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Illinois Racing Board 2 0 0 3 Brian A. Hamer, Director Rod R. Blagojevich, Governor Page 1 Page 2 Illinois Racing Board Chairman Lorna E. Propes Chicago Dennis S. Bookshester William J. Chamblain Ralph M. Gonzalez Chicago Robinson Jacksonville William E. Jackson Joseph F. Kindlon Frederic G. Novy Chicago Wheaton Chicago William J. Parrillo Leon Shlofrock John B. Simon Robert C. Winchester Oak Brook Skokie Chicago Whittington Marc V. Laino - Executive Director Shelley Kalita - General Counsel/Director of Administration Robert Lang - State Director of Mutuels Patricia Rocco - Director of Licensing Marc Benoit - Laboratory Director Mickey Ezzo - Projects Coordinator PagePage 3 3 Page 4 Table of Contents Review . 6 Laboratory . 8 Track and OTB locations . 9 Money to Illinois Sources and allocation of revenue-Exhibit I . .10 Cash disbursements-Exhibit II . .11 Statistical Data Purses, state revenue, track commission, and payout to public 1989-2003 . .12 1984-2003 Illinois handles . .13 2003 disbursement of Illinois handle . .14 2003 monthly handle comparison . .15 Comparison of handle on track, intertrack, and off track . .16 On track totals . .18 Intertrack totals . .19 Off track totals . .20 All racing totals . .21 Comparison of wagering pools . .22 2003 off track parlor and intertrack handles . .24 Summary of parlor surcharges and revenues to city and county . .25 2003 Illinois handle on out-of-state tracks . .26 2003 commingled handle vs. simulcast handle. .27 1997-2003 average daily handles and purses of Chicagoland thoroughbred meets . .28 1998-2003 average daily handles and purses of Chicagoland harness meets . .29 2003 major stake races . .30 2003 and 2004 racing dates schedule . .31 Race Meeting Statistics Thoroughbred Arlington Park - Arlington Park . .32 Hawthorne Race Course - Hawthorne Race Course . .33 Fairmount Park - Fairmount Park . .36 Harness Balmoral Racing Club -Balmoral Park . .37 Maywood Park Trotting and Associates Racing - Maywood Park . .38 Suburban Downs - Hawthorne Race Course . .41 State and county fairs - Springfield, DuQuoin, and Brown County . .42 Intertrack and Off Track Locations Intertrack sites . .43 Off track parlor sites . .45 Harness breeders fund purses and awards paid . .49 Thoroughbred and quarterhorse breeders fund purses and awards paid . .50 Page 5 The Year 2003 in Review he Illinois Racing Board is a regulatory and passe between the harness horsemen and Maywood/ enforcement agency of State Government. The Balmoral, delaying the opening of the Chicagoland TIllinois General Assembly establishes public harness racing circuit until March 15, was a major fac- policy in the area of horse racing regulation, which is tor in the decrease. A total of 86 live harness programs carried out by the Board. The Board, which allocates were lost due to the contract dispute. race dates to various racing associations, is also re- sponsible for licensing, rulemaking, and supervising For calendar year 2003, 29% of the total handle, or the conduct of race meets. Every individual that par- $308,244,909, was wagered on Illinois races at wa- ticipates in Illinois racing is required to be licensed. gering facilities in Illinois. An additional $765.8 mil- The licensing process includes fingerprinting as well lion, a decrease of 16%, was wagered on Illinois races as the conduct of a background review for criminal broadcast to other states. This percentage decrease is histories. For calendar year 2003, the Board issued attributable to the fact that, in 2002, $91.5 million was 10,719 licenses. A staff of administrative, security, and bet at out-of-state sources on Arlington’s Breeders’ veterinary professionals, in conjunction with Board Cup Day alone. However, in spite of the percentage approved racing officials, supervised the activities at decrease, 2003 marks only the third time since full- five racetracks conducting pari-mutuel racing in Illi- card simulcasting began in 1995 that other states wa- nois during 2003. gered more on Illinois races than Illinois wagered on races from other states. The Board is a member of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI), the industry’s old- Pari-mutuel wagering in Illinois generated est and most prominent regulatory association. Board $12,783,565 in total state revenues, virtually the same Commissioners, as well as staff members, are active as the revenue generated in 2002. Wagering at off- participants on various RCI committees. The infor- track betting parlors generated $11 million (2% of mation contained in the RCI database allows the Board OTB handle) for city and county governments in 2003. to monitor the backgrounds of licensees and to ex- change important regulatory and industry information The Board experienced several leadership changes in with other jurisdictions. 2003. Governor Blagojevich appointed Lorna E. Propes as Chairman of the IRB effective April 14. In 2003, Governor Blagojevich signed Executive Ms. Propes replaced Commissioner Louise Order number 9, pursuant to Article V, Section 11 of O’Sullivan, who had served on the Board since 1996 the Illinois Constitution. This order transferred func- and resigned in April. Ms. Propes previously served tions of the Department of the Lottery, the Liquor Con- as a member of the Board from 1989 through August trol Commission and the Illinois Racing Board to the 2002. Ms. Propes, a prominent Chicago trial lawyer, Department of Revenue. The transfer was effective is a partner in the firm of Propes & Kavney LLC. In June 1. July, the Board appointed Marc V. Laino to serve as Executive Director. Mr. Laino has worked for the The 607 race programs conducted during 2003 re- Board since 1987, having served in the positions of sulted in a total handle of $1,067,918,400 represent- Deputy Director, State Director of Mutuels and Board ing a decrease of almost 6% compared to 2002. Thor- Investigator. In January, Shelley Kalita assumed the oughbred meets accounted for $708,183,060, a de- duties of General Counsel. She had served as the Labo- crease of 2.6%, while standardbred meets contributed ratory Director for thirteen years and Board Counsel $359,735,340, a decrease of 11.2%. A contract im- for the past two years. Page 6 The Association of Racing Commissioners Interna- paid at the Chicagoland thoroughbred tracks decreased tional (RCI) concluded its 69th annual convention on by 6.3% ($245,019 versus $261,509). The average to- April 26 in Seattle, Washington, with the induction of tal daily purses paid at the Chicagoland standardbred IRB Commissioner William E. Jackson as Chairman. tracks increased by 8.2% ($112,948 versus $104,422). Commissioner Jackson, a member of the Board since 1994, accomplished business executive and ardent For the second year in a row, the Board approved the racing fan, facilitated the merger between RCI and application of the Brown County Fair Association in NAPRA (North American Pari-Mutuel Regulators As- Mt. Sterling, Illinois, to conduct pari-mutuel wager- sociation). ing on two days of harness racing during its county fair. The 2003 handle showed an increase of 5.7% over At the May Board meeting, Chairman Propes an- the 2002 handle, and the program generated consid- nounced the formation of the Standardbred Security erable fan interest in central Illinois. Task Force and named Commissioner Jack Chamblin its chairman. A diverse group of individuals in the SUMMER MIS was voted the Illinois Thoroughbred standardbred industry were asked to serve on the com- Horse of the Year and Champion Older Handicap Filly mittee which would examine and make recommen- and Mare. This five-year-old bay daughter of Sum- dations regarding backstretch security, with an em- mer Squall, out of the broodmare Julie Mis, was owned phasis on the illegal practice known as “milkshaking.” and bred by Richard Otto and trained by Tony Mitchell. In 2003, she won six of her eight starts. She Each Illinois racetrack is entitled to receive up to six has a 16 race lifetime record of nine wins, one place OTB licenses, except Fairmount Park, which is en- and one show and earnings of $414,883. Summer Mis’ titled to seven licenses, bringing the statewide total to most impressive race came October 12 at Keeneland thirty-seven authorized facilities. The Board granted where she captured the Thoroughbred Club of twenty-five off-track licenses in 2003. Two new OTB’s America, a Grade III race for fillies and mares, run at were opened in 2003. Maywood Park opened an OTB a distance of six furlongs. She won three races in a facility in Mokena, Illinois on May 16 and Quad City row at Arlington Park including the Isaac Murphy Downs opened an OTB in McHenry on June 19. At Handicap. the December Board meeting, an OTB license was approved for Quad City Downs at a new location in MINI ME was voted the Illinois Harness Horse of the South Beloit. The facility opened on February 17, Year for 2003. A winner of $484,661, and lifetime 2004. earnings of $1,078,922, this four-year-old gelding, trained by Bill Popfinger, went postward 25 times and Total purses paid in 2003 decreased compared to 2002 recorded 4 wins, 7 seconds and 5 thirds. Mini Me, by almost 12% ($92.6 million versus $105.1). The owned by Bob and Linda Grider of Oswego and Dawn total purses paid at Illinois’ thoroughbred tracks de- and Roger Samson of Long Grove, captured a $75,000 creased by 8% ($59.7 million versus $64.9). The to- Invitational Pace at The Meadowlands in a spectacu- tal purses paid at Illinois’ standardbred tracks de- lar 1:49. This winning time made him the fastest Illi- creased by 18.2% ($32.9 million versus $40.2). Com- nois-bred four-year-old gelding ever. In 2003, he was paring 2003 to 2002, the average total daily purses timed in 1:50 or faster 5 different times.