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Ontario Incentive Programs Provide New Breeder With Dream Start To Thoroughbred Career

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Ontario Incentive Programs Provide New Breeder With Dream Start To Thoroughbred Career

Colin Davis bought two in-foal broodmares at the 2022 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale. He bought them through Ontario Racing's Mare Purchase Program. The MPP is a component of the Thoroughbred Improvement Program and offers a lot of incentives. In 2021, Davis brought home Johansson by Pioneer of Nile and Renata by Medaglia d'Oro. In 2022, he bought Tiptoe by Tiz Wonderful, the broodmare sire of 2022 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Wonder Wheel. Tipping Point is by Hard Spun.

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