` HRBC PURSE CHEQUE DISTRIBUTION
Due to unforeseen circumstances, our March 2025 allotment from BC Lotto Corporation will be delayed 2 weeks. Therefore, this will put us in a negative fund position and as such, the purse cheques from April 17 & 18th 2025 will not be released until May 1, 2025 along with the purse cheques for April 24th 25th.
GREAT CANADIAN ISSUES NOTICE TO VACATE PREMISES AT FRASER DOWNS
On March 13, 2025, Great Canadian Entertainment gave notice to HRBC which constituted 8 weeks notice for HRBC membership, equine athletes, and associates to vacate the premises at Fraser Downs immediately following the conclusion of the Spring meet on Friday, May 2, 2025 and no later than end of business day on Friday, May 9th, 2025.
On April 15, 2025 HRBC responded to the letter of March 13, 2025 to vacate the grounds by submitting a proposal which detailed construction and exterminator crews entering and exiting; a detailed process on how to effectively exterminate the rats completed by an independent exterminator, and in addition, provided a map that detailed the proposal by having our horses remain on site by the closure of barns A, B, and C and relocating the horses to barns D, E, and F and to then reverse the stabling in the barns tocomplete the process of eradication of the rats. Unfortunately, on April 18, 2025, GCE responded to our letter by declining our proposal.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2025
Notice was given to all members of HRBC for the upcoming Annual General Meeting to be held on June 1, 2025; unfortunately, with the closure of the backstretch and the uncertainty of when the backstretch will re-open, the election process under these terms is problematic. Therefore, with the consultation of legal counsel and for the safety of all, the HRBC Annual General Meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, September 1, 2025.
Pursuant to the Societies Act, a Society must hold an AGM once per calendar year. This requirement is confirmed in our Bylaws (section 3.1(2). As long as there is one AGM in 2025, HRBC will remain compliant with the Bylaws.
We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused our members.
Kelly MacMillan,
President, Harness Racing BC Society