Mare Purchase Program News Today

The 2023 Canadian Premier Yearling Sale took place this week and the foals of dams purchased through Ontario Racing’s Mare Purchase Program (MPP) outpaced the sale average and median.

Desruisseaux, who trains a moderate-sized stable based out of Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ont., didn’t consider breeding financially viable before Ontario Racing’s Mare Purchase Program (MPP) was developed.

Purchasing two in-foal broodmares at the 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale doubled the size of Apricot Valley Thoroughbreds’ broodmare band. The mares Tiptoe and Turning Point were the latest step in Colin Davis’s methodical entrance into the racing game.

Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s (TIP) Mare Purchase Program (MPP) is back in time for the upcoming breeding stock sales, with a total budget of $800,000. 

Foals out of dams purchased through Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program’s innovative Mare Purchase Program (MPP) were hot commodities at the 2022 Canadian Premier Yearling Sale on Aug. 31, including Hip 48, one of three yearlings to hammer for over $100,000.

The partnership that bred Queen's Plate contender Duke of Love was gathered through their mutual connections to top Canadian program Sam-Son Farms.

For Ontario breeder Susan Foreman, who purchased a half-sister to Rich Strike at the 2022 Keeneland January Sale through the Mare Purchase Program, a component of Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program, the result was beyond her wildest dreams.