Harness Racing BC

ATTENTION MEMBERS:

This is official notice of our upcoming ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING for Harness Racing BC Society to be held on Monday, June 2, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. This years’ AGM will be held via Zoom Video Conference and in person held in the Backstretch Kitchen. Please note that only Active Members in good standing and Honourary Members can attend and vote at the AGM.

With regards to an election, if you are a member that is presently at Fraser Downs but have an out of province address listed with HRBC, please speak with Diane Pennington in the HRBC office so she can have a ballot done for you to pick up in person rather than mailing it to an address which enables you from voting.

If you are an out of town member, HRBC will be offering you to join the AGM by using the application “ZOOM’ Video Conference. To do so, we ask that you notify the office by Monday, May 26, 2025, so the office can add your email to the invite list. Please ensure that you have downloaded the app and are comfortably able to navigate the application prior to the AGM.

Please note that additional information will follow.

Subject: Your Voice Matters – Quick Survey for BC Horse Racing Study

Dear HRBC Members,

As you may know, the BC Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General is conducting astudy to understand the economic, employment, and social contributions of theStandardbred and Thoroughbred horse racing industries in 2024.

To conduct the study, the Ministry has partnered with MNP (a national consulting firm) andMustel Group (a research firm) to collect industry insights—including through a quicksurvey.

Mustel is Coming to Fraser Downs

• Starting Monday, February 10, Mustel team members will be on-site at Fraser Downs Racetrack to conduct short, 5-minute surveys with backstretch workers.

• As a small thank-you, each participant will receive a $5 Tim Hortons gift card!

• Your insights help ensure the industry’s contributions are well understood andrepresented.

Your Privacy is Protected

Rest assured, all information collected will be confidential. Data will only be reported insummary form, and no individual participants will be identified in the published report.

We truly appreciate your time and effort in contributing to this important study! If you haveany questions:

• • For project-related inquiries → Contact Bill McNeill, Director of Racing, GamingPolicy and Enforcement Branch: bill.mcneill@gov.bc.ca

• • For survey-related questions → Contact Josh O’Neill, Vice President of MustelGroup: joneill@mustelgroup.com or 604-742-2245

On behalf of Harness Racing BC Board of Directors,

Thank you for your participation.

Please be advised that an email that contains a dedicated link for each individual to complete the online survey related to the economic impact assessment being conducted by MNP on behalf of the province will be sent out today to horse breeders, owners and trainers that have supplied us (GPEB) with their email addresses.

The survey will be available online for completion until February 14^th.

The province would greatly appreciate your association’s support for the survey to ensure that the contributions of all industry participants in BC are included. This is an opportunity to demonstrate the impact of BC’s horse racing industry on the provincial economy. 

Related to breeders, we will be sending the CTHS and HRBC suggested wording for an email, as well as a link to the survey, that can be sent directly from the CTHS and HRBC to your members that are breeders and not Licenced by GPEB, as we do not have email contact information for those individuals.

A pdf version of the updated/final copy of the online survey questions is attached for reference.

Thank you for your participation. Please click the following link to complete and submit the survey:  https://survey.givingopinions.ca/c406BChorseracing