$5,000 Top Prize, $20,000 to Winners in Annual Saddlebred Raffle
RELEASE: August 25, 2009
AUTHOR/ADMINISTRATOR: By Brice Carr
Tickets are now being sold for the annual Saddlebred Raffle, with winners to be drawn during the American Saddlebred Horse Association (ASHA) Youth Auction, in Crowne Room A of the Crowne Plaza Louisville, during the week of the Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show (WCHS).
The raffle is one of ASHA's most important fund-raisers. Only 400 tickets are sold worldwide, at $100 each, for gross proceeds of $40,000. Of that, $20,000 goes into the Saddlebred Futures Fund, and $20,000 of it is returned to winners in cash prizes. The Grand Prize is $5,000, with two prizes of $2,500 each, one each of $2,000 and $1,500, three of $1,000 each, and seven of $500.
The lucky 15 winning names will be drawn on Thursday afternoon, August 27, at 2:30 p.m., in Crowne Room A of the Crowne Plaza. Ticket holders need not be present to win. Then, the lucky winners or their representatives will draw for their actual prizes on Thursday evening, August 27, during WCHS in Freedom Hall.
Ambassadors selling tickets include the following individuals:
Jennifer Robertson, Simpsonville, KY
Susan Reimer, Turin, GA -- reimerstables@mindspring.com
Mary Anne Cronan, Louisville, KY -- macron@insightbb.com
Betsy Boone, Concord, NC -- boonescabin@aol.com
Bill Whitley, Cary, NC
Louise Gilliland, McAlester, OK -- winsdown@cheroketel.com
Germaine Johnson, Lexington, KY -- auburntiger@insightbb.com
Art Zubrod, Versailles, KY -- azubrod@ix.netcom.com
Jimmy Robertson, Simpsonville, KY -- jimmy8infinity@aol.com
Jeff Streepey, Louisville, KY -- jstreepey@bsg-law.com
Chuck Herbert, Evansville, IN -- cedfa3@aol.com
James Nichols, Metairie, LA -- jlnichols1@comcast.net
Alan R. Raun, Cumming, IA -- reedannland@att.net
Mary Ann Pardieck, Columbus, IN -- map@pardiecklaw.com
Judy Werner, Waterloo, IL -- redwingfarm.werner@gmail.com
Nelson Green, Nicholasville, KY -- reverie299@aol.com
Margaret McNeese, Houston, TX -- margaret.c.mcneese@uth.tmc.edu
Lisa Duncan, Lexington, KY -- lisabduncan2@aol.com
Scott Matton, Hartland, WI
Laurel Nelson, Versailles, KY -- lamadre911@aol.com
Sandy Lilly, Princeton, WV -- mercerspringsfarm@suddenlink.net
Kristen Cater, Dunbarton, NH -- kspann1@comcast.net
Barbara Molland, Petaluma, CA -- bmolland@farfieldfarm.com
Paul Treiber, Hartland, WI -- paul@walshproducts.com
Mark Strong, Boston, MA -- mstrong59@att.net
ASHA is organized under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law. The Association’s Kentucky License for the annual raffle is Number 0557.
For more information, contact Brenda Newell at b.newell@asha.net.