The World Morgan Futurity gave back to a total of $247,335 in our championship classes at the 2009 Morgan Grand National to breeders, owners, trainers and stallion owners. Added to these payouts were a portion of the proceeds from the AMHA/WMF Stallion Service Auction, and from the World Morgan Futurity's Training Month and Publications Auction, which concluded last November. All of this money combined, plus interest, donations and other fund raisers, pays back by rewarding our breeders who participate in the World Morgan Futurity.

The proceeds of the 2009 AMHA/WMF SSA fund added $38,000 to the Futurity fund, and an additional $16,000 was added from the 2008 WMF Trainers and Publications Auction. Another $5,000 was added for the 2009 SSA Auction Rewards program, and $5,000 was added to the Alumni Division from the Trainers and Publications Auction. The SSA proceeds go back to the winning horses in each of the 15 World Futurity classes if the sire has been in that year's AMHA/WMF Stallion Service Auction. A percentage of this money also goes back to the stsallion owners. The owners of the dams of winning World Futurity horses also receive a percentage from the WMF Training Months and Publications Aucction proceeds.

This year was the first year eligible get had an opportunity to win Auction Rewards. Eligible were those foals that were direct results from the breedings purchased at the 2007 AMHA/WMF Stallion Service Auction. None of the eligible yearlings shown won the Rewards of $10,000, which means that their Rewards will follow this class into their two year old year at the 2010 Grand National, where the eligible five class winners will each have a chance to win. Another Auction Rewards Bonus of $10,000 will be available in 2010 to the foals that were the result of breedings purchased in the 2008 SSA.

The three 2009 yearling classes each shared a jackpot of $39,450. The World Champions crowned in these classes took home $2,725. The sire of each winning yearling was paid $500, and the dam was paid $500. If they received bonus money from the 2009 AMHA/WMF Stallion Service auction, they took home an additional $2,300. The sire and dam of each winning yearling was paid $500. If the owners of the winning yearling also nominated the dam of that World Chapmpion, an additional $2,000 was paid to them, and if they also owned the sire (who would have been in the 2009 SSA), an additional $2,000 was paid to the sire owner. Potentially, a payout of $10,000 for each of these horses. Premiums were paid to 10 places.

In the two year old division, World Champions of the five offered classes were awarded $2,500 each, with Reserve World Champions receiving $2,000. Three out of the five two year old World Champions were by sires that participated in the 2009 AMHA/WMF SSA, earning them a bonus of $2,300 each, $2,000 to the sire and dam of that horse, and $450 to each trainer. The two year olds split a jackpot of $63,745 in Futurity money among their five classes.

The three year old division of the World Futurity had seven classes that vied for their share of $90,490. World Champions received $2,550 each, with Reserve World Champions receiving $2,000. Again, monies are paid down to 10th place with even 10th place horses receiving $500. Four of the seven World Champions were by sires who participated in the SSA, and each took home an additional $2,300 because of this, and again $2,000 for that horse's sire and dam, and $450 to the trainers of these horses.

In the past several years, we have boosted the money into the two and three year old divisions, making these payments higher for the older horses. Our Alumni Division is still strong, with four year olds winning substantial World Futurity money no matter which division the horse competes. This year, $1,800 was paid to each of 11 Grand National Champions who won their qualifying classes, $1,200 each to nine Reserve Grand National Alumni Champions, and premiums were paid down to 10th place for any WMF Alumni nominated horses in a Grand National class. In all, 63 Alumni horses earned money in the program this year. One horse placed high in three classes and won a total of $3,200. Mastroianni, the 2009 World Champion Stallion, won his four year old stallion class and four year old Park Harness Stallion class as an alumni horse and took home $3,600 for his efforts. A total of $56,650 was paid out in the alumni program this year.

An impressive total of $247,335 was paid out to 184 World Morgan Futurity nominated horses at the 2009 Grand National. If you would like to participate in this program, nominate your 2010 foal, its dam, and have the stallion owner nominate the sire by December of this year, and you could also be winning Futurity money in 2011. To increase your winnings even more, be sure and buy your stallion service in the 2010 AMHA/WMF Stallion Service Auction! For more information, contact:

Barb Rudicel, World Morgan Futurity Chairperson

6839 W. Isanogel Rd., Muncie, IN 47304   765-288-3558

brudicel@aol.com