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Real Grace digs deep to win the G3 Canadian Derby
The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (Alberta Division) hosted the 47th Annual Alberta Thoroughbred Awards in a virtual format on May 20th, 2021, led by Horse of the Year Real Grace.
Real Grace, a Mineshaft gelding, won two of nine starts in 2020, highlighted by an 18-1 upset victory in the Grade 3 Canadian Derby at Century Mile. Earlier in the season, he also won the Derby Trial Stakes at Assiniboia Downs.
The gelding started his 2020 campaign at Tampa Bay Downs after selling as a unraced racing-age prospect at the Ocala Breeders Sales Co. Winter Mixed Sale in January. He raced twice in Florida, including a second-place effort in a maiden special weight for owner and trainer Bernell Rhone. He then shipped north to Canterbury Park for another second-place effort, this time with additional owners Shelley Brown, Jean McEwan, and Bette Holtman.
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The 2020 Stallion Owner s Breeding Awards were recently dispersed to eligible stallion owners as part of Horse Racing Alberta s Breed Improvement Program.
The Stallion Owners Breeding support for 2020 totaled $55,000 and was distributed through the Thoroughbred Breed Improvement Program.
The percentage for the 2020 Stallion Owners was 3.28 percent and was based on the following criteria: “Stallion bonus will be paid proportionately to stallion owners whose stallions have eligible Alberta Thoroughbred progeny with earnings of $10,000 or greater during the calendar year. Stallions must have stood in the province of Alberta for the entire calendar year of conception for each year s crop to be eligible.”