2011 Winter Convention
Hot Springs, Arkansas
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Agenda

WAGI Forum
Working with your Track Partner to Monitor & Verify the Purse Account

Audio:

Moderator:
Bob Reeves, Ex. Vice President, Ohio HBPA
Chair, NHBPA Wagering & Alternative Gaming Committee

Panelists:
Dave Basler,
Executive Director, Ohio HBPA

Craig Gegorek,
Gegorek & Company, P.A.

Eric Jackson,
General Manager,
Oaklawn Jockey Club

Marty Maline,
Executive Director, Kentucky HBPA

Bill Walmsley,
President, Arkansas HBPA
Secretary/Treasurer, National HBPA

Racing Partnerships Forum
Modern Approaches to Successfully
Managing Equine Partnerships

Audio:

Moderator & Panelist:
Joe Santanna,
President & Chairman, National HBPA;
Co-Managing Partner, Commonwealth New Era Racing, LLC

Panelists:
Joseph Pontrella,
Equine Tax Consultant,
JP Group Equine Advisors

Education Forum
Education and Opportunity on the Backstretch

Audio:

Co-Moderators:
Dr. Reid McLellan,
Executive Director, The Elite Program, Inc.

Robin Richards,
Chair, NHBPA Education Committee;
President, Virginia HBPA and 1st Vice-President, NHBPA

Panelists:
Tim Capps – Executive-in-Residence,
Equine Industry Program, University of Louisville

Wendy Davis – Associate Coordinator,
Race Track Industry Program, University of Arizona

Elisabeth Jensen,
President & Executive Director, Race for Education

Dr. Augusta A. Julian, President/CEO,
Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Medication Forum
Revisiting the McKinsey Report 20 Years Later

Audio:

Moderator:
Kent Stirling, Chair, Medication Committee
Executive Director, Florida HBPA

Panelists:
Dr. Steven Barker, MS, Ph.D., Professor
Comparative Biomedical Sciences Director
Analytical Systems Laboratory; Equine Medication
Surveillance Laboratory and The Laboratory for Drug Residure Studies
State Chemist, Louisiana State Racing Commission

Dr. Rich Harden
Equine Medical Director, Virginia Racing Commission

Dr. Don Shields – Equine Practitioner in Southern California
Founder of Winner’s Circle Ranch, an equine rehabilitation facility,
Founder and CEO of Statison mecical, Clinical Assistant Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Thomas Tobin, Professor
Dept of Veterinary Science, Gluck Equine Research Center
University of Kentucky & National HBPA Veterinary Advisor

Benefit Providers Committee

Audio:

Moderator & Panelists:
Richard Riedel
Executive Director, Kentucky Health & Welfare Fund

Co-chairpersons MaryAnn O’Connell & Richard Riedel

Panelists:
Dr. Kyle Roper, Medical Director, Arkansas HBPA
Will Velie, Immigration Attorney, Horseman Labor Solutions
Peter Ecabert, National HBPA Counsel

Executive Committee Meeting

Minutes

Audio:

National Sponsor
Susan Martin, Director of Marketing
Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc.

National Sponsor
Will Velie, Immigration Attorney
Horseman Labor Solutions

Full Board Meeting

Minutes

Audio:

ROAP
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