Category: Executive Director’s Notes

Dear Breeders, At the  March 23rd  meeting of the Board of Directors of the NYS Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, we will be asking the Board to approve the payout of the holdback from awards earned in 2020. The return of the holdback will result in a 96% payment on all awards earned in 2020….
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Dear Stakeholders, At the December 2020 meeting of the Board of Directors of the NYS Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, it was decided that the holdback rate for 2021 would be set at 25%, a reduction from the 50% holdback instituted after COVID-19 interrupted racing in the first quarter of 2020. The 25% holdback rate…
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Dear Stakeholders, Our Board of Directors has made changes to some of our mare residency rules to put NY farms in a better position to compete with other states’ breeding programs and to increase the population of broodmares and foals in NYS. The length of time resident mares will have to return to the state…
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Dear Stakeholders, In order to ensure that breeder, owner and stallion owner awards are paid equitably throughout the remainder of the year, the Fund’s Board of Directors has decided to increase the holdback rate from its previous 10% rate to 50%. We hope that our main revenue sources – VLTs and on-track handle – will…
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Dear Stakeholders, In order to make our Frequently Asked Questions more visible, we have changed the tab on our website to ABOUT US/FAQS. Have a look and please feel free to contact us with any questions that are not answered there. In addition, please note that we have moved information on the registration status of sales horses to its…
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Dear Breeders, Owners and Stallion Owners, I want to inform you that the 10% holdback taken from award earnings during 2018 will be paid in full during January 2019. I hope to see many of you at the upcoming stallion shows to be held next month. Until then stay warm and enjoy the holiday season!…
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Dear Stakeholders, Good news – checks for the 10% “holdback” amounts that were withheld from your award payments in 2017 were sent January 23rd. The holdback amount is being paid in full. We hope that this will be a help to you and wish you all the best in 2018. Sincerely, Tracy Egan Executive Director

Dear Stakeholders, You can now access a report on the status of all applications you have submitted for registration of a foal or stallion since 2017. To do so, first log into your account on the Online Registration page, then click ‘Reports.’ The displayed data can be copied, downloaded in the form of an Excel or PDF…
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Dear Stakeholders, Please be sure to submit applications for registration of your foals by December 31st to avoid the price increases that will occur when they turn a year older on January 1st. Pay before the new year and it will only cost $50 to register your foal of 2017. If you wait until the…
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Dear Stakeholders, The NY Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund is mailing out Period V award checks this afternoon. If your registered New York-bred placed first through third at a New York track in September or October, be sure to check your mailbox over the next few days. Be sure to also check the NYBREDS FaceBook…
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