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By CLIVE CARNIF
Democrat Staff Writer
Breeder incentive pro ,1 ain i have helped many aspects of the horse industry.
The multi-million dollar Breeders’ Cup has given thoroughbred breeders the possibility of making thousands of dollars and has boosted the thoroughbred racing and breeding industry tremendously since its inception in 1984.
In other breeds such as the Quarter Horse, Saddle Horse and Arabian, futurities offering heavy cash incentives have encouraged breeders to produce young horses and have helped individual breeds greatly.
Now hunter breeders will have incentive to produce young horses. Beginning in the fall of 1986 a new program called the International 3Year-Old Hunter Performance Futurity will offer breeders and owners the chance to compete for sizeable cash prizes and prestigious awards. The program is designed to encourage the raising, marketing and showing of young horses.
The new program is the brain child of Sallie Wheeler of Keswick, chairman of the American Horse Shows Association’s hunter committee and a director of the Virginia Horse Shows Association (VHSA), and Walter “Jimmy” Lee of Charlottesville, president of the VHSA.
“Breeding futurities have been very successful with other breeds,” says Mrs. Wheeler. “The saddle horse and quarter horse breeds have them, there’s the Breeders’ Cup, and the Arabians — it practically made their industry. We felt it was high time we had something for hunters. We took the best of all worlds and included them in this program.”
The International 3-Year-Old Hunter Performance Futurity will feature three regional competitions (East, Mid-West and West) and an international competition each year with prize money estimated to exceed well over $150,000, depending on response from stallion and young horse owners.
The competitions will be run in a similar form to current 3-year-old hunter divisions found at many larger shows in Virginia with two classes over fences and an under saddle class.
“We thought about this for a long time,” said Mr. Lee. “Our Virginia yearling futurity which we've held the last couple of years has worked out
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