28/ DECEMBER 2010 THE RIDER


Q.R.O.O.I: P.O. Box 31090, Westney Heights RPO, Ajax, ON L1T 3V2


Telephone: (905) 426-7050 • Fax: (905) 426-7093 Email: qrooiheadoffice@gmail.com 388 Kingston Road East, Ajax, ON L1Z 1W4


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The Quarter Racing Owners of Ontario are pleased to announce that the inaugural QROOI Yearling and Mixed Sale held Saturday October 30, 2010 was a resounding suc- cess. The QROOI board would like to take this opportunity to thank the ‘QROOI Sales Committee’


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PRESIDENT


Bob Broadstock 18101 Cedardale Road, Nestleton, Ontario L0B 1L0 (905) 986-0044


email: bob_broadstock@hotmail.com


VICE-PRESIDENT


Erik Lehtinen RR #2,


Uxbridge, ON L9P 1R2


(905) 852-5245


Greg Watson 785 Hwy 7A,


Bethany, ON L0A 1A0 (705) 277-0248


Doug Cheetham


32 Talbot St., Brampton, ON L6X 2P5 (905) 796-9640


Rene Hunderup


P.O. Box 310, Station Main, King City, ON L7B 1A6 (905) 886-7886


Steve Hunter


231485 County Road 24, Grand Valley, Ontario L6X 2P5 • (519) 928-5209


QROOI Yearling and Mixed Sale Review


and its members for putting together the sale. All of the meetings, late nights and hard work paid off! We would also like to thank all of the horsemen who bought and sold hors- es throughout the day and wish them great success as they prepare their horses for the 2011 racing season.


As for the preliminary sale results themselves, the yearlings stole the show with 30 head passing through the ring averaging an incredible $7003.33. The highest selling horse ‘Black Chart’ a 2009 colt by ‘Black Moon Arising’ out of ‘Shake the Chart’ by ‘Check the Charts’ sold for


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$26,100. He is a full brother to stakes winning ‘Rising Up the Charts’ SI 107 $129,721 and ‘Magic Off the Chart’ SI 104 $86,651. Bred and con- signed by Norse Ridge Farms ‘Black Chart’ is Ontario Sired/Ontario Bred with engagements in the $105,000 added Alex Picov


Memorial Futurity and $150,000 added Ontario Jackpot stakes. Congratu- lations to all who are con- nected with this very promising colt.


Overall the sale saw 44 horses pass through the ring for a total value of $285,700 and an average selling price of $6493.


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Although several horses were repurchased we feel confident that the sale brought many new owners into Quarter Horse racing in Ontario.


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Thanks to all for mak- ing the QROOI Yearling and Mixed Sale a SUC- CESS!!


If you were at the sale, we would love to hear from you. Email us your expe- rience and comments to qrooiheadoffice@gmail.co


Bob Broadstock President QROOI


Brian Farell


C2130 - Hwy #7, RR #1, Sunderland, ON L0C 1H0 (705) 357-3214


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1/ Al and Lynne Patterson with Rene Hunderup, centre. 2/ Erik Lehtinen and QROOI President Bob Broadstock. 3/ A group enjoying the sale.


4/ Kelly Counsell and Vel Evans of Strategic Equine Marketing. 5/ QROOI Staffer Monique Valvala. 6/Roy Ionon.


7/ Gerard and Christine Bernauer or Royal Run Ranch. Photos by The Rider


2010 AQHA Racing Conference & Challenge Championships


Several QROOI Board members attended the AQHA Racing Confer- ence, November 16 – 20 in New Orleans, Louisiana. All were actively participated in meetings and building relationships during the challenge races at ‘The Fairgrounds’.


On Wednesday a special medica- tion meeting was held at the Fair- grounds. How medication control, testing, and other aspects will affect our industry in the future were dis- cussed. Bob Broadstock and Rene Hunderup were invited guests at this meeting which had; the entire AQHA Racing Council; members of the Rac- ing Medication & Testing Consortium (RMTC,) Louisiana State University (LSU) and the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP.) Although discussion was held on testing laboratories and their accredita-


tion, the main topic of conversation was the apparent abuse of the therapeu- tic medication ‘clenbuterol’. It was very clear its abuse is a huge concern in our industry and is beginning to affect other breeds. The meeting focused on the extreme negative effects of long-term Clenbuteral use and various methods we can stop it. The group provided three ways of curbing clenbuterol abuse; 1.) establish therapeutic levels of clenbuterol to be used as thresholds for out of competi- tion testing; 2.) extend the withdrawal time for its use to 30-45 days - deter- mining the abuse is significantly increasing the ‘anabolic effect’ of clen- buterol, and a longer withdrawal time would remove the ‘anabolic’ reason for using the medication; and 3.) tracks should choose to ban clenbuteral use through a house rule. These findings


were presented to the entire ‘Racing Committee’ for its review the follow- ing day.


Thursday and Friday, the entire ‘AQHA Racing Committee’ – a group of approx 80 horsemen appointed to the committee by the AQHA Executive Committee – discussed the medication meeting among other items on the agenda. Again ‘clenbuterol’ abuse was a main discussion point and the Racing Committee took action. They voted in favour of asking the RMTC and AAEP to develop a set of therapeutic levels to be used as thresholds in out of compe- tition testing and to develop the thresh- old levels for ‘clenbuterol’ that would eliminate its use for the ‘anabolic effect’. Further, the committee passed a motion AQHA take the stance ‘clen- buterol’ not be used in racing beyond its intended therapeutic use and a 45-


day withdrawal period should be implemented. While these items still require AQHA Racing Council and AQHA Executive committee approval; the ‘Racing Committees’ approval shows AQHA horsemen recognize there is a problem and are taking action to fix it.


Among a list of other things dis- cussed by the committee was a propos- al for Second Career Race Horses. The subcommittee presented a program to acknowledge race horses that are active in barrel racing. The Racing Committee approved the program and the continuation of the Second Career subcommittee. This group will now spend time developing the details of the program for presentation at the 2011 AQHA Convention. Both Bob Broadstock and Erik Lehtinen serve on this subcommittee.


During an awards luncheon on Friday we received incredible news regarding one of our Ontario Quarter Horse industry people. Strategic Equine’s Vel Evans received the Mil- dred N. Vessels Special Achievement Award for her achievements within the industry throughout the year. Vel has been a significant driving force behind our growth in Ontario and was very surprised at the announcement. The QROOI extend our heart-felt congratu- lations to Vel Evans and her team at Strategic Equine.


If you have any questions regard- ing the conference please contact our office at qrooiheadoffice@gmail.com or (905) 426-7050.


Your QROOI Board will continue to represent Ontario at these and other industry development conferences in the future.


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