Executive Director's Notes

Dear Breeders, Owners and Stallion Owners, Happy news that checks worth more than $3 million are in the mail and heading your way for awards that your horses earned during the months of September and October. As shown in the chart below, the Fund holds back 10% of awards earned in anticipation of paying out…
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September 3, 2015 Dear Stakeholders, The subject of aftercare is fresh on my mind as the NY Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund mails nearly $3.2 million in award money following the conclusion of the fourth period (July and August) of 2015. The amounts below reflect 90% of the awards generated by your horses. The Fund…
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Dear Stakeholders, Happy Fourth of July from the staff of the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. We are pleased to be sending out nearly $2.7 million in awards on the eve of the nation’s Independence Day weekend celebration. The awards represent 90% of the full amounts earned by your NY-breds in May and…
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Dear New York Thoroughbred Stakeholders, Please save the date and consider attending or making a contribution to the August 23rd polo-match fundraiser to benefit the Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program. The flyer for the event can be found here. Your ticket price or contribution will help support FLTAP and its mission to rehome Thoroughbreds from…
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Dear Stakeholders, The New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund on May 4th sent out more than $1.5 million in breeder, owner and stallion owner awards that were earned during the second period (March-April) of 2015. Note that awards are paid at a 90% rate to ensure that we have adequate funds to pay all…
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AS THE OVAL TURNS: News & Notes from the Horse Racing World By Tracy Egan, Executive Director NYTBDF   NEW YORK-BREDS AT THE OBS SPRING SALE APRIL 21 – 24 There are 145 NY-breds listed in the OBS April sale catalog. As I was going through each one in order to provide a link to…
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Dear Stakeholders, On March 20, the Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Fund put in the mail supplemental award payments of 15% of the awards earned in 2014. To all of those receiving these checks, the Fund congratulates you for breeding and racing the quality Thoroughbreds that earned you this supplemental award payment. As you can see…
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Dear Stakeholders, The New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund announced today that it is mailing out more than a million dollars in awards earned during January and February at Aqueduct Racetrack. As you can see from the chart below, registered NY-breds generated 568 awards for breeders, owners and stallion owners during the weather-shortened meet….
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Dear Stakeholders, The Fund has mailed out more than $3.7 million in awards this week. The first mailing of more than $2.1 million represents the awards earned by your horses in November and December of 2014 (Period VI). As with every other award period, ten percent was held back.    $ Awarded (90%)  # of…
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Dear Mare Owners, We’ve moved the new mare, leave of absence, mare movement, and foal report forms to their own dropdown tab on the homepage of the NY Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund’s website. Whether your mare is leaving the state to be bred or for a sale, we need to know about the changes….
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