Positive News from the 2021 CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale
Value Plus yearling consigned by C.W. Matier and purchased by Don Knight & Don Danard for $32,000
A group of fillies made up the next four highest selling yearlings. The second highest selling was Hip #21, an Alberta bred Tapiture yearling consigned by Scott Palmer Ranching Ltd. and purchased by Shot in the Dark Racing Corp. for $25,000. Tapiture is a stakes winning son of Tapit with progeny earnings of over $9 Million from three crops of racing age including Jesus’ Team ($1,338,540). The dam of this yearling is Carmen’s Kiss who has produced two winners from two foals to race, Makealittlenoise ($76,987) and Only One Kiss ($34,589).
Hip # 29 Marine Landing - Harlican. Consigned by Bruce Ternan & Dawson Guhle and purchased by Ed Welsh & Dennis Dale for $21,000.
Hip #42 Destin - Moneygrabber filly. Consigned by Highfield Investment Group Inc. and purchased True North Stable for $20,000.
Bruce Ternan and Dawson Guhle were the leading consignor by gross sales with three Marine Landing yearlings selling for a total of $54,000. The leading buyer by gross sales was Don Knight and Don Danard who purchased the high selling gelding and Hip #34, a Shaman Ghost filly.
Owners can start planning ahead for 2022 with exciting news recently released about new programs and changes to the sales stakes.
In 2022, the two year old Fillies Sales Stake and the two year old Colts & Geldings Sales Stake will be merged into one two year old Sales Stake with a combined purse of $100,000. The Canadian Sales Stakes Series with annual purses totalling over $1 Million is open to all Canadian bred yearling graduates of CTHS Provincial Sales that have met the eligibility requirements within their respective provinces.
The 2022 Thoroughbred race season is also featuring two new exciting programs for owners of Alberta bred and sired horses (for eligible participants).
The ‘Alberta Bred Program’ will feature an Alberta Bred 2 and 3 year old Maiden Special Weight Program for the 2022 race season at Century Mile. HBPA, in agreeance with Century Mile’s Race Manager, will write 3 year old colts and geldings and a 3 year old fillies Alberta Bred Maiden Special weights, once a month with a purse of $35,000. A 2 year old Alberta Bred Maiden Special Weight, fillies and colts/geldings, once a month with a purse of $35,000.
Under the new Alberta Sired Program, any Alberta Sired 2 year old will receive a one time bonus of $5,000 when they break their maiden at any level of races at Century Mile in 2022. In addition, a 3 year old colts and geldings, and a 3 year old fillies stakes races are being introduced for Alberta Sired offspring. Each Stakes race will be worth $50,000.
In 2021, $840,232 was offered in owners’ breeding support through the Thoroughbred Breed Improvement Program to owners of horses of all ages foaled in Alberta placing win, place and show in all sanctioned races in Alberta having a minimum $7,000 purse and where entered at or above minimum $6,250 claiming price.
Thank you to all the consignors and purchasers who participated in the CTHS Alberta Thoroughbred Sale for their continued support of the industry and best of luck with your future racing plans.
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