Caitlin Grguric
General Manager
National Office
Post Office Box 172
Rexdale, ON M9W 5L1
Mailing Address
Sales Pavilion, 555 Rexdale Blvd, Woodbine Race Track
Rexdale, ON, M9W 7G3
Phone:(416) 675-1370
Fax: (416) 675-9405
Email: [email protected]
Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society
Mare Incentives
The Mare Purchase Program offers breeders a significant incentive to invest in Ontario's breeding industry. To qualify, breeders must purchase in-foal mares at recognized public auctions outside Ontario, ensuring the progeny foal in Ontario in 2024. Only bona fide sales are eligible, excluding RNA's.
Applicants must be Ontario residents with a valid AGCO license, and partnerships with non-residents must provide ownership details. Applications require an invoice from a recognized sales company, proof of payment, the mare’s registration papers, and a commitment to the Mare Residency Program.
The program provides 50% of the purchase price up to $25,000 CAD per mare, with a minimum purchase price of $10,000 USD and no maximum. The maximum distribution per participant is $75,000 CAD, with a $2,500 CAD bonus for mares bred back to a Registered Ontario Sire in 2024.
The total funding is $500,000 CAD, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, considering Canadian and US dollars at par. Ownership cannot be transferred until commitments are fulfilled, and eligibility remains if a mare aborts, provided other criteria are met.
Note: All incentive programs are subject to annual review and revision, including cancellation.
How it Works
- Create an account
- ·Register to bid
- Review horses up for auction, choose the horse you would like to bid on and simply bid by clicking the BID button. (We recommend setting your maximum bid and allow the auction to automatically bid for you. More details below.)
- If you are the successful bidder, the CTHS will contact you directly to arrange payment and provide contact details for the seller.
- If you get out bid, you do nothing more.
1. CREATE AN ACCOUNT
- Go to the auction site: www.auction.cthsont.com
- Click LOGIN
- Click CREATE ACCOUNT. Enter your name, email, create a password, tick the “I have read …” box and click CREATE ACCOUNT button. Please keep your username and password in a safe place. You are financially responsible for all bids placed by a user that is logged in with this username and password.
2. REGISTER TO BID
- Click LOGIN. Enter your username and password.
- Click REGISTER TO BID
- Verify your contact information is accurate. The CTHS will need to contact you if you are the successful bidder!
- Fill in credit card information. WE WILL NOT CHARGE YOUR CARD FOR ANY SUCCESSFUL BIDS. This process is used to verify our bidders identity only.
- Click the box next to “Agree to Terms & Conditions of Sale” and “I am 18 years of age or older”
- Click REGISTER.
Now you are ready to bid!
3. HOW TO BID
Always review your bid before hitting the BID button.
- Once bidding opens, click the BID button on the desired horse’s profile.
- “Next Bid” indicates what the next bid needs to be in order to be the next highest bidder. Bidding is set in increment amounts.
$1,000 - $3,000 = $250.00
$3,000 and up = $500.00
- If two bidders bid at the same time, the first bid that reaches the auction computer will be given the amount – the second bidder will be asked to bid the next available amount.
- Please review your bid BEFORE you click the BID button. CLICK ONCE to place a bid. Your bid will be visible the next time your page refreshes.
MAXIMUM BID OR AUTOMATIC BIDDING (Recommended)
- With automatic bidding you can enter your maximum bid, then sit back and watch. When you set your Maximum Bid, the auction automatically bids on your behalf up to your maximum bid, only if another bidder is bidding against you. Your maximum bid is kept confidential from other bidders.
- The system only bids on your behalf as necessary to keep you as the high bidder. If there are no opposing bidders, your bid will not advance.
- If another bidder has a higher maximum, you will be outbid.
- If the Lot closes for less than your maximum, that’s all you’ll have to pay.
- Placing a maximum bid keeps you from having to come back to re-bid every time another bid is placed.
- Using the single BID button will not be as quick as using the Automatic Bid.
- Due to slow internet connections, we cannot guarantee last second bids will get through every time. We strongly suggest utilizing the max/automatic bidding to ensure your bids are not delayed.
EXTENDED BIDDING
The auction will have a staggered close. If a bid is placed on a lot during the last minute on the time clock, the auction will go into extended bidding for that lot and another minute will be added to the clock to allow the under-bidder to respond. Bidding for that lot will not close until a minute passes without a bid being placed.
If no bid is placed on a lot during the last minute of the auction, that lot will close.
BUYER PAYMENT
After the auction has ended, you will be contacted by the CTHS to determine your method of payment:
- Cash
- Cheque payable to CTHS Ontario
- Credit Card (2.4% fee applies)
- Wire transfer (contact CTHS for details)
- Etransfer to [email protected]
Contact Us
Mailing Address:
Box 172
Rexdale, Ontario W9W 5L1
Courier Address:
93 Skyway Avenue, Suite 106
Toronto, Ontario W9W 6N6
Phone: (416) 675-3602
Email: [email protected]
About CTHS Ontario
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society is a national organization, incorporated under the Animal Pedigree Act, representing breeders of Thoroughbred horses in Canada. There are division offices in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan.