A total donation of cash, horses and merchandise valued at more than $20,000 from horsepeople and the public at The Isle Pompano Park is expected to arrive on Tuesday 15 to the victims of the Ohio barn fire at Lebanon Raceway.
"The Florida Breeders were really great about integrating the auction of the whips I'd collected and donated into Sunday's annual yearling and mixed sale here," Pompano-based trainer John Hallett said in a live trackside TV interview before the Monday evening program. "The whip from the late Stanley Dancer's last lifetime win topped them all and it brought a price of $400. The whip autographed by John Campbell brought $175. We didn't get a chance to auction Ron Pierce's whip from the Meadowlands Pace win with Art Official until late in the sale, so it brought only $75 when the crowd size was down. The auction went really great though, we even had folks participating from South Carolina. The total from the whip auction and cash pledges was over $2,400."
Additionally, horseman Tom Harmer organized an equipment collection for those in need at Lebanon Raceway. "The area in front of Tom's barn here at Pompano had a huge collection of donations," Hallett observed. "The count on that came in at seven race bikes, seven jog carts, 20 complete sets of harness, five trunks, and 30 water buckets. Combine that with the fact that four horses were also donated to the Ohio relief effort, including The Ideal Aries and Supreme Harmony donated by Tanah Merah Farms. It's a bit tricky to estimate the value of those horses and some of the used stuff, but all told with the cash from the whip auction, the four horses and all the equipment, we're proud to say the value of Pompano Park donation would top $20,000."
The donation by Harmer won't stop there after his rig is unloaded in Ohio. His staff will then be going on to Harmer's northern base in Chicago where it is expected that more horses and equipment will be donated to the Lebanon Raceway barn fire relief effort. (Pompano Park)
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