2026 Dates & Deadlines

Events in Red are set dates every year

We will try and update the calendar with new dates or announcements as soon as they are released.

31: CTHS Membership Renewal Deadline

1: Thoroughbred naming Deadline for 2-year olds with the Jockey Club (without a fee)

TBD: Deadline for CTHS (British Columbia Division) Sales Stakes sustaining fee deadline

18: Opening Day – Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, ON

23: 51st Sovereign Awards, Awards Ceremony

24-26: Horse Expo Canada, Red Deer, Alberta   (https://horseexpo.ca/)

1: Night of Champions – Alberta Thoroughbreds Awards Night

1: Written notice of a proposed CTHS By-Law amendment to the National General Manager

2: Opening Day – for Thoroughbred Racing at Century Mile, Edmonton, AB

9: CTHS (Manitoba Division) & HBPA Annual Awards Banquet

12: Opening Day - Assiniboia Downs, Winnipeg, MB

TBD: CTHS (Manitoba Division) Annual General Meeting

31: Opening Day - Fort Erie Racetrack, Fort Erie, ON

TBD: Entries close for CTHS (Manitoba Division) Yearling Sale

1:  Entries close for CTHS (Ontario Division) Canadian Premiere Yearling Sales

3: CTHS (British Columbia Division) Annual General Meeting

3: CTHS (Ontario Division) Annual General Meeting

TBD: CTHS (Alberta Division) Annual General Meeting

TBD: Entries close for CTHS (Alberta Division) Thoroughbred Sale

10: CTHS (Ontario Division) Annual Awards Dinner

11: CTHS (National Office) Annual General Meeting

19: Woodbine Oaks (First Jewel in the Triple Tiara) & Plate Trial, Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, ON

1: Filing date for Report of Mares bred to The Jockey Club.

3: Manitoba Derby, Assiniboia Downs, Winnipeg, MB

8: Bison City Stakes, Woodbine Racetrack, ON (Second Jewel in the Canadian Triple Tiara)

12: Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Induction Gala, Mississauga, ON

15:The King's Plate, Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, ON (First Jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown)

19: CTHS Sales Stakes, CTHS (Manitoba Division), Assiniboia Downs, Winnipeg, MB

20: CTHS (Manitoba Division) Yearling Sale, Assiniboia Downs, Winnipeg, MB

22: Canadian Derby, Century Mile, Edmonton, AB

30: Sales Stakes Day, CTHS (Ontario Division) – Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, ON

2: CTHS (Ontario Division) Canadian Premier Yearling Sale – Woodbine Sales Pavilion, Toronto, ON

6:Wonder Where Stakes, Woodbine Racetrack, ON (Third Jewel in the Canadian Triple Tiara)

7: Prince of Wales, Fort Erie Racetrack, Fort Erie, ON (Second Jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown)

12:Closing Day – for Thoroughbred Racing at Century Mile, Nisku, AB

12: Alberta Breeder's Fall Classic – Century Mile, AB

18: CTHS (Alberta Division) Thoroughbred Sale – Westerner Park, Red Deer, AB

19: Opening Day – Century Downs, Rocky View, AB

27: Breeders' Stakes, Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, ON (Third Jewel of the Canadian Triple Crown)

3: 2 Year Old Sale Stakes, CTHS (Alberta Division), Century Downs, AB

3: 3 & 4 Year Old Sales Stakes, CTHS (Alberta Division), Century Downs, AB

7: Closing Day - Assiniboia Downs, Winnipeg, MB

16: Deadline for Nominations for Candidates for Provincial Elections for 2027 - 2029 Term

20: Closing Day – Fort Erie Racetrack, Fort Erie, ON

31: Closing Day – Century Downs, Rocky View, AB

12: Entries Close for National Digital Mixed Sale

19 - 24: National Digital Mixed Sale

2: Election Day for 2027 - 2029 Term

8: Deadline for Listing Submissions to the National Online Stallion Directory

13: Closing Day - Woodbine Racetrack, Toronto, ON