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The Thoroughbred Owners of California announced that horse owners will be allowed on grounds for racing at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, beginning immediately. Owners must follow these guidelines on the grounds:

Owners will be permitted one guest per owner.
Owners will be permitted to watch only the race their horse is entered in.
Owners must abide by the safety protocols of the Alameda County Fair (including wearing a face mask and social distancing).
Owners will be restricted to access only the apron and paddock areas.

The Alameda County Health Department has also approved outside dining at the Fairgrounds. The Fairgrounds will be hosting Trackside Terrace outdoor patio dining on the second level of the grandstand. Those who are participating in the dining experience will be allowed to stay for the full duration of the race card. To purchase tickets, click here.

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The unfortunate combination of seven weeks of no live racing coupled with statewide increases in workers' compensation costs in have created a funding shortfall for the California horse industry's workers' compensation program covering jockeys and backstretch workers that is operated by Post Time Self Insurance. As a result, Post Time has found it necessary to increase the amounts to he paid by both owners and trainers, which fund the majority of program costs via per-stall charges from trainers and race per-start fees from owners.

The owners' per-start fee will be raised from $120 to $149 effective July 1, 2020. The per-start fee will continue to be automatically deducted from the owner's paymaster account every time they start a horse.

To offset increased workers' compensation per-start increases and provide additional financial support to California owners, TOC authorized an increase in the Guaranteed Participation Purses earlier this year from $351 to $500 per start in Southern California and from $300 to $450 at Golden Gate Fields.

Guaranteed participation purses are paid to owners of horses competing in all races in which their horses do not finish first through fifth. They are designed to help owners cover core costs involved in getting their horses to the races – such as the mandatory vet exam fee required by the CHRB. Horses finishing sixth and beyond (and to fifth place finishers when their share of purse money is less than the corresponding Guaranteed Participation Purse) are paid $500 to start in Southern California and $450 to start Northern California.

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