Columbus, OH — On Thursday (Nov. 19), Chairperson Dan Bittle and Directors Corey Callahan and John Hensley, Jr. hosted the annual USTA District 11 meeting.  USTA Executive Vice President/CEO Mike Tanner also participated in the meeting.  For the first time ever, all USTA District Meetings are being held virtually online this year.

The meeting included opening messages from Tanner and USTA President Russell Williams. The agenda included a discussion of and voting on 17 rule change proposals.

Following are the results on the 2021 rule change proposals from District 11:

Rule Change Proposal-Result
Proposal #1 (Yearling price in program) — Rejected
Proposal #2 (Prohibit seeding of any divisions) — Rejected
Proposal #3 (Showing the number of claims on a horse) — Rejected
Proposal #4 (List of claimants; reason claim lost) — Rejected
Proposal #5 (Electronic draw details) — Rejected
Proposal #6 (Publish entry sheets online) — Approved
Proposal #7 (Electronic draw guidelines) — Rejected
Proposal #8 (Driver choices prior to draw) — Rejected
Proposal #9 (Position of handholds) — Rejected
Proposal #10 (Hobbles – accurate program information) — tied
Proposal #11 (Nerved horses reporting) — Approved – with fine amended to $2,500
Proposal #12 (Gelding/spaying of horse reporting) — Approved
Proposal #13 (Increase horse name – 18 to 20 spaces) — Rejected
Proposal #14 (Outside source approval of horse names) — Rejected
Proposal #15 (Ownership percentages recording) — Rejected
Proposal #16 (Syndicate member requirements) — Approved
Proposal #17 (Sulky change submission requirement) — Approved

Following the vote on the rule change proposals, there comments on how well the district meeting was conducted virtually online.

The meeting commenced at 2 p.m. and was adjourned by Chairperson Don Bittle at 3:02 p.m.

For the schedule of remaining USTA District Meetings, click here.