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
Post-Pandemic Horse Racing Economic Impact Survey
Thank you for taking the time to participate in the post-pandemic horse racing economic impact study. Your input, through this survey, will help ensure that the study captures a diverse range of data that accurately reflects the industry’s economic footprint. This initiative will help us assess how the horse racing landscape has changed since 2019. The more horse owners, breeders and trainers that participate, the more representative the data will be in estimating the sector’s contribution to Ontario’s economy.
We assure that your confidentiality will be protected. Only the OLG Economic Impact Team will have access to your responses. This information will be maintained in a secure environment after the project. Results will be presented at an aggregate level – sets of questions will be totaled, then those totals will be averaged. The reporting on study results will provide no opportunity for anyone to identify you or your business information.
All questions refer to calendar year 2023 (with end date between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023). If you have your financial records in hand, this survey should take roughly 20 minutes to complete.
If the above link doesn’t work, copy, and paste the URL into your web browser.
Please note:
1. Due to the survey design (including tables) it is strongly recommended that you complete this survey on a desktop/laptop computer rather than on a tablet/mobile device.
2. Once started, survey responses are automatically saved. If you are interrupted while responding and are unable to complete the entire survey in one sitting, simply revisit the survey link to continue where you left off.
You can opt-in to receive a copy of the high-level results once the study has been completed. To be eligible, you must complete the entire survey and indicate your preferred mode of contact by 10:00 PM on Friday, February 9, 2024. The results will be made available at the end of the study.
If you have any questions about the survey and/or its content, feel free to contact us at [email protected] .
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*Any personal information provided by participants is collected pursuant to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Act, 1999 for the purposes of (i) processing and evaluating survey responses, (ii) researching the Ontario horse racing sector, (iii) as described in the OLG Customer
Privacy Statement
, and (iv) to comply with applicable law. For any questions regarding privacy at OLG, contact the OLG Support Centre at 1 (800) 387-0098 or 70 Foster Drive, Suite 800, Sault Ste. Marie ON P6A 6V2.
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.