This past Saturday (Feb. 22), the North American Harness Horse Alliance held its first official meeting, which took place at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort in Florida.
The NAHHA sees an opportunity to unite the harness racing community.
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Co-operatively work together to achieve results to benefit the harness racing industry.
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Provide a wealth of experience in contracts, contract negotiations, health insurance and horsemen’s benefits.
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Share best practices throughout the industry.
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Respond and provide solutions to current issues and future issues that are the facing the harness racing industry.
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We have identified a number of issues that we will be working on to provide guidance for the harness racing industry.
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NAHHA wants to sustain and grow the harness racing industry in North America and make sure that harness horse racing members have a strong voice with racetracks, regulators and governments at all levels.
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Timely communications to the harness horse racing industry.
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No membership fees.
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Each organization to be involved in the resolution of issues.
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Meetings will be held by conference call and in person in conjunction with other industry events, (USHWA annual meeting, USTA annual meetings, etc.), when required.
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Each organization to work towards promoting harness racing and working together to advertise and promote harness racing and our equine athletes.
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Each organization will have one vote on resolutions or implementations.
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Membership is open to all harness racing organizations.
Current membership consists of the following:
• OHHA (Ontario)
• SBOA of New Jersey
• SOA of New York
• OHHA (Ohio)
To become a member, please contact Alfred Ochsner, executive administrator of the SBOANJ, at 732-462-0411, [email protected] or NAHHA at [email protected].
(North American Harness Horse Alliance)