Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Manitoba Division)
Box 46152 Westdale P.O.
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3R 3S3
2009 YEARLING SALE - Change of date
After all the years of holding the Yearling Sale on the Tuesday after the long weekend in September, we are going to make a change! This year the annual CTHS yearling sale will be held on Sunday, September 6. All thoroughbred yearlings can enter the sale, although only Canadian-bred yearlings that pass through the sale ring can make the $200 nomination fee to be eligible for the CTHS Sale Stake for 2-year-olds. Entry forms have been mailed out to all breeders. The deadline for nominating yearlings to the sale is May 30 at a cost of 236.25 (gst of $11.25 included). The late nomination deadline is June 15 at a cost of $446.25 (gst of $21.25 included). Entries must be dropped off at the CTHS office or postmarked by these dates.
New Races for Manitoba-breds
The “new” Manitoba-bred allowance races will carry a purse of $10,500. A class 3 purse supplement ($1620 for 1st, $540 for 2nd, and $270 for 3rd) will be added to each of these races. Races will run on July 31 and September 4.
Details are:
July 31, 2009 Allowance
- 2 divisions, a fillies division and a colt/geldings division
- for 3 and up Manitoba-breds
- non winners of $10,800 once in 2009
- purse $10,500 plus class 3 purse supplement
- 7 ½ furlongs
- a prep for the Distaff and Agassiz
September 4, 2009 Allowance
- 2 divisions, a fillies division and a colt/geldings division
- for 3 and 4 year old Manitoba-breds
- non winners of $10,800 once in 2009
- purse $10,500 plus class 3 purse supplement
- 6 furlongs
- takes the place of the Sales Special
◊◊◊◊◊◊ MANITOBA SIRE PROGRAM ◊◊◊◊◊◊
The following stallions have paid into the Manitoba Thoroughbred Sire Stakes and Stallion Award Program by January 31, 2009:
ACT SMART BATTLE CAT BEST TO BE KING
CRYSTAL GULCH FABULOUS CHAMP FAVORITE AFFAIR
GOING COMMANDO JOVE STONE MAGOO’S MAGIC
RAN SOUTH SLEEK JAKAL SLIPPERY GATOR
SMOOTH GOLD WHISKEY WISDOM
Any stallion owner not making the payment of $300 by January 31 can be eligible to the program with the late payment of $500 anytime after January 31 to December 1, 2009.
Payment to the 2009 Manitoba Sire Program allows all of the stallion’s offspring born in 2010 eligibility into the $30,000 Frank Arnason Sire Stake for 3 year old colts and geldings and the $30,000 Hazel Wright Sire Stake for 3 year old fillies.
Only foals born in Manitoba sired by stallions registered to the program and out of mares that stay in the province year round are eligible to either division of the $20,000 Gold Strike Mile.
Payment also qualifies the stallion owner to earn stallion points in the resulting foals two, three, four and five year old race seasons. Beginning in 2009 stallion points and breeder points will be awarded to the breeder and stallion owner of a horse finishing first, second and third in all stake races regardless of age.
Non-Manitoba resident breeders who breed to Manitoba registered stallions and foal their mares in Manitoba are eligible to earn breeder points.
In order for the CTHS office to be informed of non resident mare owners who breed to Manitoba registered stallions in 2009, and first time breeders, please call or fax the CTHS office with the name of the mare owner and their address. New breeders don’t appear on the CTHS membership until they register their foal, therefore causing some of them to miss making the in utero stake nominations.
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The 25th Annual Manitoba Thoroughbred Awards Evening was held at Assiniboia Downs March 14, 2009. Guests were entertained by comedian Big Daddy Taz.
CTHS Awards of Excellence were presented to the following breeders:
Two Year Old Stake winners
Dr. Ross A. McKague - breeder of ADVENTCIA, winner of the Buffalo
William Larson - breeder of COPPER BADGES, winner of the North Dakota Futurity
Tri Venture Thoroughbreds - breeders of ONE ON ONE, winner of the Sales Stake
Three Year Old Stake winners
Larry Falloon - breeder of BELLA MARIELLA, winner of the Gold Strike Mile
Dr. Betty Hughes - breeder of BLUEBERRY BLONDE, winner of the Hazel Wright Sire Stake
Cam Ziprick - breeder of CUSTODY BATTLE, winner of the F. Arnason Sire Stake & SPYING EYES, winner of the Gold Strike Mile and the Sifton Stake
Stonyfield Farm, Douglas Anderson, Alistair Roden, Rita Eskudt - breeders of LA WILDCAT, winner of the Meafara Stake
Starfield Stable - breeder of QUEEN TINA, winner of the R.C. Anderson Stake and the Distaff Stake
Older Stake winner
Dr. Ross A. McKague - breeder of BRINELLO, winner of the Agassiz Stake
Broodmare Award of Excellence
HIGH GRADES owned by Cam Ziprick
Stallion of the Year
Battle Cat owned by Cam Ziprick
Breeder of the Year
Cam Ziprick
Manitoba-bred Horse of the Year
QUEEN TINA bred by Starfield Stable
This year will be the 3rd running of the Richard Bonnycastle sponsored Gold Strike Mile. Eligibility of the race as determined by Mr. Bonnycastle is the horse must be a 3-year-old Manitoba-bred, sired by a Manitoba Stallion (registered to the Manitoba Sire Stake Program), and the mare must have been resident in Manitoba throughout her pregnancy.
Past winners:
Colt/Gelding Division:
Spying Eyes, by Battle Cat o/o Bashful Dancer, bred by Cam Ziprick
Super Duper Me, by Transferred o/o Super Lucky Me, bred by Dr. Betty Hughes
Fillies Division:
Bella Mariella, by Battle Cat o/o Atholton, bred by Larry Falloon
Easters Lily, by His Excellence o/o Nasty Millie, bred by Brian Billeck and Wayne Elias
The purse is $20,000 for each division. It will run on Friday, August 7. The following is a list of eligible horses:
FILLIES
Dam / Sire / 2006 Foal / Breeder1 / A FEU BUCKS / TABIB / TOO HOT CAT / HUGHES, DR. BETTY
2 / ALLTHEWAYTOTHETOP / ACT SMART / SMARTTOTHETOP / WILKINSON, GARY
3 / ARVALANY / CRYSTAL GULCH / ARVALANY'S MISTAKE / SELYEM, MR & MRS LOUIS
4 / BLONDIE ONA BUDGET / TRANSFERRED / TRANSFER MAID / FERGUSON, RICK & DUBOIS, ANDY
5 / CHANCE ARREST / SHRIKE / Chance Given / DODDS, TOM
6 / CHEDRERSON / DARGAI / HERE'S HOLLY / MACKENZIE, R. GRAHAM
7 / FIELD OF HONOUR / HIS EXCELLENCE / FIELD OF HONEY / CLAIRMONT FARM
8 / GOING TWICE / LUCKY NORTH / Fiesty Britches / ZIPRICK, CAM
9 / JESSIE'S SHADOW / ACT SMART / SMART JESSIE / WILKINSON, GARY
10 / JUSTA VACATION / AKADO / SNOWBABE / WATSON, LES
11 / MARCY JO ANN / LUCKY NORTH / Endless Winter / WATSON BAY STABLES
12 / NEW RELEASE / PREMIERSHIP / Wiffin Spit / ZIPRICK, CAM
13 / OUR GIRL SHADE / BATTLE CAT / Playin' Jane / BENNETT, FRED
14 / PRAIRIE STAR / PREMIERSHIP / Premier Star / ZIPRICK, CAM
15 / RITZY RITA / SMOOTH GOLD / GOLD RITZ / TWIN CREEK RANCH
16 / SAMPAGUETTE / BIXBY KNOLLS / BIXETTE / KLING, GUY
17 / TYME STEP / BATTLE CAT / Tyme to Battle / NAHERNIAK, GARRY & BONNIE
18 / WILD SPENDER / HIS EXCELLENCE / SPLURGE A LOT / CLAIRMONT FARM
COLTS/GELDINGS
1 / ALEXANDRINE / BATTLE CAT / ALEX DE CAT / MCGEE, ROBERT J.2 / ALL THAT AND MORE / TRANSFERRED / TRANSFER CASE / FERGUSON, RICK & DUBOIS, ANDY
3 / AWAKEN / LUCKY NORTH / MAHOUT / SHORT, LORNA B.
4 / CINDY MERINDY / KHATEF / Cindys Last Trick / KOLOCHUK, LEN
5 / COLOMBARD / CIRCULATING / TEN TIMES COOL / PARK, KEN & PARK, JO-ANN
6 / COOL DREAM / CRYSTAL GULCH / TUNDRA GULCH / CLAIRMONT FARM
7 / CRISO COMO / BIXBY KNOLLS / BIX ORO / KLING, GUY
8 / DANCIN STORM / CRAFTY DUDE / Bay Drummer / CORBEL, AIME G.
9 / HELENS MELODY / DARGAI / SPARKLEY WATER / MACKENZIE, R. GRAHAM
10 / INDY BUFF / LUCKY NORTH / not named / ZIPRICK, CAM
11 / J. D.'S AFFAIR / LUCKY NORTH / LUCKY LAST NIGHT / ZIPRICK, CAM
12 / LITTLE PIP / TRANSFERRED / LITTLE BLACK WOLF / JACOBSON, PAUL
13 / NELSON'S ANGEL / CIRCULATING / CIRCULATING'S LAST / WILKINSON, GARY
14 / NO MIRRORS PLEASE / SMOOTH GOLD / Charm N Steve / TWIN CREEK RANCH
15 / PIECES OF APRIL / CIRCULATING / PERCOLATING / JOHNSON, FRANKLIN M.
16 / SHE'S GETTIN BUSY / KHATEF / Franek / BALCAEN, JEAN A.
17 / TIMELESS TALENT / CRAFTY DUDE / not named / ZIPRICK, CAM
18 / UNDERSTANDING LADY / ACT SMART / Rye'n Coke Press / WATSON BAY STABLES
19 / VILLA GIRL / BATTLE CAT / Whiskey Ryder / BENNETT, FRED
FOALS OF 2009
The office would like to once again compile a list of Manitoba-bred foals born in 2009 for the next issue of the Manitoba Thoroughbred. If you are interested in contributing please provide the following information.
Foaling Date(Month/Day) Colt/Filly Sire/Dam Breeder’s Name Mare re-bred to:
Send your information via e-mail to with “foal report in the subject line, or call the office at 832-1702. If you are calling in the evening, please leave the information on the answering machine. You can also fax your information at 831-6735.