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| WEST OTTAWA RACEWAY 2013 SCHEDULE Standardbreds Steward: Elizabeth Knoll 2110 Lafayette Ave NE Grand Rapids, MI 49505 hathyeabroom@yahoo.com Information: *Entry Fee: Email entry is free and encouraged. Snail mail fee is 25c/stable or 10c/horse plus SASE. *Limit of 8 horses per meet (unless meet has more than 4 races. Add 2 horses per extra race in those cases). Horses may be split into races any way you wish! *Basic Information: West Ottawa is a half mile track and scores 8 wide with 2 trailers for a maximum of 10 horse fields. *Splits: Splits are done only for undercard and two year old stakes races and are split by sex, age or randomly depending on what makes the most equal fields. All other stakes races that fill beyond 10 entrants will compete in elimination heats earlier in the program. *Purse Distribution: Purse splits are: 50-25-12-8-5 with fields smaller than five augmented in order to pay out all purse money. *Championships: Champions are named via points earned in open and stakes races with ties being decided by fastest finishing times. ITR races held at West Ottawa do count towards championships. *Registration Requirements: Owners are strongly encouraged to have horses registered but will accept pending registrations IF DATE OF SUBMISSION IS NOTED. Horses out of real mares are required to have a Real Mare Registry number. *Abbreviations: NW=non-winners, LT=lifetime, F/M=filly/mare, NSW=non-Stakes Winners, TBA=to be announced. *Claiming Races: Claiming fee is free. Claimers will be posted to the list before the races are run. Horses receiving multiple bids will have a random draw done. If you are the winner on a claiming horse, it is your responsibility to get in contact with the previous owner regarding transactions. The steward will not forward information to the new owner. *Miscellaneous: Trainers Notes are strongly encouraged and can make a difference! No maidens with pending races allowed. Express members only. Questions are welcome! |