Wild Rose Winners - Alberta Breds Earn More!

CTHS Alberta • June 5, 2024

June 5th, 2024 



Calgary, AB - Wild Rose Winners: Alberta Bred Owners Earn More!


The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society – Alberta Division is pleased to announce exciting news for the 2024 Sales Stakes with a 25% bonus to be paid to Owners of Alberta bred racehorses placing win, place or show in the October 5th CTHS Sales Stakes. Owners of Alberta breds do indeed earn more!


$200,000 in purse money will be offered through the CTHS Alberta Sales Stakes with four races taking place this season – all to be held on Saturday, October 5th at Century Downs Racetrack and Casino in Rocky View County. The Two Year Olds and the Three & Four Year Olds will each have a Colts & Geldings and a Filly Division; the Two Year Olds will be running over a 6 furlong track while the Three & Four Year Olds will compete at a 7 furlong distance.


The CTHS Alberta Sales Stakes are part of the Canadian Sales Stakes Series which, commencing with the 2018 sale year, allows all Canadian bred Yearling Graduates of CTHS Provincial Sales to be eligible to run in Sales Stakes offered across the country. Yearlings must have met the Sales Stakes eligibility requirements in the Province in which they ran through a CTHS sanctioned Yearling Sale. In Alberta, a yearling is eligible for the Sales Stakes Series that passed through the Alberta Division Sale where the full commission was paid to the CTHS and a Sales Sake in fee and out fee has been paid.


Please contact the CTHS Alberta office at 403-229-3609 or email at cthsweb@cthsalta.com if you have questions or need further information.

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