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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.
Thoroughbred owners, if your Ontario-bred has been competing in the claiming ranks at Woodbine or Fort Erie, please check the Thoroughbred Improvement Program website for a list of sales credits eligible to be used on a yearling at the Canadian Premier Yearling Sale, on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
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.
Despite the ongoing impacts of COVID-19 and other challenges, Ontario Racing Independent Chair John Hayes remains hopeful of a bright future for the horse racing industry in the province. In a year of unprecedented challenges for horse racing throughout the province, the resolve and resiliency of the estimated 30,000 Ontario residents the industry employs has remained strong in the face of many adversities. “The 2020 racing season was unlike any other ever seen before in the Ontario horse racing industry,” said Hayes, who has held the position of Ontario Racing (OR) Independent Chair sinc...