Category: Executive Director’s Notes

Dear Breeders, On October 22, the Board of Directors of the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund voted to approve 50% across-the-board increases in breeder award rates. Beginning next year, breeder awards for NY-breds sired by registered NY stallions will be increased to 30% for first-place finishes and 15% for second- and third-place finishes. …
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Dear NBC/Versus Viewers, Welcome to nybreds.com. Did you know that NYRA cards many races each week during the historic Saratoga Racecourse meet strictly for horses that are registered New York-breds? Whether you buy them from Fasig-Tipton or Keeneland or foal them at one of our more than 300 breeding farms, we believe our NY-breds are…
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Joe Lynch was the “go-to guy” at the Racing and Wagering Board, and when he passed away suddenly of a heart attack this past January he left a gaping hole at the Board and in the hearts of his family. On Saturday, the Fund sponsored a fitting tribute to Joseph Lynch, as NYRA named the…
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You don’t see this every day: longtime Phipps Stable trainer Shug McGaughey saddling a NY-bred.  The filly, Aquifolia, owned by Helen Alexander and Helen Groves, went off at 7-2 in today’s fourth race at Saratoga. Ridden by Alex Solis, the filly broke well and settled, content to sit fourth down the backside as frontrunners Molls…
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Saratoga Springs, NY August 12, 2011 The late Carl Lizza’s homebred Street Game looks to add a Grade II win to his resume in today’s seventh race at Saratoga, the $150,000 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame Stakes.  The handsome chestnut faces six rivals and a super firrrrrm turf course, which may be the…
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Before the bidding on their Medaglia D’Oro colt opened Monday evening at the Fasig-Tipton Sales Pavillion on East Ave. in Saratoga Springs, the folks from Gallagher’s Stud knew some of the top names in racing were “on” their NY-bred colt because he’d been vetted by “all the good ones.” When the hammer fell for the…
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The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets (NYSDAM) confirms 2011’s first case of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, also known as EEE, in an Oneida County, NY horse. The 9-year-old mare had lived at her current home for several years and had no recent travel history. The horse was unvaccinated. There is one other horse…
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The counsel handling Suffolk Co. OTB’s bankruptcy case before the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York says it could be Halloween before there’s a ruling on the Churchill Downs petition to toss out the Suffolk OTB filing.   Attorney Chris Graham says the court has set a briefing schedule through September…
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Good to see the Thoroughbred Daily News (TDN.com) take notice of the “monster”  win by Weemissfrankie, a promising daughter of Sunriver, who stood his abbreviated career at Empire Stud near Hudson, NY. See below. Sunriver Filly Takes First Del Mar MSW Msw [5 f (AW)] Winner: Weemissfrankie, f, 2 by Sunriver 4th-DMR, $64,750, Msw, 2yo, f,…
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Socialsaul squashed stablemate Preachintothedevil’s chances to win all three legs of the Big Apple Triple when he answered a stretch challenge from that one by pulling away to notch a 4 ¼-length victory in the New York Derby at Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack. Preachintothedevil finished second to Socialsaul to round out an all-Contessa exacta….
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