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**11/21/2011 Money for 2012 Workers' Comp for race trainers is due to Gene Allen by Dec. 15th.  Contact him at 309-447-6595 for more information.

**6/23/2011 Fairmount asked me to email everyone and inform them that the purse for the Invitational will not be paid out unil the 1st week of November. The test results need to come back and the money deposited into Fairmount account from the racing board.

**5/30/11 The list of the first entries for the Fairmount Park invitational is available.  Click here for the list.

**1/24/11 Hello Everyone,
The IQHRA board on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011 passed a nomination fee for high point horse of the year for the County fairs and Fairmount Park. The fee is $5.00 per horse for either the fairs or Fairmount or $10.00 for both. Your nomination fee and form must be in by April 1, 2011. See the Illinois Quarter Horse Association web site for the nomination form. Please tell your member friends whom might not have access to the web site.

**1/13/11  Good morning everyone,
The slot and gaming bill did not pass the house. The bill was just too massive. No one wanted all the Casinos in Illinois. We will try again in the Spring to receive what belongs to quarter horses. In the meantiime there is still $250,000 from the ADW Bill for quarter horse racing. Although this money does not belong to the Association and we do not have any say on how it is spent we will still have many races in 2011. I want to thank all those who help make phone calls but our fight is not over. Thank you and I hope to see everyone at the convention.