News October 2010

Horse Racing Alberta sent a letter dated October 15th out to the Alberta horse racing industry regarding recent decisions affecting race date allocations for Northlands Park and purse splits or allocations.   Click here to view the letter - Horse Racing Alberta Stakeholders and Partners letter  (Posted October 20, 2010) 

Longtime Alberta horseman Gerry Going sadly passed away on October 5, 2010 at the age of 82 years. Gerry was involved in the Alberta thoroughbred and quarter horse industry for many years and was highly influential in many areas of the industry. Gerry was instrumental in organizing the Alberta Quarter Horse racing association and was one of the first to race quarter horses in the province. He later bought the thoroughbred stallion Bold Ruckus as a yearling at the 1977 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Summer Yearling Sale and brought him into Alberta. Bold Ruckus later became a very influential sire in Canada and was a leading sire for ten consecutive years; he was voted in to the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame in 2006. Our condolences go out to the family of Gerry Going.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Gerry at Red Deer Lake United Church at the corner of Highway 22X and 37th Street in south Calgary on Wednesday October 13th at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, Gerry's family has requested donations be made to Bar N K Rescue in care of the CTHS Alberta. Cheques should be made out to CTHS Alberta to be deposited for Bar N K Rescue. (Posted October 6, 2010)

Stallion Owner Updates Needed ASAP

Please contact the CTHS Alberta office at cthsalta@telusplanet.net or 403-229-3609 with any changes to your farm’s stallion information for the 2011 season. You may check your current stallion contact information at our web site www.cthsalta.com under Stallions.

If there is any incorrect information or updates are needed, please contact us as soon as possible.Alberta stallion owners who stood stallions in 2007 or prior that are not on the CTHS Alberta web site stallion listing must contact the CTHS office prior to November 2010 to receive any Breed Improvement monies they may be eligible for. (Updated November 2, 2010)

  

Racing For A Cause

Why should you consider joining Racing For A Cause? As a long time successful breeder and owner of quality Alberta- Bred registered racing Thoroughbreds, Dr. Brenda E. Abbey is also an accomplished career cognitive psychologist and part of an exciting project that hopes to get new Albertans involved as owners in the excitement and social aspects of Thoroughbred Racing! This project has some unique ideas, blending the legal and tax guidelines for owners/lessees of Racehorses{ Under Section 31 of Canadian Income Tax Guide for Hobby Farmers} and the extra option to donate part of the horse's winnings to a charitable cause of each individual's choice for additional individual tax benefits. Click on Racing For A Cause for more details.