It’s the moment you have all been waiting for: time for the Fan Club’s February Handicapping Contest!

This month’s challenge is the same exciting weekend format as the January contest: you must select the most winners, by head number, in each of the selected races on both Saturday, February 25 and Sunday, February 26, 2012.

The contest will open for entries at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, at which time the mandatory races will be announced. The contest will close for entries at 11:59 a.m. on Saturday, January 25. The winner will be the contestant that selects the most winners in each of the mandatory races (please refer to the Terms and Conditions at the bottom of this note).

The contest winner will receive an 'I Love Canadian Harness Racing' Winter Prize Pack, which includes a $50 gift certificate to the Canadian racetrack of their choosing and a great Fan Club tote-filled with SC's brand new winter merchandise.

Stay tuned on Friday, February 24 for a complete list of the contest’s mandatory races and to enter!

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Terms and Conditions

1. The Standardbred Canada (SC) February Handicapping Challenge will be conducted from Friday, February 24 to Sunday, February 26, 2012, with entry open until 11:59 a.m. on Saturday February 25. No purchase is necessary. There is no cost to register. Contest is open to anyone who is 18 years of age or older as of the date of registration, is an I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club member and has internet access at time of registration. The contest is void in whole where prohibited by law.

2. The contest winner will be the person who has selected the most winning horses in each of the predetermined races on both Saturday and Sunday. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by blind draw.

3. In the event of a scratch after final changes are made, contestants who selected the scratched horse will automatically receive the post-time favourite.

4. Winner will be contacted via email at the email address or phone number provided on the form.

5. Submissions with incomplete, bogus or invalid names and/or email addresses will not be accepted.

6. Only one entry will be accepted per individual and one per email address. Multiple entries will result in immediate disqualification. SC reserves the right to disqualify any contestant which SC believes has submitted more than one entry.

7. Employees, directors and immediate family who reside at the same residence, of Standardbred Canada employees or any provincial racing commission employees are not eligible for this contest.

8. No faxed, mailed, electronically mailed, or phoned-in entries are allowed.

9. SC assumes no responsibility for lost, late, misdirected, ineligible or mutilated entries. SC is not responsible for lost, interrupted or unavailable hardware or software or telephone transmission or technical failures, garbled or jumbled transmission or other errors of any kind, whether human, mechanical, or electronic. Once submitted, entries become the sole property of SC and will not be returned.

10. SC reserves the sole right to interpret all questions and conditions in regard to this contest.

11. Anything not covered in these rules will be ruled on by the management of SC and their decision will be final and binding.

12. Contestants, by entering the contest, agree to be bound by the above rules and regulations.

PRIZE: A $50 gift certificate to the Canadian harness racetrack of the winner’s choice, and a Winter Fan Club merchandise package.