For foals of 2021, 2022, and 2023, to race as 2 and 3-year-old pacing fillies, colts and geldings. For Standardbred foals as of 2021, 2022 and 2023 defined as a horse foaled in BC, out of a mare owned or leased by a BC resident at the time of foaling.
Yearlings (Foals of 2023) must be registered with Standardbred Canada or the United States Trotting
Association at the time of nomination. Any foal registered with the USTA that does not meet the registry
requirements set out by Standardbred Canada will not be eligible to be nominated to BC Bred Stakes.
Nomination Fee: $50 due May 1, 2022
Sustaining Fee: $100 due May 1, 2023
Sustain Fee: $150 due May 1, 2024
Nomination Fee: $50 due May 1, 2023
Late or Supplemental Nomination: $1,000 June 1, 2023
Sustaining Fee: $100 due May 1, 2024
Sustain Fee: $150 due May 1, 2025
Nomination Fee: $50 due May 1, 2024
Late or Supplemental Nomination: $1,500 May 1, 2025 (includes the $100 2 YO payment)
Sustaining Fee: $100 due May 1, 2025
Late Sustaining Fee $2,500 May 1, 2026 (includes the $150 3 YO payment)
Sustain Fee: $150 due May 1, 2026
There is a Starting Fee of $250 for each leg. Horses must be entered by 9 am on entry
day; payment due by 3 pm on entry day.
Cheques shall be payable & mailed to Standardbred Canada.
All envelopes must be clearly post-marked by the stake payment due date to be accepted, despite inadequacies of the postal system. Registered mail is recommended.
Credit card and debit payments are accepted using SC Stakes Online at www.standardbredcanada.ca/eshop.
Future payments:
As a courtesy, HRBC will make every effort to advise nominators of future sustaining payments, but it is the responsibility of the owner to ensure that future sustaining payments are made, whether or not notice has been received. Failure to make a payment when due constitutes automatic withdrawal from racing in the stakes. A dishonored cheque will constitute non-payment and horse will be ineligible to the stake.
Racing Conditions:
All races to be raced a distance of one mile.
BC Rules of Standardbred Racing shall govern.
The purse distribution for each race will be 50%, 25%, 12%, 8%, and 5% in Canadian funds. If less than five starters in any event, extra purse monies will be added to the Final. In the event there are fewer than 5 finishers in the Final, purse will go to finishers.
The Stake will be raced as a series of up to four elimination legs and one Final. All horses must be entered to race.
In each elimination leg and division, points will be awarded and the nine horses with the most points will be eligible to start in the final. Points: 1st-50 points, 2nd-25 points, 3rd-12 points, 4th-8 points, 5th-5 points. If less than 5 starters, points are awarded the same way.
A horse disqualified for any reason will forfeit points, which will be reassigned to horses who would have finished in the correct order. In the event of a Dead Heat, points will be shared between horses involved. The top 9 point winners will enter the final. In the event of a tie in points, entry will be drawn by lot.
Also Eligible will be drawn from 10th highest point winners, or non-point winners, also drawn by lot if tied in points. The Also Eligible cannot be moved into a race after advanced betting has commenced.
All questions regarding eligibility will be determined by the judges and their decision will be final. final. A Retention Barn may be required and /or implemented.
With the approval of the Judges, HRBC may make changes to the terms, conditions, and the purse structure of the BC Bred Stakes; including the nomination payments, sustaining payments, and starting fees, and the nominator hereby agrees to be bound by such changes. All purses are subject to industry funding, slot performance and simulcast revenue.
Harness Racing BC, Box 34008, 17790 #10 Hwy, Surrey, BC V3S 8C4, Tel: (604) 574-5558, Fax: (604) 574-5503, email: [email protected], website: www.harnessracingbc.org
Standardbred Canada Stakes Department - 1-2150 Meadowvale Boulevard, Mississauga, ON, L5N 6R6 Tel: (905) 858-3060, Fax (905) 858-8047, e-mail:[email protected] , website: www.standardbredcanada.ca