Executive Director's Notes

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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Dear Stakeholders, On Thursday, March 10, 2016, the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund mailed out more than $1.9 million in supplemental award checks based on the awards your horses earned in 2015. The supplemental payment represents approximately 12.5% of 2015 award earnings. Award Type        $ Awarded        …
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Dear Stakeholders, I am happy to report that 663 awards were earned by your horses in award period one (January – February). On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 we mailed out checks totaling $1,352,853 in breeder, owner and stallion owner awards. These checks represent 90% of the total awards earned, as it is Fund policy to…
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Dear New York Breeders, Owners and Stallion Owners, If you breed or race NY-breds in a partnership, we have an important update for you. Beginning with the award payments for the first period of 2016 (January and February), all partnerships under the same TIN (tax identification number) will be paid with one check to the…
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Dear Stakeholders, In an attempt to encourage breeders to register their foals as NY-breds before their first birthday, the Board of Directors of the NYTBDF recently approved a change in registration fees beginning with foals of 2016. The move coincides with the Jockey Club’s offer to provide free microchips with registration and genetic sampling kits…
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