Executive Director's Notes

Great news for breeders came out of the March 31st meeting of the Breeding Fund’s Board of Directors: breeders will share $861,890 in supplemental awards money for 2010. After Executive Director Tracy Egan informed the board that more than $860K was left in the Fund’s 2010 awards accounts even after paying breeders, owners, and stallion…
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We here at the Fund like to think of the March 10th mailing as Breeding Season Greetings from the NY State Breeding and Development Fund. We sent out a total of 1,204 individual checks totaling $3,235,369. This money represents the withholdings that were imposed on award earnings during 2010 because of uncertainty over how much…
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On Thursday, March 10th, the Fund mailed out checks to every breeder, owner and stallion owner whose horse qualified for an award in 2010 under the Fund’s programs.  These checks represent award money that was withheld during 2010.  During the first half of the year, the Fund held back 30% of awards. In June, the…
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When Aqueduct’s Pick 6 on Wednesday, March 9th started out with a $40 winner (the NY-bred mare Citifiesta), punters could console themselves that perhaps after a long drought they might see a carryover. Seventh-race winner French Transition, another NY-bred, sealed the Pick-6 deal with a strong performance that returned his backers $17.60. The result: a…
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OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Turbulent Descent, impressive winner of Saturday’s Santa Anita Oaks at Santa Anita Park, will aim for a Grade 1 summer campaign in New York including the Betfair TVG Acorn on Belmont Stakes Day, June 11, and the Test at Saratoga Race Course on August 6, according to trainer Mike Puype. “She…
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I’m fired up today over a terrific rescue operation under way for some of our nation’s wild mustangs. I learned more about it last night from watching the “Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover” competition on the the Rural Farm TV High Def channel. As impressive as the mustangs were in the show ring while carrying their…
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Mike Repole might be on top of the racing world with the sport’s most celebrated horse, but that hasn’t changed a guy who refers to himself as simply “Mike from Queens.” He’s still the quintessential New Yorker. Repole was born in the Big Apple some 42 years ago, growing up with his parents and grandmother…
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We are saddened to pass along the news that Debby Malloy Winkler, daughter of Vivien Malloy and the recently deceased Henry “Harry” Malloy of Waccabuc, NY, was fatally injured when she fell from her horse this past Friday in Warendorf, Germany.  The accident occurred following a training session at the home she shared with her…
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The American Association of Equine Practioners has just published guidelines to help owners transition their race horse to a happy and, hopefully, useful retirement.   Here’s the link to the guidelines: http://www.aaep.org/press_room.php?term=2011&id=425 Adoption groups such as Re-Run, Canter, and TRF have much experience in evaluating physical problems horses may bring with them into retirement.  For…
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On Wednesday, February 16th, the Breeding Fund sent out checks to breeders, owners, and stallion owners covering 52% of the 2009 withholdings.  Over 1,300 checks totaling approximately $1.3 million were sent  – 856 to breeders, 329 to owners, and 121 to stallion owners. Next month, the Fund will send out checks covering 100% of the…
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