Don’t miss the exciting opportunity to purchase a quality Thoroughbred at the 2021 CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale. This event will take place at 3 p.m. on Friday, September 17th at AgriCenter East in Westerner Park, Red Deer.
Buyers will have plenty of selection from among the 49 yearlings in the main catalogue, including Alberta, British Columbia and Kentucky-breds. The Bernstein stallion Storm Military is also on offer as well as a Johannesburg mare and for buyers who want to get racing right away, six horses of racing age are available. A wide variety of sires are represented in the catalogue including Alberta stallions such as Cape Canaveral, sire of CTHS Alberta sale graduate and Alberta Three-Year-Old Champion Pearl of Knowledge.
For buyers of Alberta-breds, the HBPA of Alberta has announced two new exciting programs for eligible participants, for the 2022 race season at Century Mile.
The ‘Alberta Bred Program’ will feature an Alberta-bred 2- and 3-year-old Maiden Special Weight Program for the 2022 race season at Century Mile. HBPA, in agreeance with Century Mile’s Race Manager, will write 3-year-old colts and geldings and a 3-year-old fillies Alberta Bred Maiden Special weights, once a month with a purse of $35,000. There will also be a 2-year-old Alberta Bred Maiden Special Weight, fillies and colts/geldings, once a month with a purse of $35,000.
Under the new ‘Alberta Sired Program’, any Alberta-sired 2-year-old will receive a one time bonus of $5,000 when they break their maiden at any level of races at Century Mile in 2022. In addition, a 3-year-old colts and geldings, and a 3-year-old fillies stakes races are being introduced for Alberta Sired offspring. Each stakes race will be worth $50,000.
In 2021, $840,232 was offered in owners’ breeding support through the Thoroughbred Breed Improvement Program for owners of horses of all ages foaled in Alberta placing win, place and show in all sanctioned races in Alberta having a minimum $7,000 purse and where entered at or above minimum $6,250 claiming price.
Be a winner with a Thoroughbred from the 2021 CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale!
More information and sale details may be found at www.cthsalta.com.