Rexdale, ON – The Ontario CTHS is pleased to announce the leading recipients of its Stallion Awards program, representing the 35 stallions who received awards totaling $400,000 based on the successes of their Ontario-sired progeny in the 2007 racing season.
Each year, through the Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP), Stallion Awards totaling $400,000 are distributed to stallion owners for their successful eligible progeny. This program is made up of two categories: Stallion Year End Points Awards, wherein $250,000 is distributed on the basis of points earned by the progeny of the stallion during the 2007 calendar year; and Year End Top Stallions Awards, wherein $150,000 is distributed to stallions whose progeny achieved the highest in North American earnings last year.
The 2007 Top Ontario Sires Award recipients are as follows:
1st – Bold Executive; 2nd – Bold n’ Flashy; 3rd – Tethra.
The Top First Crop Sire by North American Earnings of Eligible Progeny: 1st – Ciano Cat.
Topping the list is Canada’s leading sire, Bold Executive, who earned $106,857 in Stallion Awards representing top sire and year end points awarded in 2007. Last year, Bold Executive, the leading Polytrack sire in North America, sired 77 winners from 133 starters with his progeny earning over $4.3 million. Among his leading runners for 2007 were stakes winners Legal Move, Main Executive, and Krz Exec. Bold Executive stands at Gardiner Farms Ltd. in Caledon East, Ontario.
Bold n’ Flashy was awarded $57,343 in Stallion Awards, having sired 56 winners from 97 starters in 2007, with progeny earnings of over $2.2 million. Among his leading runners were stakes winners Flashy Pink, Red Raffles, and Marco Be Good. Bold n’ Flashy stands at Park Stud in Orangeville, Ontario.
Multiple stakes winner Tethra received $33,020 in Stallion Awards. In 2007, he produced 45 winners from 83 starters with progeny earnings of more than $1.7 million from leading runners such as Don’s Folly, Orna, and Brockport. Tethra stands at Colebrook Farms in Uxbridge, Ontario.
Ciano Cat was awarded $53,906 in Stallion Awards as Top First Crop Sire. Last year, the son of Storm Cat produced 14 winners from 38 starters with two-year-old progeny earnings of $361,993. His leading 2007 runners include Five and Off, Ciano Nights, and Gato Loco. Ciano Cat also stands at Gardiner Farms Ltd.
“On behalf of the CTHS, we would like to congratulate our Ontario stallions on their breeding and racing success,” said Julie Coulter, General Manager of the Ontario CTHS. “Through our Stallion Awards program, it allows us another means to reward our stallions and reaffirm the confidence we have in our Ontario breeders.”
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