Executive Director's Notes

Dear Stakeholders, We have just launched a new online registration system on our website at NYBreds.com here. The first time you submit an application online in our new system, you will have to create an account, which will take just a couple of minutes and will only be necessary once. When you return in the…
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Dear Stakeholders, Catch up with the seven stallion shows hosted by NY farms in the month of January! The NY Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund has posted videos of the shows on YouTube. And be sure to check out the stallion videos on our website here. You are welcome to share any and all of…
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Dear Stakeholders, NYRA is giving loyal fans, owners and breeders the opportunity to “speed pop” the gate to purchase tickets for the 2017 Belmont Stakes Festival! You know it’s difficult to get tickets when a Triple Crown is on the line. So the tip of the day is to use the code below and go…
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Dear Stakeholders, The Fund staff is happy to inform you that more than 2,200 awards totaling over $2 million were generated by your horses during award period six (November and December of 2016) in races conducted at Aqueduct and Finger Lakes. Those award checks were mailed this afternoon. Further, we expect to mail out checks…
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Dear Stakeholders, We now have videos of many of the stallions standing in New York for 2017 on our website here. We hope this will be useful to many of you in choosing which stallion to send your mare to for the coming breeding season. Keep in mind that breeder and owner awards are paid…
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Dear Stakeholders, As you are likely aware, this year we decreased the fee for registration of weanlings from $75 to $50 in an effort to encourage our breeders to register their foals early. As part of this effort, we will be increasing the fee for yearling registration in 2017 from $150 to $300. To avoid…
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Dear Stakeholders, This is a busy and exciting week for the New York Thoroughbred industry. We have five representatives in the World Championship Breeders’ Cup races in California, many NY resident mares are heading to the auction block at the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, and the NY Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund is issuing…
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Dear Breeders, Owners and Stallion Owners, The check you’re receiving reflects awards earned by your horse(s) during July and August at Belmont, Saratoga or the Finger Lakes. Horses you bred or own, or that were sired by your NY stallion, generated 2,205 awards worth more than $3.2 million. Award Type   $ Awarded (90%)  …
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Dear Stakeholders, Congratulations on the latest awards earned by the horses you bred or owned, or by those sired by your stallions. The staff of the Fund (New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund) has mailed out awards totaling nearly $2.6 million for races conducted during May & June, as shown in the chart below….
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Dear Stakeholders, On May 3, 2016 the staff of the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund mailed out nearly $1.6 million in award checks earned during March and April (Period II) at New York tracks. As shown in the chart below, the Fund holds back ten percent of the awards to ensure that all…
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