and knowledge, all without pay and most of the time without even a thank you. They do what they are elected to do, make the hard choices, sit through hours of negotiations and endless meetings to make the most rational decisions for horsemen racing in each jurisdiction. Unfortunately all Horsemen don’t agree on what the right answers are. But, they try to make the best decisions based on all the information they have at their disposal. So the next time you don’t agree, don’t rant and yell, just get more involved yourself. Run for a position on the Board, be part of the answer, not part of the problem. So again, thank all of you who ran, and for those of you who were elected, we wish you an easy task in the days ahead.

The President, Board of Directors and staff of the Oregon HBPA are listed below with their postions. Please feel free to ask any of them any questions you might have concerning the Oregon HBPA.

JIM FERGASON, Owner/Trainer, PRESIDENT

SUSAN CALVERT, Owner, DIRECTOR

DEBBIE FUNK, Owner, DIRECTOR

BILL HEPPERLE, Owner, DIRECTOR

VANESSA HUNT, Owner/Trainer, DIRECTOR

BRUCE LOUDON, Owner, DIRECTOR

NICK LOWE, Owner/Trainer, DIRECTOR

JONATHAN NANCE, Owner/Trainer, DIRECTOR

LINDA NORTHAM, Owner/Trainer, DIRECTOR

DAVID RUNYON, Owner/Trainer, DIRECTOR

RON SUTTON, Owner, DIRECTOR

DICK CARTNEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

LINDA MORGAN, SECRETARY/TREASURER

BILL PALO, DRUG & ALCOHOL COUNSELOR & CHAPLAIN

The new 2010-2011 Stakes Schedule and Purse Structure will be printed below as soon as they become available.

RUNS	STAKE	CONDITIONS	VALUE
Oct. 5	Inaugural HDCP	3 yo & up; 6 Furlongs	$18,000a
Oct. 28	Mt. Hood HDCP	3 yo fillies; 1 Mile	$18,000a
Nov. 2	OTOBA Sales Stake	2 yo; 6 Furlongs	$10,000a
Nov. 4	Diane Kem Stake	3 yo & up f&m; 6 Furlongs	$18,000a
Nov. 4	N.E. "Nub" Norton Memorial HDCP	3 yo; 1 Mile & 70 Yds	$18,000a
Nov. 11	Lassie Stakes	2 yo fillies; 5 1/2 Furlongs	$18,000a
Nov. 18	Dennis Dodge Memorial Stake	2 yo; 5 1/2 Furlongs	$18,000a
Dec. 14	Janet Wineberg Stakes	2 yo OB fillies; 6 Furlongs	$20,000a
Dec. 14	Bill Wineberg Stakes	2 yo OB c&g; 6 Furlongs	$20,000a
Dec. 14	The Oregon Hers	3 yo OB fillies; 1 Mile	$10,000a
Dec. 14	The Oregon His	3 yo OB c&g; 1 1/16 Miles	$10,000a
Dec. 14	Lethal Grande Oregon Sprint	3 yo & up OB; 6 Furlongs	$10,000a
Jan. 18	OTOBA Stallion Stakes	3 yo OB; 6 Furlongs	$16,500a
Feb. 3	City of Roses HDCP	4 yo & up f&m; 1 Mile & 70 Yds	$18,000a
Feb. 10	Oregon Thoroughbred Breeders Derby	3 yo OB; 1 Mile	$40,000a
Feb. 17	Oregon Ms. Stakes	3 yo OB fillies; 1 Mile	$10,000a
March 17	Willamette River Stakes	3 yo; 1 Mile	$18,000a
March 17	The Governor's Speed HDCP	3 & up ; 6 Furlongs	$18,000a
March 31	Oregon Oaks	3 yo fillies; 1 1/16 Miles	$18,000a
April 28	The Donna Jensen HDCP	3 yo & up f&m; 1 1/16 Miles	$18,000a
April 28	Portland Meadows Mile	3 yo & up; 1 Mile	$40,000a
May 1	Oregon Derby	3 yo; 1 1/8 Miles	$25,000a

CLAIMING	OPEN	NW3	NW2	MAIDEN
$2,500	$3,600	$3,400	$3,400	$3,300
$3,200	$4,100	$3,700	$3,400	$3,300
$4,000	$4,700	$4,000	$3,800	$3,600
$5,000	$6,000	$4,400	$4,200	$4,000
$6,250	$6,800	$4,900	$4,700	$4,200
$8,000	$7,700	$5,300	$5,100	$4,700
$10,000	$8,000	$5,600	$5,300	$4,900
$12,500+	$8,200	$5,800	$5,600	$5,300
Allowance	$8,500	$6,500	$6,000	$5,800

All overnight purses include $400 from ORC Hub Funds.

Invitational & Overnight Handicaps - $9,000 Purses

Oregon Bred Daily Race will add $500

If you ran thoroughbred horses at Portland and did not receive a ballot that means you need to get your current mailing address to us. The race track, the Oregon Racing Commission and the Oregon HBPA cannot share your personal information with each other so you need to notify us of any changes. You can let us know by mail, phone, fax, e-mail or in person. Call us at (503) 285-4941, fax us at (503) 285-4942, e-mail us at OHBPA@aol.com or LindyKats@aol.com and be sure to write address change in the subject line. Our mailing address is:

10350 N. Vancouver Way # 351, Portland, Oregon 97217.

The Horsemen's Journal is working with the National H.B.P.A. and all of the Affilates to build a National Data Base. This will make it easier to make sure that our members are always notified in a timely manner as well as making it easier for the National H.B.P.A. to get sponsors and work out discount deals for our membership. This is not an easy task as you might imagine, with members moving around as they do from state to state, wrong addresses and being on multiple Affilates Membership rosters make it hard to to keep it all straight. The information from this data base will be kept private, names and addresses will not be sold or abused. But it will save money for the magazine, who now pays hundreds of dollars on returned magazines each time they are sent out because of bad addresses. It will also insure that all of our members will get their magazines and other mailings from the National H.B.P.A. as well as their own Affilate. You could help us by simply stopping by your H.B.P.A. Office or giving them a call and making sure they have your correct address. We are also asking everyone to provide an e-mail address if they have one. You can come in the office or contact us at (503) 285-4941 or by e-mail at ohbpa@aol.com. If you move, or travel to another state for a meet, just call us and let us know where you would like your information sent. Once we are all on the same page, address changes or corrections, will be very simple. Please help us to help you!