Club Updates Important Changes in Buckeye Races for 2011 Please be aware that changes have been made in the nomination and sustaining fees and ownership date for the Buckeye races. A nomination fee of $25 and membership fee must be paid on or before the OQHRA banquet, February 26, 2011, to enter your horse into the Buckeye Futurity or Maturity. To sustain, payments will be made April 15 – August 15 as in the past. Late entry after April 15th will be doubled until June 15th. Late nominations after June 15 will be tripled and after August 15th to late enter it will cost $1500 (Maturity) and $2500 (Futurity). All late entry payments will go into the purse money. In addition, the ownership for an Ohio-owned horse will be April 1st, (current year) instead of the January 1st date. The Ohio Bred and Sired status will continue to be decided after the April 15th as to whether the race will open to Ohio owned. Year End Award Nomination Members must nominate for the Year-End Awards by contacting Tammy Cain on or before January 15, 2011. You can nominate more than one horse to each age group. If you have any questions contact Tammy at (740) 404-2434.
OQHRA Year End Awards Banquet The OQHRA Banquet will be held Saturday, February 26, 2011, 6:00pm at Damon’s Banquet Room in Wilmington, Ohio. Meal orders will be taken at 6pm with the Election of Officers and Awards to follow. There will be a Youth Silent Auction and door prizes given. Please RSVP to Rick Treat, (513) 932-4645, by February 6th to give him an accurate count for the restaurant and door prizes. Again, we are asking that everyone bring a silent auction item and/or a door prize. If you are interested in becoming officer for 2011, please contact Nominating Chairman, Steve Shoemaker, at (740) 775-4661. OQHRA 2010 Membership Please fill out the form below and return to: Ben Grandstaff, 1345 Twp Rd 206, Marengo, OH 43334 Check One: ___Single-$25 ___ Family-$40 ___ Life-$150 (make checks to OQHRA) Name ______________________________________ Address _____________________________________ City ______________ State ______ Zip ____________ Home Phone _________________________________ E-mail ______________________________________
Ohio State Buckskin Association Submitted by: Brianne Mathews, OSBA Reporter
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he annual OSBA awards banquet will be held on January 22, 2011 at The Place Off The Square in Newark, Ohio. The schedule of events is as follows: 3:00 pm – Director’s Meeting 4:00 pm – General Membership Meeting 5:00 pm – Social Hour 6:00 pm – Dinner & Awards, Silent Auction to follow Congratulations to the following division high point winners: Open High Point Horse – Dynamic In Pleasure, shown by Ben Grandstaff and owned by S&G Stable Reserve High Point Open Horse – Smoke N Bandito, owned and shown by Alice Wood High Point Amateur – Handy Little Bug, owned and 102 Ohio Quarter Horse News
shown by Patty McKinley Reserve High Point Amateur – Chiptease, owned and shown by Scott Flick High Point Youth – Whodunit In The Sky, owned and shown by Kelly Krull ReserveHigh Point Youth – Sunny Dunit In Honey, shown by Lauren Montgomery and owned by Ann Montgomery A complete list of high-point awards and year-end point standings is available on www.ohiobuckskins.org/ points.html. If you are unable to attend the banquet, please check OSBA’s website for updates on show dates/locations and upcoming meetings. And don’t forget to bookmark www.ohiobuckskins.org!