Kelsi Harr Rides First Stakes Winner In Off-The-Turf Minnesota HBPA Distaff Sponsored by:
Kelsi Harr embraces Best Kept Secret after their win in the Minnesota HBPA Distaff at Canterbury Park
Weather was no friend on Thursday to Canterbury Park which had three $50,000 turf stakes scheduled. Relentless rain in Shakopee that began in the early morning hours and continued into late afternoon forced those stakes races to be transferred from the soaked grass course to a sloppy main track resulting in numerous scratches in the Brooks Fields, Minnesota HBPA Distaff and Honor the Hero Stakes.
Best Kept Secret and jockey Kelsi Harr led a four-horse field gate to wire in the one-mile Minnesota HBPA Distaff, holding off defending champion Beach Flower. The victory provided jockey Kelsi Harr with her first stakes win. Best Kept Secret is trained by Robert Cline and owned by Tracy Hersman.
rick was just 13 when his father, fred, opened the company, and back then, his family lived above the floor and rick started out sweeping the floors. three decades later, thompson creek has expanded, it s already outgrown this new 80,000 square foot facility that they moved into just three years ago, and i ll bet sometimes rick still feels like he s living at the plant! that s what happens when you re in charge. but building this business has been an extraordinary accomplishment for the wiest family, and it speaks not only to him, it also speaks to all the employees here today, the hard working men and women who make this company work. and it speaks to the promise of america. the idea that if you ve got a dream and you re willing
let s listen to that. the fine senators from the great state of maryland, benefit cardin in the house, where is ben? ben is right here. [applause] prince george s county executive russ baker is here. i want to thank rick weist, ceo and other than of thompson creek manufacturing and all the employees here at thompson. thank you so much for your hospitality and the great work that you re doing. [applause] and i want to acknowledge the family and guests of those who are standing behind me today. it is wonderful to be here at thompson creek and i want to thank rick for showing me how you manufacture more efficient windows at this factory. this is, as he explained to me, a family business.
affordable credit or high costs for investment or high costs for hiring. we can do something about that. government can remove obstacles in your path. and that s why we cut taxes for small businesses over the last two years. for example, when a tax break for hiring unemployed workers, thompson creek was able to grow its work force from 200 employees to nearly 300 employees in just one year and it took advantage of the tax credits that we put into place. we also passed a tax credit for products like energy saving windows, and that led to a 55 percent boost in the sales at this firm. rick was telling me when that tax credit got into mace, the place, the marketing arm of thompson creek got busy and that s
unbiased, unvarnished advice that will kept craft the best polices to strengthen this economy in the years to come. now, part of our mission, part of this team s mission in the months ahead will be to maximize the steps we ve taken to spur the economy. and one of the most important is allowing businesses to immediately deduct the entire cost of certain investments like the new equipment that i was taking a look at. this is a policy i fought for over the past two years. we were able to pass it finally as part of the tax cut compromise. it is going to make a real difference for our economy. so talking to rick, i know thompson creek is planning to take full advantage of this tax break and that s going to help thompson creek renovate, expand, and add another 100 new employees, right here.