The Alberta CTHS recently announced the top five Alberta breeders by Breeders’ Bonus earnings in 2022.
C & H Duggan Farms Ltd. of Chris and Heather Duggan is the top breeder with a total Breeders’ Bonus earned of $36,146. Their leading runner ABOVE AND BEYOND was the winner of the Alberta Sire Stakes Derby and was stakes placed.
Above and Beyond, a 3-year-old son of the Duggan’s former stallion Iliad, is from their homebred mare Fastology, by Astrology.
Bar None Ranches Ltd. earned a total Breeders’ Bonus of $31,998. MONOPOLIZE (Gayego – Monomo by Gilded Time) was their top bonus earner with a win in the Freedom of the City Stakes from only two starts in the season. Bar None Ranches Ltd. bred runners Chatty Gal, Out Front, Go Mama, Silverfoot, Count On It, Perpetual Bliss, Doc Cope, Perdition, Stolen Jewel and Boss Man Can also contributed to the Bar None Ranches Ltd. Breeders’ Bonus.
Highfield Investment Group Inc. is third on the Breeders’ Bonus list with $28,011 brought in by their stable of Alberta-bred runners.
ONEOFTHEMGIRLS (Exhi – Eustacia by Forestry) was the top bonus earner for Highfield Investment Group Inc. this season with three wins including the Alberta Sire Debutante Stakes, the Chariot Chaser Handicap and the Sonoma Handicap.
Pierre Esquirol is the fourth leading Alberta breeder by Breeders’ Bonus with an amount earned of $25,920. The three year old WILDCAT WILLY (Wildcat Red – Silver Chest by Silver Deputy) was his leading runner with a win in the Beaufort Stakes. Big Z, Jeff Fa Fa, Lanny Mac, Little Rosalyn, Keepmeinpower, Kiss Me Hello, No More Jo King, Outlawed in Texas, Pull the Pin, Pump the Brakes, Smoked Ya and Wide Eyed Wiley also helped to earn bonuses for the Pierre Esquirol bred runners.
James McFadyen rounds out the top five Alberta breeder with a Breeders’ Bonus of $22,433 earned by the star of his stable, DANCE SHOES. The four-year-old filly by Mank – Dancing for Dellana by Whywhywhy earned the bonus for James McFadyen with wins in the RedTail Landing Handicap, the Shirley Vargo Handicap, the Alberta Fall Classic Distaff and the R.K. Smith Handicap.
For further details on the Horse Racing Alberta Breed Improvement Program, visit the CTHS Alberta website Breed Improvement Program page.
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