The new Mare Recruitment Program (MRP) offers an incentive to mare owners who bring an in-foal mare to Alberta to foal in 2022.
Mare Recruitment Program
Funding quickly exhausted, “...we are a leading jurisdiction worldwide in the terms of the percentage increase of Ontario-bred foals.”
Mare Purchase Program, Mare Recruitment Program and Ontario Sire incentives offer tangible benefits to Ontario breeders.
Ontario's Mare Purchase Program now capped; Ontario Racing reports that 76 of 123 in-foal mare purchases are pledged to be bred back to Ontario sires.
The Mare Recruitment and Purchase Programs have been established in the hopes of strengthening the province’s Thoroughbred breeding and racing industry.