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Stanton, Del. – The Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association (DTHA), sponsor of the very successful Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program, has reduced the program’s combined bonus payments to 40 percent (20 percent to the certifier and 20 percent to the owner). For the past two years the combined bonus payments were 50 percent; combined bonuses were 40 percent prior to that time. The cap on open stake races will remain $15,000 for the maximum amount paid to the owners and the certifiers. The reduction becomes effective at the start of the 2011 Delaware Park racing meet.
“Our Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program has been a wire-to-wire success story since we started it in 2002. In order to fund the continued strong growth of the program, it’s necessary to make this modest reduction in bonuses paid to certifiers and owners,” said Bessie Gruwell, executive director of the horseman’s association.
There are now more than 2,500 thoroughbreds enrolled in the program. Owners and certifiers have been paid more than $4.9 million in bonuses to date and contributed more than $25 million to the state’s farming economy.
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The 2011 meet will run four DCTP stakes. The Small Wonder and The First State Dash are both two-year-old Delaware Bred or Certified restricted five and one half furlong stake races, each with a purse of $75,000. The Tax Free Shopping Distaff and The New Castle are both $75,000 stake races for Delaware Bred or Certified horses three and up. All four races have free nominations and will run on October 15, 2011.
A Delaware Bred or Certified Thoroughbred is a thoroughbred that is born or spends a minimum of 90 consecutive days on a Delaware farm or training facility prior to March 31st of its two-year-old year and races at Delaware Park. Completion of an application form and a certification fee is required. A total of 82 Delaware farms and training facilities are participating in the program.
For more information about the Delaware Certified Thoroughbred Program, call (302) 994-2398, email dctp@dtha.com, or visit their website, www.dtha.com and click on the DCTP link to download an application or to find a participating farm. From the website you can also check to see if your horse of racing age is Delaware Certified.
Delaware Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, Inc.
777 Delaware Park Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19804
(302) 994-2521 Ext. 7284
(302) 994-3392 Fax
info@dtha.com
To Contact The Delaware Racing Commission:
John F. Wayne
Executive Director
Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission
Delaware Park (302) 994-2521 ext 8970 (voice mail)
(302) 994-3567 (fax) at Delaware Park (Use Cover Sheet)
john.wayne@state.de.us
http://www.dda.delaware.gov/thoroughbred
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