Rexdale, ON – The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) is pleased to announce the top earners in the Ontario Sired Racing Rewards Program for 2009.

Sovereign Champion Rahy’s Attorney has been named the Overall Champion of the Ontario Sired Racing Rewards Program by 2009 stakes earnings ending Dec. 31, 2009. The five-year-old son of Crown Attorney collected $489,800 in stakes earnings this past racing season, which included first place wins in the G2 Nijinsky Stakes, the G2 King Edward Handicap, and the Bunty Lawless Stakes at Woodbine.  Bred and co-owned by Ellie Boje Farm, Rahy’s Attorney was voted the Sovereign Award for Champion Male Turf Horse in 2008.

The Ontario breeders’ bonus program consists of six divisions offering $10,000 and a $2,000 OSS Stallion Breeding Certificate for first place, and $5,000 cash and a $1,000 OSS Stallion Breeding Certificate to second place recipients. In addition, an award in the amount of $10,000 and a $2,000 OSS Breeding Certificate is presented to the breeder of the Overall Ontario-Sire Champion.

The Ontario Sired Racing Rewards program recipients with their 2009 earnings are as follows:

Two-Year-Old Fillies:

1st – Resentless, ($155,000), bred by Ian Jamieson

2nd – Oistins, ($150,000), bred by Gordon C. Colbourne

Two-Year-Old Males:

1st – Mobthewarrior, ($151,800), bred by Gustav Schickedanz

2nd – Who’s Big Daddy, ($124,900), bred by Hard Eight Stables Inc., R. Fairlie & S. Fairlie

Three-Year-Old Fillies:

1st – Double Malt, ($262,550), bred by Mike Ambler

2nd – San Sousi, ($131,150), bred by Eaton Hall Farm & M.J. Doyle Racing Stables Ltd.

Three-Year-Old Males:

1st – Mr. Foricos Two U, ($258,750), bred by Rocco D’Alimonte

2nd – Guipago, ($175,000), bred by Heste Sport Inc.

Four-Year-Old & Up Fillies:

1st – Authenticat, ($153,700 in earnings), bred by Gail Wood

2nd – You Will Love Me, ($108,400 in earnings), bred by Bill Jones

Four-Year-Old & Up Males:

1st – Rahy’s Attorney, ($489,800 in earnings), bred by Ellie Boje Farm

2nd – Society’s Chairman, ($147,725 in earnings), bred by Errol Bailey

Offered through the Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP), the Ontario Sired Racing Rewards Program was established in 2008 to reward breeders of the top Ontario-Sired foals who compete in black type stakes races in Ontario with $120,000 in cash rewards and breeding certificates.

 

 

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