The three horsemen’s associations in British Columbia, BCTOBA, HBPA and the CTHS have been working overtime since the 2014 funding formula was announced on February 14th.
The associations worked long and hard to come up with the best possible 2014 racing season that is in the best interest of the entire Thoroughbred racing industry in British Columbia.
The racing calendar will be forwarded to the operator tomorrow and then on to GPEB for their approval and we should be able to announce the schedule later in the week.
The 2014 Stakes Schedule for Hastings Racecourse is also ready to be released and the horsemen’s final draft will be presented to Hastings and is anticipated to be released this week. The stakes schedule is well balanced and offers 13 Hall of Fame races which will carry a purse of $32,000 each, with allowance conditions. These are in addition to a 38 race stakes schedule led by the $150,000 BC Derby on September 14th. Horsemen are also proposing bringing back the Autumn Leaves and Fall Fashion races for non-winners of a stake in 2014 in late October.
Finally, the purse schedule for 2014 which will soon be released. The schedule will give us the best possible purses in all categories west of Toronto and north of southern California for 2014.
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