Horsemen are reminded that original nominations for the 2010 $1,000,000 Ed Burke Million Futurity will close on November 1, 2009. This is your chance to make your future stakes winner eligible to this prestigious million-dollar race! The original payment for the Ed Burke Million is $200. 

To be run in June of 2010, the Ed Burke Million features $250,000 in added money and serves as the first leg of the $1 million Los Alamitos Bonanza. The Ed Burke Million is open to all Quarter Horse foals of 2008 and will be contested at 350 yards.  This race also offers $40,000 in nominator awards, including $12,000 to the nominator of the first place finisher. The outstanding filly LD Fire and the exciting colt Streakin Laquinta posted the first ever dead-heat for first in the $1,000,000 Ed Burke Million in 2009.

Nominate your foal on or before Nov. 1, 2009, and include a $1,840 check payable to the Ed Burke Million Futurity and all fees through May 1, 2010 will be covered. The pre-pay option can save horsemen $460 off the regular payment schedule. The only remaining payment would be the $1,200 trial/entry fee. The Ed Burke Million Futurity will be celebrating its 60th running ever in 2010 - making it one of the oldest and most history-laden races in all of Quarter Horse racing. For more information or for the complete payment schedule for the 2010 Ed Burke Million, please contact the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association at 714-236-1755.

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The PCQHRA has also announced a BRAND NEW payment schedule for the 2011 Ed Burke Million Futurity. The nominations for the 2011 Ed Burke Million will close on January 15, 2010 and will feature an original payment of only $100 for Quarter Horse foals of 2009. The purse for the 2011 Ed Burke is estimated to be $1 million and will offer $250,000 in added money. For info, please call 714-236-1755.

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