Rexdale, ON – The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Ontario Division) is pleased to announce the leading recipients of the TIP Stallion Awards program, representing the 37 stallions who received awards totaling $400,000 based on the successes of their Ontario-sired progeny in the 2009 racing season.
The 2009 top Ontario Sires Awards recipients by North American earnings are as follows:
1st – Bold Executive, awarded $50,000
2nd – Trajectory, awarded $30,000
3rd – Where’s the Ring, awarded $20,000
The Top First Crop Sire by North American Earnings of Eligible Progeny:
1st – Mobil, awarded $50,000
In 2009, top earner Bold Executive had 73 winners from 133 runners, with five stakes winners, and progeny earnings of $3,581,467. A leading sire five times in Canada, his leading stakes runners for 2009 include San Sousi, Chocolateforlunch, Legal Review and Sand Cove.
Trajectory, who placed second in the Ontario Stallion Awards program, produced 40 winners from 105 runners, including 2009 stakes winners Resentless and Joey’s Best. Trajectory recorded progeny earnings of $1,946,231in 2009.
Where’s the Ring placed third with progeny earnings of $1,919,098. The graded stakes winner produced 37 winners from 65 runners in 2009, including stakes winners Who’s Big Daddy and Cawaja Beach.
The Top First Crop Sire award went to graded stakes winner Mobil, whose progeny collected earnings of $514,397. Last year, the son of Langfuhr produced four winners from 28 runners including stakes winners Attitude Included and Mobthewarrior.
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, where $250,000 is distributed on the basis of points earned by the progeny of the stallion during the 2009 calendar year; and Year End Top Stallions Awards, where $150,000 is distributed to stallions whose progeny achieved the highest in North American earnings last year.
“On behalf of the CTHS, we would like to congratulate our Ontario Stallions on their breeding and racing success in 2009,” said Julie Coulter, General Manager of the Ontario CTHS. “We offer our Ontario breeders best wishes for success in 2010.”
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