FEBRUARY 2023 THE RIDER/ 7


Mare Purchase Program Foal Demonstrates the Growing Quality of Ontario Breds


By Thoroughbred Improve- ment Program


TORONTO, January 24, 2023 – One year ago, trainer Dale Desruisseaux traveled to Lexington, K.Y., to attend the 2022 Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale. His goal was to venture into the breeding side of the horse racing business by purchas- ing an in-foal broodmare. Desruisseaux, who


trains a moderate sized sta- ble based out of Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ont.,


said Desruisseaux. “There were lots that were out of our price range that we would have liked to have, but she fit what we were looking to spend.” Desruisseaux


and


Sedef sent Innocent Love to Centennial Farms Niagara, where Jen Power foaled and raised the filly before she was sent to Kentucky and prepped to enter the sales ring by Margaux Farm. The goal of the MPP is


to increase the quantity and quality of the mares in


would be christened Arm- strong. “We saw that horse at


the sale, and Jimmy said, ‘That’s the best Mucho Macho Man I’ve seen in a long time, it’s one that we have to have’,” said Reeves. “Then he said, ‘By the way he’s an Ontario Bred, that’s a real advantage’, and that’s how we see it. We look at being an Ontario Bred as an advantage.” Armstrong enjoyed a


stellar freshman campaign


this past year at Woodbine, making three starts and win- ning two, including the $150,000 Clarendon Stakes for Ontario Breds, and a maiden special weight val- ued at $126,000 thanks to Ontario Bred bonuses. “Being able to run in


that program is a real bene- fit,” said Reeves. “We found that it’s good to be able to start in a maiden special weight against mostly On- tario breds, instead of run- ning against a million-dollar


Tapit in your first race. It gives your horse a chance to develop by being in a pro- gram that we can make just as much or more money in as a Kentucky bred can.” Reeves’ experience


with the racing program in Ontario gave him the confi- dence to buy HIP 475 at a price indicative of her qual- ity.


“We felt like if we paid


a good amount, we will get that back being in the pro- gram, that’s how beneficial


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didn’t consider breeding fi- nancially viable before On- tario Racing’s Mare Purchase Program (MPP) was developed. “I wouldn’t have got-


ten involved in breeding without the program,” said Desruisseaux. “Especially with the American dollar being strong, buying down there gets pretty expensive, but with the money back from the program it allows you to dip your toe in a little bit.”


The MPP is a compo-


nent of Ontario Racing’s Thoroughbred Improvement Program (TIP). When pur- chasing in-foal mares at recognised public auctions outside of the province, On- tario residents can apply for an incentive totaling half the purchase price, to a maxi- mum of $25,000 per mare and $75,000 annually per person or partnership. Desruisseaux


left


Keeneland last year having signed the slip for Innocent Love, a stakes winning mare by Grand Slam, in-foal to hot young stallion Audible. He partnered with Tom


Sedef, and was able to pur- chase Innocent Love for $20,000 after she failed to meet her reserve price of $24,000. “She was carrying a


foal by an in-demand sire, and was in our price range,”


Ontario, and by nature their future offspring. When Innocent Love’s foal entered the sales ring as HIP 475 at the 2023 Keeneland


January


Horses of All Ages Sale, the quality the TIP pro- gram is striving for was on display as she ham- mered for $120,000 to Reeves Thoroughbred Racing


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Rocco. “HIP 475, we think


she is a star,” said Dean Reeves owner of Reeves Thoroughbred Racing. “We focus on quality, and this is going to be a filly that we think can shine.” HIP 475 stood out


as an individual, and be- cause she was Ontario Bred. Reeves has been fa- miliar with the New York Bred program for several years,


and recently


learned more about the Ontario Bred program and the benefits it offers to owners. In 2021 at the Fasig-


Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale, Reeves purchased an Ontario Bred colt by Mucho Macho Man. Reeves campaigned Mucho Macho Man as a race- horse, and his Bloodstock Manager Jimmy Glad- well was thoroughly im- pressed by the colt who


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it is,” said Reeves. “We can go right back and do the same thing we did with Armstrong. It gives us a real opportunity to get that filly right back up there when she starts racing and going through the same process.” The $120,000 gener-


ated by HIP 475, was rein- vested back into Ontario by Desruisseaux who pur- chased two more mares, Dulce Arabe and Pangaea Proxima, at the January Keeneland Sale, both sup-


ported by the MPP, and In- nocent Love already has a 2022 foal on the ground by Ontario Sire Point of Entry. “The MPP is a great


program,” said Desruis- seaux. “It’s letting people who wouldn’t have got into breeding, dabble into it a lit- tle bit, and if they each pro- duce a few more Ontario Breds, that’s good for the in- dustry.”


Courtesy of Ontario Racing


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