2023 SABRA Charity Race

• In 2023 we have 10,000 added to the open ($5,000 each day), $600 to the youth ($300 daily), $400 to poles on Friday, $200 to the masters ($100 daily), and $200 to the futurity ($100 daily). Buckles to the winners of each division based on the two-day average and $1,350 for an average payout for Open and Youth so far. Please thank the sponsors!

• We are excited to welcome WPRA members this year! We will run the WPRA Turquoise Circuit Divisional Finals on Saturday and have side pots for WPRA members available. On Saturday, there is a WPRA Gold Card and Youth side pot, entry fee is $65 with 80% payback. Sunday there is a general $100 WPRA side pot with 80% payback.

• Pre-entries must be post marked by October 10thor turned in at the 10/14 race. The first draw will be on our website and Facebook the day before the race or sooner. There is a $10 late fee per horse after the deadline.

• Payment must be received with entry. We can accept cash, check, or money order. Any payments received after the deadline or at the race will incur a $10 late fee per horse.

• All entry fees include a $12 arena fee (example open is $48 and arena fee is $12 = $60 total per run). We hold 70% of entry fee and pay out 100% of added money.

• No portable stalls, no outside shavings allowed! Stalls cost $25 for the first night and include one bag of shavings. They are $15 a night after and extra shavings are $10. You must purchase your stall(s) through SABRA via this link

https://www.sazbra.org/charityrace.

• RV spots are $35/night and first come first serve through the RV Office. Dry camping is $25 a night. Stalls are assigned by SABRA via the link above, or you can buy one on site from us. Please make a note if you need to be near another contestant on the online form.

• Both Saturday and Sunday are pointed for SABRA members this year.

• Please check website or Facebook for updates www.sazbra.org

• No Dress code required but encouraged

• Rake every five runners, big drag after the youth, and big drag at least every 100 runners depending on ground conditions. If more frequent big drags are needed we will announce by the start of the race.

• We will have a holding pen and alley; stay tucked up behind the panels and please keep gate/alley clear at all times. Please no small children or dogs in the holding pen or alley. Keep the area between the warm up pen and race arena free of foot traffic.

• Enter via East Brekke road only (North entrance with the guard shack). No parking on the South side of the Ramada, this is strictly reserved for vendors, handicap, and the volunteer SABRA board

• Concessions available on site

• Open 5D, with ½-second splits, equal pay to each division.

• Masters, 55 and over as of January 1st is a 2D with 1-second splits

• RUN FOR THE MONEY, $100 entry, 100% payback, 5D format with ½-second splits and all divisions paid equally. Must run in Open 5D.

• Youth age is 15 as of January 1. It is a 3D with 1 second split to the 2D, and 2 seconds from the first to third division.

• Poles is a 2D with 2 second split, Friday evening at 6:30 pm and pointed for members, buckles awarded to winners.

• If your time is missed for timer malfunction, you will receive a rerun with a clean slate.

• Pee wee is for walk, trot, lead line kids. We do not measure a pattern, track times, or calculate an average. Prizes daily to entrants and a random draw for a buckle for peewee kids that attend both days of the race. If your child is loping they should be in the youth.

• Futurity side pot is open to any horse 2018 or younger cannot have competed before 11/15/2022. This is a straight open with no splits.

• The Futurity showcase is for horses eligible to run on 11/15/2023, and will run Friday after exhibitions and before poles. Names and times will be announced as it would be for the open and we will drag every five but there will be no prize money.

• Order of run is pee wee, youth, WPRA Turquoise Circuit Divisional Finals (30 runs), open. Youth may carry their time to the open but must indicate it on the entry form before they run.

• Exhibitions/time only are $5 at the gate Friday only from 1 pm to 5 pm.

• Contact us to be a non-food vendor and the cost is $25 per day, the fee goes up to $50 in 2024 (paid to Fairgrounds).

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• The SABRA board will refer to our club rules for issues outside of this document.

• We are excited to sponsor two charities again this year, Make a Wish of Arizona and Therapeutic Ranch for Animals and Kids. We give 100% of our Saturday raffle and online auction to the two charities. Thank you all for making this race bigger every year!