How this auction works

• Auction is for the lease for the use of the pen for the duration of the fall harness meet until December 15, 2026. You are responsible to return the pen in the same condition received. You must keep the pen area cleaned daily throughout the meet. Note: Pens 1 to 4 are adjacent to each other and share sides. Pens 8 and 9 share a side, pen 8 is approx 15% bigger and has a large tree inside for shade. Pen 9 has no tree.
• Bids are only accepted by text message in the format eg.(pen 2 $400 max.) to the Race Secretary (778-628-3733) from confirmed licensed trainers stabled at Desert Park Raceway in good standing. Leases may be revoked with no refund if trainers are suspended or otherwise lose good standing. We are not responsible for any technical issues in text messaging and bids will be timestamped only when received and in the order received. WCHRA reserves the right to cancel or restart any auction and all decisions are final.
• Bidding goes up in $100 CAD steps. The first bid on any pen must be at least $100 CAD. All prices on this page are in Canadian dollars.
• Text us your top price (your maximum in increments of $100) and the pen number you are bidding on eg. (Pen 3 $700 max). Your bid will only raise as far as needed to put you in the lead if possible; you won't pay your full maximum unless someone else also bids up to it. All bidders' maximum bids are confidential and unknown to other bidders.
• If two people reach the exact same maximum, whoever texted it first stays in the lead.
• Look closely at the pen auction closing time and date as they are all different and staggered. Near the end of bidding, there might be a delay to enter received text message bids that were received before closing, so once a pen's deadline is reached, bidding closes and the board shows "Bidding closed — tabulating final bids." The price, leader, and history stay hidden until results are posted... there's no advantage to waiting until the last second, in fact, bidding early may be an advantage as the earlier bid received takes precedence in a tiebreaker.
• When results are posted, the pen shows the winner and final price, along with the runner-up's final bid.
• Note: the last displayed bid in the last 10 minutes before closing may not reflect bids that were received right before closing and not yet entered into the system until after closing.
• All bids are binding. Please only text an amount you're prepared to pay.
• Payment deadline: Winning bids must be paid to WCHRA by e-transfer by September 18. If payment isn't received by the deadline, the winning bid is void, and the pen will be offered to the next-highest bidder at their own highest bid. If they decline, the pen will be withdrawn and re-auctioned at a later date, starting again from $0. Any bidder who fails to pay by the deadline will not be permitted to participate in any future WCHRA auctions.