Rexdale, ON – The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society of Ontario is proud to announce that Not Bourbon, a Charles Fipke homebred, is the Overall Champion of the new Ontario Sired Racing Rewards Program. The son of Not Impossible (IRE) collected $885,000 in earnings this past racing season along with four Stakes wins. The Sovereign Award and Queen’s Plate winner is also Ontario’s latest racing millionaire with career earnings of just over $1 million.
Established in time for the 2008 racing season, the new bonus program rewards breeders of the top Ontario Sired foals who compete in black type stakes races run in Ontario with $120,000 in cash rewards and breeding certificates.
“The CTHS of Ontario is delighted to be able to offer such a significant program to reward the breeders of our elite performers,” says Tim Orlando, CTHS Marketing Chair. “This program offers a real opportunity for significant cash rewards that go directly to the hands of our breeders and we look forward to continuing and expanding the program in the years to come.”
Offered through the Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP), the program consists of six divisions offering $10,000 cash 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-Sired Champion.
The Ontario Sired Racing Rewards Program recipients with their 2008 earnings are as follows:
Two-Year-Old Fillies:
1st – Cawaja Beach, ($240,000), bred by Hard Eight Stables Inc. and R. & Scott Fairlie
2nd – Koonunga Hill, ($133,250), bred by Empress Stable
Two-Year-Old Males:
1st – Mean Green, ($201,400), bred by Gardiner Farms Limited
2nd – Win and Reign, ($137,150), bred by Garland E. Williamson
Three-Year-Old Fillies:
1st – Authenicat, ($350,400), bred by Gail Wood
2nd – Nicki Knew, ($267,650), bred by Knob Hill Stable
Three-Year-Old Males:
1st – Not Bourbon, ($885,000), bred by Charles Fipke
2nd – Sand Cove, ($262,750), bred by J. & J. Everatt and J. Arika Everatt-Meeuse
Four-Year-Old & Up Fillies:
1st – Executive Flight, ($141,900), bred by William A. Sorokolit
2nd – You Will Love Me, (126,200), bred by Bill Jones
Four-Year-Old & Up Males:
1st – Rahy’s Attorney, ($811,800), bred by Ellie-Boje Farm
2nd – Dancer’s Bajan, ($278,300), bred by Keith Hinds
“We’re very proud of our Ontario Sires and their talented progeny,” says Julie Coulter, General Manager of the Ontario CTHS. “We find the new program to be an excellent way to reward the breeders for all their dedication and hard work.”
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