Breeders Program
It pays to own & breed an Accredited Florida Bred horse. Now it will even pay you an additional 20%! Starting with the 2011/2012 race meet at Hialeah Park all Accredited Florida Breds will receive an additional 20% in winnings on top of the purse money in ALL RACES simply by placing 1st through 4th.
The 20% is divided as follows:
Here’s an example: If “Speedy” an Accredited Florida Bred won the Laddie Futurity and the purse was $176,000, “Speedy” would take home $73,920 in purse money (42% to winner), and an additional 20% or $14,784, which would bring “Speedy’s” winnings to $88,704!
Breakdown of above example if total purse is $176,000.00
“Speedy” an Accredited Florida Bred wins Laddie Futurity $ 73,920.00
Accredited Florida Stallion Owner receives 4% of 20% $ 2,956.80
Owner receives 8% of 20% $ 5,913.60
Breeder receives 8% of 20% $ 5,913.60
Total to “Speedy’s” earnings $ 88,704.00
Q&A: I bred to a Accredited Florida Stallion, is my foal eligible to be accredited?
EVERY FOAL sired by an Accredited Florida Stallion is eligible to be a Florida Bred. Yes, every foal – no matter where the mare resides or the foal is born, even outside the US! Simply fill out the Florida Bred Accreditation Form, pay the fee, and send us a copy of the foal’s AQHA papers! Once ALL requirements are received, we will pass it on the the Dept of Agriculture, who will then print your Accredted Florida Bred Certificate and mail it to you.
Q&A: My mare lives in Florida and foaled out in Florida, does that make the foal eligible?
Simply foaling out or living in Florida does NOT make the foal eligible, BUT if you breed the mare back to an Accredited Florida Stallion within the same year that the foal is born, then you can register BOTH foals. For complete rules, please go to "Foal Accreditation" at left and read the complete set of rules and regulations to become a Florida Bred.
Q&A: Why does FQHRA let mares reside and foal out in other states or countries?
This allows the genetics of the accredited Florida Breds to stay at the highest level and encourages the production of accredited Florida Breds that can compete with the best horses in the world. In August 2011, an Accredited Florida Bred, Tsunami 09, won the $86,000 All Canadian Futurity, Go Florida Breds!
Q&A: Can I just wait until I am at the track to turn in my Florida Bred Application?
NO! Really, NO! Florida Bred applications must be mailed to our address or submitted online. Also, to have points acrue for Florida Bred Awards the horse must have turned in ALL required information (complete application, copy of AQHA paper, & payment) 30 days BEFORE the barns open for racing. Example: in 2011 that means all information must be in our office before October 28, 2011 for the horse to accrue Florida Bred points at the Hialeah Meet.
***BREEDERS AWARDS AGREEMENT FOR HIALEAH 2010/2011 MEET***
October 20, 2011
***BREEDERS AWARDS AGREEMENT FOR HIALEAH 2011/2012 MEET***
Department of
Business and Professional Regulation
Division of
Pari-Mutuel Wagering
1940 N Monroe
Street
Tallahassee,
Florida 32394-1039
To: DBPR
Please accept this letter as submission of Florida Quarter Horse Racing
Association’s annual plan for the distribution of owners’ and breeder’s awards
from the December 10, 2011 through February 19, 2012 QH meet at Hialeah Park.
The total monies negotiated with Hialeah Park for this meet is $3,840,000 in
for the thirty two days of racing from December 10, 2010 through February
19,2012. A minimum of $76,000 is earmarked for distribution as owners’ and
breeders awards for accredited Florida Bred AQHA registered horses racing at
the above mentioned meet. All $76,000 of the owners’ and breeders’ awards
fund will be distributed by the end of the meet in 2012 at a time sufficient
for all blood and urine samples to be tested but not later than April 5, 2012.
The minimum $76,000 will be distributed on a two tier system outlined below.
The points in the point system tier of the breeders awards plan are given to
each accredited Florida Bred based on the difficulty and class of races the
horses have competed in and the placing of each individual horse in each race.
The total money awarded to each accredited Florida bred, each accredited
Florida stallion and each breeder will be based on a combination of each
horse’s placing in races if it places 1st through 4th in
the first tier of the system. The second tier of the system will be put in
place if not all the $76,000 is awarded using the first tier. The number of
points awarded to an individual accredited Florida bred using the second tier
plan will be computed as a percentage of all points that are awarded to all the
accredited Florida breds racing at the 2011/2012 Hialeah QH meet. Any remaining
monies of the $76,000 not awarded in tier one will be awarded in tier two based
on this point system.
The owner(s) of the horse(s) receiving any owners’ and breeders’ awards must be
a current member of FQHRA. The name of the FQHRA membership in order to be
eligible to receive accredited Florida bred awards must be the same entity as
listed on the AQHA papers as owner/breeder and/or stallion owner. If the
accredited Florida bred is by a stallion that was an accredited Florida
stallion at the time of conception of the point winning horse, then the owner/s
of the stallion at the time of conception will receive their percent of the
accredited Florida bred money in owners’ and breeders’ awards. If the breeder
(owner of the mare at the time of conception) is a current member of FQHRA then
the breeder will receive their percent of the $ 76,000 in any breeders’ awards
that are not awarded using tier 1 of the breeders plan.
Tier 1. All accredited Florida bred horses finishing 1st
through 4th in any race in the 2011/2012 Hialeah QH meet will
receive an additional 20% accredited Florida-bred purse
bonus with the following stipulations:
1. Only horses that are accredited
Florida-breds are eligible.
2. Accredited Florida-bred status must be in
place prior to the beginning of the race to be eligible.
3. Only bonus-eligible horses finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th are eligible.
4. This purse bonus applies to all races in this condition book.
5. The owner of record of an eligible horse at the time of entry will receive a purse bonus equal to 8% of the purse earned in that race.
6. The breeder of record, as is stated on a horse's AQHA registration papers, of an eligible horse will receive a purse bonus equal to 8% of the purse earned in that race.
7. The owner of record of the sire at the time of conception of a bonus-eligible horse is eligible for a purse bonus of 4% of the purse earned in that race, if the sire of the bonus-eligible horse was an accredited Florida-bred Stallion at the time of conception.
8. The owner/breeder/stallion owner must be a current member of FQHRA in order to receive owners and breeders awards.
Any portion of the minimum $76,000 accredited Florida bred breeders awards not used in tier 1 of this breeders awards plan will be awarded on the following point system for accredited Florida breds finishing 1st through 6th in any race in the 2011/2012 Hialeah QH meet described at Tier 2 and detailed in the table below.
Class of Race 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4thplace 5th place 6th place
Maiden/Claiming 10 points 6 points 3 points 2 points 1 point .5 points
Allowance/maiden SPW 15 points 9 points 4.5 points 3 points 1.5 points 1 point
and trial races
Stakes under $50,000 40 points 24 points 12 points 8 points 4 points 2 points
Stakes$50,000 to $100,000: 50 points 30 points 15 points 10 points 5 points 2.5 points
Stakes $100,000 to $150,000: 60 points 36 points 18 points 12 points 6 points 3 points
Stakes $150,000 to $200,000: 70 points 42 points 21 points 14 points 7 points 3.5 points
Each accredited Florida Bred racing at the 2011/2012 Hialeah meet will have their points calculated off the above table. That horse will then have their points divided by the total number of points awarded and the resulting percentage number will be multiplied by ($76,000- minus all monies awarded in Tier 1 of the breeders program described above.) The resulting number will be the amount of money awarded to that accredited Florida bred. If $76,000 or more than $76,000 are awarded in accredited Florida bred awards as a result of Tier 1 describes above, there will be no awards given as a result to the point system described in tier 2.
Any stallion that was an accredited Florida stallion at the time of conception and is the sire of any of the horses that win owners’ and breeders’ awards based on the above table will receive 50% of the number of points as his progeny that raced at the 2011/2012 Hialeah meet. Any stallion that became an accredited Florida stallion on or before December 31, 2008 and is the sire of any horses that win owners & breeders’ awards based on the above table and was based in Florida at the time of conception will receive 50% of the number of points as his progeny that raced at the 2011/2012 Hialeah QH meet.
Any breeder (mare owner at time of conception) of any horse that wins owners’ and breeders’ awards and that is a member of FQHRA will receive the same number of points as the progeny of the mare that is racing at the 2011/2012 Hialeah QH meet.
All race horse owners’ points, all stallion owners’ point and all breeders’ points will be totaled for the grand total of all points. Each race owner of an accredited Florida bred, each accredited Florida stallion owner and each breeder that is an current FQHRA member will have their total points computed as a percentage of the grand total and that percentage of ($76,000- minus all monies awarded in Tier 1 of the breeders program described above.) will be the amount of owners’ and breeders’ awards awarded to them for the 2011/2012 Hialeah QH meet that runs from December 10, 2011 through February 19,2012.
This owner and breeder award system is planned to stimulate the breeding and buying of accredited Florida breds. This third QH meet is scheduled to bring in approximately 850 registered QH’s into the state of Florida to race at the 32 day meet. The $76,000+ in owners’ and breeders awards is only the beginning of a major accredited Florida bred program that will develop as other QH permitted tracks begin racing. We appreciate your time and effort in working with FQHRA to develop a new and vibrant American Quarter Horse breeding and racing industry to our great state.
Sincerely,
Stephen D. Fisch, DVM
President
Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association
