ONTARIO THOROUGHBRED IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

The Thoroughbred Improvement Program is a component of the Ontario Horse Improvement Program, which offers incentives for the breeding and ownership of Thoroughbred racehorses in Ontario. For 2018, nearly $13 million will be available in awards and purses, plus an additional $1.9 million in enhanced Breeders Awards and Incentives.

RACING INCENTIVES

• Bonus paid to the owner of an eligible registered Ontario-bred horse earning purse money in open races in Ontario • Bonus paid to the owner of eligible Ontariosired horses earning purse money in open races in Ontario, excluding open stakes races • Ontario-bred restricted stakes racing: Restricted stakes races for registered Ontariobred fillies. • Ontario bred restricted stakes racing: Restricted stakes races for registered Ontariobred colts • Ontario sires stakes program: Series of stakes

races for progeny of Ontario sires • Canadian-bred stakes program: Added money from the program to stakes races in Ontario for Canadian-bred horses • Sales stakes program: Added money from the program to stakes races for Canadian-bred CTHS Sales graduates sold during, or prior to,

their yearling year • Fort Erie program: Program of incentives for racing at Fort Erie Race Track that includes a CTHS sales credit and owners bonus program for registered Ontario bred-winners of races at Fort Erie

BREEDING INCENTIVES

• Breeders awards: Awards to the breeder of record of registered Ontario-breds and/or Ontario-sired horses racing in Ontario and in stakes races within Canada and the United States • Stallion awards: Awards to the owner (or lessee) of a recognized Ontario sire, payable in two categories