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Performance Committee
Report Another show season is starting and the Annual Meeting is now behind us. It was a very positive meeting with a lot of great ideas coming forth from the LOC meeting at a Color Breed Council. Show Rules Committee discussed some of these ideas and then passed them back tot he Performance Committee for our revue. It is obvious that our judging pool believes that we need to clarify some of our performance rules and this year's committee will keep you posted on our work. The 2006 committee submitted a number of rule changes which were passed by the membership this year, including a much needed change defining how to split driving classes based on arena size, there was clarification of some of the Jumper rules, and we have established Grand and Reserve criteria for driving classes! These rules will take effect in 2008 once they are published in the rulebook. I think most of you know that the STAKES program was a huge success and this was because of the sponsors! The entry fees made up about half the pot and the contributing sponsors donated the other half. This has two more years before the Performance Futurity takes over and we need to keep the ball rolling! The highest 1st place pay-out was over $5,700.00 and this has created a huge amount of interest. Trainers and breeders are already telling me that people are calling them looking for coming three-year-old prospects. I have to say this is exactly why we needed aged performance classes (and we passed them starting in 2008). I'm sure that if you are a performance breeder you are happy that people are looking for coming three-year-olds! So please, make a contribution to the Stakes Fund. You will receive a wealth of advertising and notoriety for your efforts. Regards,
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