Notices & Updates

If you intend to race your two-year-old in the 2023 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program, please submit your sustaining payment by mail, postdated no later than March 15, 2023, or through the OSS online form.

The sustaining payment is $600 ($460 USD). Two-year-olds sustained to the 2023 OSS must have been nominated as a yearling in 2022.

If your two-year-old was not nominated to the OSS as a yearling in 2022, it can still be nominated by submitting the $1,500 ($1,115 USD) late fee and form prior to March 15, 2023.

Once nominated, the two-year-old can then be sustained for the 2023 two-year-old season by submitting the $600 sustaining payment, also by March 15, 2023.

KEY DOCUMENTS

Two-year-old sustaining form PDF

Two-year-old sustaining online form

Two-year-old late nomination form

Cheques should be made payable and mailed to

Ontario Sires Stakes
c/o Woodbine Mohawk Park
PO Box 160
Campbellville, ON
L0P 1B0

If you have questions about sustaining a horse to the OSS, please contact the Program Coordinator at 416-407-4841 or ossprogram@ontarioracing.com

TORONTO, December 5, 2022 – Stallion registration with the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program for the 2023 breeding year is now open. The deadline for registration is January 16, 2023.

Stallion owners/lessees can register their stallion using the online form available here, or download the PDF form and mail it with payment to Ontario Racing. Hard copies have been mailed to all stallion owners registered with Standardbred Canada and will be arriving shortly.

Hard copies and payment must be sent to

Ontario Racing
Standardbred Improvement Program
c/o Woodbine Mohawk Park
PO Box 160
Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0

Fees for 2023 Breeding Year

• $200.00 for a New Registration (if not registered as an Ontario Sire in the previous year)
• $100.00 for a Renewal Registration (for stallions registered as an Ontario Sire in the previous year)

PLUS

• A levy equal to 50% of the advertised service fee for the current year OR $500, whichever is greater. If the service fee for the current year is listed as “Private”, the levy payable will be equal to 50% of the highest amount that would be charged for a service fee for the current year or $500, whichever is greater.

A reminder that to be eligible for registration as an Ontario Sire a stallion must be:

a.) Wholly owned by an Ontario Resident, and standing his entire Northern Hemisphere Stud Season in the Province of Ontario;

OR

b.) Leased to an Ontario Resident for a term of at least one year, and standing his entire Northern Hemisphere Stud Season in the Province of Ontario during the term of that lease, with a copy of the written lease agreement on file with Standardbred Canada.

Click here for full eligibility requirements, registration details, and the benefits of registering a stallion as an Ontario Sire.

If you have questions or require further information, please email ossprogram@ontarioracing.com or call 416-407-4841.

TORONTO, November 3, 2022 – Ontario Racing’s Standardbred Improvement Program (SIP) committee is dedicated to ensuring the SIP and its flagship Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) remain industry leading programs.  In the spirit of that endeavor the SIP committee is engaging in a consultation process with industry stakeholders to shape the program beginning with the 50^th anniversary season of the OSS in 2024 and to lead the program into another 50 years of excellence.

The consultation process will take place from November 3 to November 24, with written submissions due on November 24.

Written submissions must follow the template provided here by Ontario Racing and align with the SIP’s core mission of promoting the breeding of Standardbred horses in Ontario and to provide economic incentives to breeders to improve the quality of the Ontario Sired and Bred horse.

“The SIP consultation process will allow all industry stakeholders a chance to share their thoughts and insights on how to grow and promote this already successful program well into the future,” said Standardbred Breeders of Ontario Association (SBOA) President, and SIP committee member Walter Parkinson.

The SIP committee is hosting two sessions with leading trainers and owners from the OSS between November 14 and November 23. Details on these sessions will be shared with participants within the next week.

In addition, the SBOA is hosting a meeting of breeders during the consultation time frame.

“Horses produced through this program not only highlight the OSS and Grand Circuit racing each season, but they also graduate to become some of the best aged pacers and trotters across North America,” said Parkinson. “I am excited about the future of this program, and I look forward to seeing it develop well beyond the 50th anniversary season.”

After the conclusion of the consultation period, the SIP committee will discuss all submissions during its December meeting, and work with OR staff to determine which are financially viable, and to the benefit of the entire SIP.

If you have questions about the process, please contact ssnyder@ontarioracing.com

Click here to download the consultation form.

TORONTO, September 22 – The final list of horses eligible for the Prospect Series Final is now available.

A horse is eligible for the Prospect Series, if it has three entries into the Prospect Series.

3CP Finals Eligible

3CT Finals Eligible

3FP Finals Eligible

3FT Finals Eligible

2CP Finals Eligible

2CT Finals Eligible

2FP Finals Eligible

2FT Finals Eligible

If you have questions, please email cgillis@ontarioracing.com

TORONTO, September 12 – Attention Ontario Sires Stakes participants. Ontario Racing is requesting that all participants confirm that their address is up to date with Standardbred Canada. 

As we near the end of another OSS season, and sales approach, we are noticing a number of purse cheques are being returned to sender. 

To change your address please call member services at Standardbred Canada at (905) 858-3060 x 3 

If you believe you may have had a cheque returned to sender, please contact Ontario Racing at the information below. 

Christina Gillis
cgillis@ontarioracing.com 

INNISFIL, August 22 – Due to the storm-related cancellation of Races 5 through 11 on Georgian Downs’ Sunday, Aug. 21 card, Ontario Racing was required to reschedule Leg 4 of the Ontario Sires Stakes three-year-old trotting filly Grassroots Series (originally programmed as Races 5, 7 and 9) and one division of Leg 4 of the three-year-old trotting colt Prospect Series (originally programmed as Race 8).

The schedule for the three-year-old trotting divisions allows all of these events to be rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 28 at Georgian Downs, as drawn.

Additionally, the Earl Rowe Memorial Invitational Trot (originally programmed as Race 10) will also be rescheduled for Sunday, Aug. 28 but, as an overnight event, will require a new draw.

If you have questions, please email cgillis@ontarioracing.com

Elora, Ont. – Grand River Raceway cancelled racing on August 3, 2022, due to unsafe track conditions as the result of a severe storm, including Leg 3B of the Prospect Series for two-year-old trotting fillies.  

The single Prospect Series division has been rescheduled as a non-wagering event on the Friday, August 5 card, with a post time of 6:10 p.m. The division, originally programmed as Race 1 on the August 3 card, will not be redrawn.  

All entrants will be contacted directly by Race Office staff. 

Click here for complete details about the Prospect Series program. 

The enrollment deadline for the 2022 Ontario Resident Mare Program is September 1.

You must enroll a mare either via mail or electronically by this date for the 2022 foal to be eligible for the $2.6 million in Ontario Bred Rewards.

The fee is $300 after the mare has foaled.

Electronic submissions must be sent on or before September 1, 2022. Mailed submissions must be postmarked no later than September 1, 2022.  Enrolment are not accepted after this date.

REQUIREMENTS

To be eligible as an ONTARIO RESIDENT MARE, a broodmare must be:

• Located within the boundaries of the Province of Ontario at the time of enrolment, AND
• Must remain resident in the Province of Ontario for a minimum of 180 consecutive days surrounding foaling (in Ontario).
• If you are enrolling after foaling, third party proof of residency must be submitted

To enroll a mare, the mare must be in Ontario, and mare owners (or lessees) and their agents must hold a valid AGCO license.

KEY DOCUMENTS

• 2022 Standardbred ORMP Enrollment Form

Forms, fees and third party proof of residency should be sent to

Ontario Racing
c/o Ontario Resident Mare Program
PO Box 160
Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0

If you have questions about enrolling in the program, please contact Kathie Wilkinson

Kathie Wilkinson
ontariomare@ontarioracing.com
Phone: 416 477 5529
Fax: 416 477 5499