CANADIAN BARREL HORSE INCENTIVE PROGRAM SPELLS SUCCESS!
Click here for 2006 STALLION NOMINATION FORM (PDF format)

2005 was an exciting and successful year for the CBHI with the addition of new stallions and the introduction of several horses with partial nominations; this has received a lot of interest and support.

Our total budget from the nominated horses was $8000. with $1600. going back to the nominated horse owners and $4800. going to the owners of the placing horses. $1600. plus the $1000. brought in from the partial nominations was used for advertising, promotion and office expenses with the breakdown as folows:

We had offspring from eight of our nominated horses placing thirty times in co-sanctioned events.

Placings were as follows:

We are looking forward to 2006, in particular, to the CBHI Futurity and Derby (formerly the Prairie Gold Futurity and Derby). Thank you to Wes Oulton for giving us this opportunity - we'll be welcoming Wes back as a sponsor representing the Prairie Gold nominated stallions. We are excited to offer owners of CBHI nominated horses, the opportunity to participate in the SALE being held in conjunction with this event this year. This will provide owners the opportunity to present their horses, whether they be weanlings or barrel prospects. Please phone/email for further information on this Exclusive Sale.

It has also been determined by member votes, that we will be paying out to Futurity and Derby horses. These horses must enter with the CBHI prior to running; their times will cross over to the Open horse times. This will mean that the payouts might be a little smaller but it will give better representation to the nominated horses, hence more payouts to more horses.

Also, the majority stated that because this is a barrel horse incentive, a mare could be nominated and that would make her or her offspring eligible for the same benefits as stallions but that she would have to have a full nomination ($500.).

If anyone would like his/her poster updated, please let us know requested changes. Also, if we could get all payments in as soon as possible, we can work out a budget and get 2006 advertising in place.

Thank you to everyone for the help and cooperation we've been receiving; together, this Incentive is growing stronger. We're excited about the future!

Sharon Fergusson
Alison Low
Judy Anderson


The 2005 Stallion Roster Consisted Of:                                   

• Avid Jester
• Gator Red
• Hot Rum N Coke
• Junior Bar Straw
• Juan The Sailor
• Gasohol    
• Frenchmans Buck
• JDS Rebel Rouser
• Pac It Easy
• Perfect Possibility            
• La Royal Cash
• Honor Lady Bug
• Otoes Zantastic
• Just Who Knows
• Wakeup Runnin
• Pack In Easy
• This Is Serious
• Wakeup Runnin
• Time Line
• Wild On Corona
• Woodland Doc

Looking Back...
  2004 was the birth year for the Canadian Barrel Horse Incentive program.  Sharon Fergusson and Alison Low of Old 7 Performance Horses had been trying to find a program to enroll their two AQHA stallions with for a few years and had put together an on-farm incentive when they couldn’t find anything that was specific to their needs.  While Old 7 does feel that their stallions would be good sires of race and other performance events; the main goal of the farm is to raise barrel-racing prospects.  The search for an incentive fund of this nature came up with many good programs in the USA but nothing specific to Canada.

  The real work started then with the phone calls, traveling and talking to other stallion owners and Sharon’s endless hours on the computer (all of her time was donated) creating the advertising posters.  Sharon and her husband Rob are both art school graduates and together they created an impressive poster board showcasing the stallions and winners that traveled to the four sanctioned events in 2004.  These events were the Peace River Regional ABRA (3D format), the Alberta Barrel Racing Finals (3D format), the High Stakes Barrel Racing Finals (4D format) and the open barrel race in conjunction with the Cardston Futurity and Derby (3D format).

  There are no nomination or enrollment fees charged to the competing horses’ owner.  The only expense to the competitor is a $10.00 sign up charge at the actual function.  The $500.00 nomination fee paid by the stallion owner enrolls that horse for the year and entitles him and all of his offspring to be eligible to win the money put up at the approved events.  It also entitles the stallion owner to the creation of an advertising poster which is included in the numerous (color) mail outs that are sent out throughout the year, a place on the traveling poster board, advertising in various magazines, eligibility for him and his offspring to win money and eligibility for the stallion owner to receive some of the stallion kick-back money when one of their horses place.  The nomination money is paid out in the following format:

• 60% paid out to competitors
• 20% paid back to stallion owners
• 20% for advertising expenses (paper and ink, magazine charges etc.)

For 2004 this resulted in $4200 paid out through 4 runs to 13 qualifying competitors.  Cheques ranged from $137.50 to $444.44 and in some cases the CBHI cheque was larger than the one that they were receiving from the actual competition.  $1400.00 will be paid back to the qualifying stallion owners and $1400.00 was used for the advertising. 

The 2004 Stallion Roster Consisted Of:                                   

• Woodland Doc / Irene Batchelor
• Kit Can Storm / Keri Schweer
• Gasohol / Dee Butterfield           
• Frenchmans Buck / Marla Grad
• JDS Rebel Rouser and Pac It Easy / Old 7 Performance Horses
• Bogan Road and Gordies Favorite / Karen Anderson            
• La Royal Cash (owned by Eldon Wilson) and Timeline / Rock R Acres
• Honor Lady Bug / Jesse Budvarson
• Otoes Zantastic / Jill Austin
• Just Who Knows / Shelly Hawthorne
• Wakeup Runnin / Shirley Laczo

Cheques were paid to competitors riding offspring of the following stallions:

• Alison Low / JDS Rebel Rouser / Peace River ABRA
• Barb Lappin / Gasohol / ABRA Finals / 1st go
• Lonnie Shulko / Honor Lady Bug / ABRA Finals / 2nd go
• Tammy Braithwaite / Gasohol / ABRA Finals / 2nd go
• Brook Patrick / Gasohol / ABRA Finals / 2nd go
• Dena Millard / Gasohol / HSBR Finals / 1st go
• Irene Batchelor / Woodland Doc / HSBR Finals / 1st go
• Dena Millard / Gasohol / HSBR Finals / 2nd go
• Stacey Hannah / Woodland Doc / HSBR Finals / 2nd go
• Tammy Braithwaite / Gasohol / Cardston / 1st go
• Brook Patrick / Gasohol / Cardston / 2nd go
• Tammy Braithwaite / Gasohol / Cardston / 2nd go
• Dee Butterfield / Gasohol / Cardston / 2nd go
  

*Notes of interest

Both Gasohol and Woodland Doc are deceased stallions.

The number of runs is based on the number of stallions from an area – 5 stallions from a given area will qualify a competition in that region ($1000 added to the Open and new for 2005 - $500 added to the Youth).  We are looking to have sanctioned runs in Saskatchewan and British Columbia as well as a minimum of four runs in Alberta again.

• Stallions wishing to participate in the program but either not competing themselves or having offspring of eligible age can sign up for $250.00.  This will entitle them to a stallion poster that will travel in an “Upcoming Stallions” binder and be displayed at the CBHI booth as well as a page in the “mail-outs”.  They will also be eligible for a page on the web site but no entries in the “Sale Barn”.  When they or their offspring begin competing they can then upgrade to the $500 enrollment fee which will move them on to the traveling bulletin board, give the owner two stalls in the sale barn and entitle them and their offspring to be eligible for the added money.
• Added money to a run will be divided as follows: 2/3 to the open competition and 1/3 to the youth competition
• Grade horses will be allowed in the event that the owner has obtained DNA proof of parentage
• Payouts will be changed to a possible payout in the short go (or average depending on the hosting run’s format) in the event of any of the divisions not paying out.

For more details and / or a stallion package – contact:

Sharon Fergusson
R.R.# 1
Bluffton, Ab.
T0C 0M0
Phone# 403-843-6885
e-mail sharonjd@telusplanet.net