Columbus, OH — On Tuesday (Nov. 10), Chairperson Ivan Axelrod and Director David Siegel hosted the annual USTA District 3 meeting Past Director Chris Schick also participated. For the first time ever, all USTA District Meetings are being held virtually online.

The meeting included opening messages from USTA Executive Vice President/CEO Mike Tanner and USTA President Russell Williams.

The remainder of 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 3:

Rule Change Proposal-Result
Proposal #1 (Yearling price in program) — Rejected
Proposal #2 (Prohibit seeding of any divisions) — Approved as amended – (with consideration and allowance for the splitting of races for owner/trainer entries.)
Proposal #3 (Showing the number of claims on a horse) — Tied
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) — Tied
Proposal #10 (Hobbles – accurate program information) — Approved
Proposal #11 (Nerved horses reporting) — Approved
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

In addition to the discussion of the 2020-2021 Rule Change Proposals, past USTA Director and current track operator of Watch and Wager, Chris Schick, and USTA Director David Siegel were on hand to address those in attendance and to discuss the nature of the industry in the state of California and the overall health of the industry.

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