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Nigel Reid • May 13, 2019

With the season now fully underway, and with racing east of the Rockies shaking off its winter hibernation, we decided to try and keep an ongoing list of BC Bred winners throughout our region.

We’ll try and add the new winners each week and, of course, if you should notice a BC-bred winner somewhere that we may have overlooked, then please do let us know.

There were another good selection of locally-bred winners this past weekend with perhaps the most notable being that by Roy and Dixie Jacobson’s impressive COULTERBERRY (Finality) in Sunday’s $75,000 claiming event.

A rather overlooked stallion also struck with a couple of notable winners over the past couple of weeks. POP ARTIST (Songandaprayer) stands alongside LENT at Emerald Acres and is clearly capable of getting speedy runners, if the victories of KRISSY on Hastings’ opening weekend and, this past Sunday, the striking roan MOLESLEY are anything to go by.

POP ARTIST only entered stud in 2014, so there may be more to come for this durable son of the former Fountain Of Youth (G1) winner Songandaprayer who was still running and winning for trainer Dino Condilenios at the age of seven.

Two such high-profile winners will hopefully now entice local breeders to give POP ARTIST a second look.

Glen Todd’s TEXAS WILDCATTER, who stands at Canmor Farms, has also enjoyed a couple of notable early season results, with high profile wins for the amazingly tough and consistent PAN HANDLE on opening weekend and PROOF IT on Sunday.

On the wider stage, there were wins this weekend at Emerald Downs for LASTING LIGHT (Second In Command); at Century Mile for WYNN WYNN (Slew’s Tiznow) and PAKAL (Mass Market) and, at Lethbridge, THIS IS THE MOMENT (Cause To Believe).

Congratulations to all the connections!

APRIL 3
Turf Paradise
ALL UNDER CONTROL, Bay Gelding, by Storm Victory out of Rose Garland, by Awesome Again. Foaled May 09, 2014 in BC. Breeder: Doug Clyde.

APRIL 9
Turf Paradise
NUDIAMOND, Chestnut Gelding, by Numaany out of Grace for You, by Bold Laddie. Foaled Apr 24, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Ralph Jesiak. Winning Owner: Cindy Krasner

APRIL 28
Century Mile
MORNING BLURS, Dark Bay or Brown Mare, by Second in Command out of Everythings a Blur, by Joey Franco. Foaled Mar 19, 2014 in BC. Breeder: Paul Caravetta.

May 4
Hastings
SIR KNIGHT, Chestnut Gelding, by Sir Gallovic out of Sunnyside Gal, by Sungold. Foaled Mar 25, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Glen Todd

EXORBITANT, Dark Bay or Brown Filly, by Second in Command out of Reinforcement, by Good Reward. Foaled Mar 02, 2015 in BC. Breeder: White House Stables.

PAN HANDLE, Chestnut Gelding, by Texas Wildcatter out of Thunder Goddess, by Thunder Gulch. Foaled Apr 09, 2015 in BC. Breeder: Salishan Meadows & North American Thoroughbred Horse Company

MAY 5
Hastings
LIBRARIAN, Gray or Roan Filly, by Shrug out of Napa, by Feu d'Enfer. Foaled May 02, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Swift Thoroughbreds Inc.

TRANSPLANT, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, by Sir Gallovic out of Pike Place Market, by After Market. Foaled Apr 16, 2015 in BC. Breeder: North American Thoroughbred Horse Co. & Mark Dedomenico LLC.

KRISSY, Chestnut Filly, by Pop Artist out of Ouch, by Gilded Time. Foaled Jun 09, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Dino Condilenios

ALWAYS SUNNY, Chestnut Gelding, by Sungold out of Always Brassy, by Dixieland Brass. Foaled Feb 21, 2013 in BC. Breeder: Mr. & Mrs. R. J. Bennett

MAY 11
Hastings
TIMES R ACHANGIN, Chestnut Gelding, by Finality out of Slewpast, by Western Trick. Foaled Mar 25, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Foundation Racing Stable

MARSHALL SWINDLE, Chestnut Filly, by Shrug out of River's Reach, by Wild Wonder. Foaled Apr 03, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Embree Farms LTD

Emerald Downs
LASTING LIGHT, Bay Filly, by Second in Command out of Lasting Rose, by Rosberg. Foaled Mar 24, 2016 in BC. Breeder: I. M. Gorasht & J. Merriman-Cohen.

Century Mile
WYNN WYNN, Bay Filly, by Slew's Tiznow out of Meet the Queen, by Strong Hope. Foaled Mar 19, 2016 in BC. Breeder: James Barry Doud.

PAKAL, Chestnut Gelding, by Mass Market out of Maudest, by Maudlin. Foaled Apr 11, 2009 in BC. Breeder: Tod Mtn. Thoroughbreds.

MAY 12
Hastings
GOOD AS THEY GET, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, by Rosberg out of What R the Odds, by Lightnin N Thunder. Foaled Mar 04, 2013 in BC. Breeder: Mel Snow & Fran Snow.

MOLESLEY, Gray or Roan Gelding, by Pop Artist out of Storm Forcast, by Slew Gin Fizz. Foaled Feb 19, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Swift Thoroughbreds Inc.

SNAPPY GINGER, Chestnut Filly, by Stephanotis out of Belle Armour, by Bertrando. Foaled Apr 07, 2016 in BC. Breeder: Mark Robbins

PROOF IT, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding, by Texas Wildcatter out of Alevei, by America's Storm. Foaled Mar 08, 2015 in BC. Breeder: Glen Todd.

COULTERBERRY, Bay Gelding, by Finality out of Badgetts Star, by Bold Badgett. Foaled Mar 17, 2013 in BC. Breeder: Mr. & Mrs. Roy Jacobson.

Lethbridge
THIS IS THE MOMENT, Gray or Roan Gelding, by Cause to Believe out of Meet the Queen, by Strong Hope. Foaled Apr 14, 2012 in BC. Breeder: James Barry Doud.

Annual General Meeting

By CTHS BC • 10 May, 2024
A ttention: Members of the CTHS BC

Christmas Holiday Office Hours

By CTHS BC • 07 Dec, 2023
The office will be closed Tuesday, December 19, 2023 - Wednesday, January 3, 2024 The office reopens on Thursday, January 4, 2024 Wishing you a happy, healthy holiday season and good racing in 2024! The Directors and staff - CTHS BC

CTHS BC SALE CATALOGUES NOW AVAILABLE

By CTHS BC • 03 Aug, 2023
Buy a future BC-bred Champion

Special Get Together for Breeders, Owners and Trainers on BC Cup Day

By CTHS BC • 02 Aug, 2023
Plan to attend on Monday August 7th BC Cup Day at the Marquis Tent area

COUNTERFORCE MOVES TO STRIDE AWAY THOROUGHBREDS

By N. Reid • 12 Jun, 2023
On the Move: Current leading second-crop sire in Canada COUNTERFORCE (seen with Jack Bennett at Road's End Farm)

Early Winning Finishes by BC-breds at Hastings Racecourse

By CTHS BC • 09 Jun, 2023
An Inspiration for 2023 CTHS BC Yearling & Mixed Sale

CTHS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

By CTHS BC • 02 Jun, 2023
To: All members of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (BC Division) NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TAKE NOTICE THAT the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (BC Division) will be held: Time: Commencing at 11:30 am Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023 Place: CTHS (BC Division) Office - Boardroom #7 – 5492 Production Blvd. Surrey, BC The main purpose of this meeting is for the following: 1. to receive the annual reports of the Society; 2. to approve the appointment of the auditor for the 2022 fiscal year; 3. to transact such business that may properly come before the Annual Meeting. Dated this 30th day of May, 2023. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Note: Copies of the 2022 financial statements and minutes of the June 23, 2022 annual general meeting will be available at the meeting or upon request by contacting the office. As per Article XI, Section 9 (a) of the CTHS By-Laws, new business proposed to be discussed at the meetings of the Society, or any Regional Division thereof, shall be delivered in writing to the National Executive Secretary or Regional Secretary/General Manager as the case may be. Proposed new business, endorsed in writing by at least three (3) members entitled to vote at the meeting and received prior to the mailing of the Notice of the Meeting, shall be included in the agenda and may be subject of a vote at the meeting. Only voting members who are present are eligible to vote (no proxies).

Thoroughbred Awards Dinner a "Huge, family gathering"

By Greg Douglas, BC Racebook • 15 Mar, 2023
What better way to launch the 2023 thoroughbred racing season at Hastings Racecourse than to stage a full-blown dinner party just prior to opening day? First race to launch the 2023 schedule at Hastings is set for 2 p.m., Sunday, April 30. Four nights earlier – Wednesday, April 26 – the industry celebrates its 2022 BC Thoroughbred Awards Dinner and Hall of Fame Inductions at the Italian Cultural Centre. Horses from 16 categories will be acknowledged for their performances at Hastings last year. Co-ordinator Minna Rytkonen issued secret ballots to a panel of selectors in December. The winners will be revealed by emcees Dan Jukich and Mike Heads highlighting the April 26 event. Season-ending stats following last year’s 45-day racing calendar confirmed the 2022 leading breeder (Tod Mountain Thoroughbreds), owner (Rob and Sheena Maybin), trainer (Edgar Mendoza) and jockey (Amadeo Perez) awards. BC Horse Racing Hall of Fame 2022 inductees, announced earlier by curator Randy Goulding, are Dr. Ed Wiebe (builder), Richard Hamel (jockey) and Robbie Anderson (trainer). “After a two-year interruption staging the Awards Dinner due to the pandemic, we’re looking forward to seeing everyone again as a kick-off to the 2023 racing season,” says B-J Davidson, CTHS-BC Regional General Manager. “We consider it a huge family gathering.” 

BREEDERS' BANTER

By CTHS BC • 14 Dec, 2022
COUNTERFORCE LEADING FRESHMAN SIRE IN CANADA; LEADING JUVENILE SIRE IN BC BC HORSE RACING INDUSTRY BONDS WITH POSITIVE NEWS ON ALL FRONTS

Standardbred Canada and CTHS Announce National Economic Impact Study

By CTHS BC • 12 Dec, 2022
Standardbred Canada (SC) and the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (CTHS) are pleased to announce the development of a National Economic Impact Study. The two organizations are working with Serecon, a third-party research company, to conduct an economic scan and facilitate key stakeholder interviews through a national survey and provide further analysis. The goals of the project are: To increase the understanding of the current state of the sector; To identify and articulate the economic and social impacts of horse racing across the country; To develop strategic recommendations to ensure the sustainability and inclusivity of the horse racing sector; Socialize findings with key federal government stakeholders The study will review such economic drivers as cost of ownership, economic contribution from horses, and industry trends. “We are pleased to collaborate with Standardbred Canada to conduct the economic impact study for the Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing breeds,” said Adrian Munro, President of CTHS. “The study will build off of the pre-pandemic era to begin tracking overall impact drivers for our industry.” “This is a first for both national breed registries who have agreed to work together to collect data and information on the horse racing sector in Canada and using the key performance metrics that the survey provides will help us understand and measure our lines of business with the ultimate goal of building a sustainable future for the industry,” said Dan Gall, President and CEO of Standardbred Canada. The final report will be reviewed by CTHS and the SC Board of Directors and is scheduled to be submitted in January 2023. This report will provide an overview of the evolution and current state of the Canadian horse racing industry and highlight the economic and social impacts of the sector, outline challenges, opportunities, and recommendations to consider. Bob Burden, a Senior Director with Serecon, added that “Our team will accurately assess the total contribution of the Canadian horse racing industry to Canada's economy so that both associations will be better equipped to address challenges going forward”. Both parties, SC and CTHS, encourage the horse racing sector to provide information into the research being conducted to allow our sector to be as thorough and accurate as possible with the data collected. To take the survey click here .
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