The British Columbia horsemen’s industry Associations, in recognition of the economic realities of wintering and training lower-level claiming horses, have implemented a plan to provide an incentive of $5,000 for horses that make their last start of 2020 at Hastings for a claiming price of $6,250 or less ($8,000 or less in the case of BC-breds) and make their first start in 2021 at Hastings at any level. Horses which waiver claim for $6,250 or less in their last start ($8,000 or less in the case of BC-breds) are also eligible.
To remain eligible a horse must not have started at any other track after the close of the 2020 Hastings season prior to making its first start of 2021 at Hastings.
When an eligible horse arrives and is stabled at Hastings in 2021 with the intention of racing at the 2021 Hastings Race Meet and the papers are placed with and accepted by the Hastings Race office $2,000 will be paid to the owner of record at that time.
When that eligible horse makes its first start at Hastings in 2021, a further $3000 will be deposited to the account of the owner of record at the time of that first start .
The owner must undertake to leave the horse’s papers in the Hastings Race Office until the end of the 2021 Hastings Racing Season and to race the horse exclusively at Hastings Racecourse until the end of the 2021 Hastings Racing season.
Repayment of all Wintering Incentive money received for the horse will release the papers at any time.
*The Board of Directors of the CTHS (BC Division) is pleased to announce that the Breeders’ Incentive Program introduced in 2020 will once again be offered to assist in these difficult times. As we await information on the upcoming racing season, we are offering an immediate payment of $250 when a stallion contract is signed, and a further $250 when the same mare is confirmed in foal by ultrasound by a veterinarian. In addition, the CTHS (BC Division) is in the process of applying for funding assistance for its members and if successful we will be able to offer up to another $1,000 later in the mare’s pregnancy.
BREEDER INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR 2021
Applications must be submitted by June 1, 2021.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Mares can be bred after June 1, 2021
• To be eligible you must be a BC resident and a CTHS member in good standing.
• To qualify for the program Thoroughbred mares can be bred either to a BC or a Non-BC Thoroughbred sire.
• ALL Thoroughbred mares qualify.
• Breeders will receive:
– $250 when mare is booked and covered by a Thoroughbred sire.
– $250 when the mare is confirmed in foal by a veterinarian by ultrasound.
– Up to $1,000 later in the Thoroughbred mare’s pregnancy, should the CTHS BC be successful in obtaining funding assistance for this program.
• A commitment to sell the resulting foal or foals in a sale conducted by the CTHS (BC Division) or race it in British Columbia must be agreed to in the application for funds.
• Breeders receiving funds under this program who do not sell the resulting foal agree that their foal’s papers will be retained by the race office at Hastings Racecourse until the end of the Hastings race meet of the foal’s two-year-old race season.
• Confirmation from the applicant breeder must be supplied to the CTHS (BC Division) for both stallion booking and last cover date, as well as in-foal status by the veterinarian.
• Repayment of funds received under this program will release the papers.
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