[Nfbv-announce] 2018 NFBV Historic Fredericksburg Derby

[patnaude.sarah at yahoo.com]

The National Federation of the Blind of Virginia at its convention in November will hold a fundraiser.  All attendees can participate by placing bets on their favorite horse and Jockey.  Each bet  or “bid “ or “share” will be for $5.  You can make as many bets on as many horses as you can afford.  Half of all of the proceeds will be divided proportionally between those that purchased shares in the winning horse. All net proceeds go to the NFB of Virginia Treasury.  There will be six horse/jockey teams.  They will be announced at the Board meeting Friday morning  November 9.


Proposed rules and instructions


Six Horses will be in competition on the Hospitality track.


Bids will be placed at $5 increments on any horse.


Jockeys will solicit bids actively with much spirit from the convention attendees!


Jockeys will provide names and number of shares to the track manager before the call to the gate.


  Bids can also be made directly with the track manager Mark Roane.


The race will be at the Saturday evening Banquet.


It will last for  an agreed upon number of “lengths”.


At the beginning of the race, the horse that has raised the most money gets 1 length ahead  of other horses “out of the starting gate”.


Dice are rolled to determine the horse movement.  The first die determines the horse to move (1 to 6).  The other die determines the number of lengths to move forward.


The first horse to reach the agreed upon finish line earns a Victory!


The track manager, Mark Roane will offer “pay outs” to winners beginning Sunday morning.


For historic promotion purposes:


The length is commonly used in Thoroughbred horse racing, where it describes the distance between horses in a race. Horses may be described as winning by several lengths, as in the notable example of Secretariat, who won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths (248 feet (76 m)). More often, winning distances are merely a fraction of a length, such as half a length.


Distances smaller than that are similarly described in reference to the equine body with terms such as a "neck",[3] and a "head", a "short head" or "nose", the smallest possible named advantage by which a horse can win. In Ireland a margin of more than 30 lengths is described as a "distance "


 


Some Horse racing terminology:


“Across the Board”  a bet on a horse to win.


“club house turn”  the first turn out of the starting gate.


“On the back stretch” the straight part of the track opposite the finish line. 


“Apprentice jockey”  a student jockey.


“blinkers”  eye equipment that limits a horse’s  vision to limit distractions.


“Break Maiden”  When a horse wins for the first time.


“breeze”  describes a horse running easily without encouragement from rider.


“objection:” a claim of foul by a jockey after a race is over.


“odds”  the chances of a particular horse to win a race based on all bets.


“off the pace”  a horse that is lagging back in the early stages of the race.


  


 




 Sarah Patnaude




Corresponding Secretary, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia




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