What better way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ontario Sires Stakes program than taking part in some handicapping contests with a chance to win some cash!

In conjunction with the Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots Championships and Ontario Sires Stakes Super Finals, there will be four handicapping contests, each featuring $500 in prize money plus some great swag!

The I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club, in cooperation with the Ontario Sires Stakes, is featuring two Pick 8 Online Handicapping Contests with $500 in prize money up for grabs for each contest. In addition, the Ontario Sires Stakes will offer two on track handicapping contests at Mohawk Racetrack, also with $500 in prize money per contest.

The first two contests will be for the OSS Grassroots Championships being hosted at Mohawk on Saturday, September 27. The next two will be for the OSS Super Final events on Saturday, October 11, also hosted at Mohawk.

Entry forms for the on track contests must be submitted to the Handicapping Contest desk prior to the start of the first OSS event. Scoring of selections will be based on each player’s bankroll using a hypothetical $2 win and $2 place wager. The contests are open to anyone who is over the age of 18.

For the online challenges, Fan Club members will be tasked to select the winners of the 8 events. The winner with the highest bankroll based on a $2 win and $2 place mythical wager will win the contest and $300, second place will receive $150 and third place will win $50.

The contest will open on Thursday, September 25 and close at 6 p.m. (EST).

To take a look at the OSS standings and statistics to date this season, visit the OSS website.

Full contest rules and regulations follow.

PICK 8 HANDICAPPING RULES

1. The I Love Canadian Harness Racing Fan Club’s Pick 8 Online Challenges for the Ontario Sires Stakes will be conducted on the OSS Grassroots Championships (Saturday, September 27) and the OSS Super Finals (Saturday, October 11). The contests will open a minimum of two days prior to each Championship and close at 6 p.m. (est) on the contest day. No purchase is necessary.

There is no cost to register. Contest is open to individuals 18 years of age or older as of the date of registration who are Fan Club members, and has Internet access at time of registration. The contest is void in whole where prohibited by law.

2. The contest will close for entries at 6 p.m. EST on each contest day. (September 27 and October 11).

3. The winner will be the player with the highest bankroll based on a $2 win/ $2 place mythical wager on the horses he/she selects for the OSS races.

a) In the event of a tie, a random draw will be used to determine the winner.

b) In the event of a scratch, the person will receive the post time favourite.

4. Only one entry will be accepted per individual and e-mail 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. Submissions with incomplete, bogus or invalid names and/or e-mail addresses will not be accepted.

5. Standardbred Canada employees, Directors and immediate family who reside at the same residence, (and their immediate families), WEG employees, or any provincial racing commission employees are not eligible for this contest.

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers for each On Line Handicapping Challenge. The first place finishers for each Challenge will win $300 cash; second place will receive $150 and third place will receive $50. In addition, all three winners will receive a Fan Club prize package.