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HONORING THE 2015 NEW YORK BRED DIVISIONAL CHAMPIONS N EW Y ORK T HOROUGHBRED B REEDERS A NNUAL A WARDS B ANQUET Monday, April 4, 2016 Saratoga National Golf Club Saratoga Springs, New York Sponsored by NYTB AwardsProgramCover 2016.indd 1 3/4/16 2:15 PM See you at Saratoga... (...and everywhere else in North America). As well as South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand 2 A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS Awards Dinner Sponsored By Platinum Partners Gold Partners Chester & Mary Broman Silver Partners Bronze Partners Keane Stud • Greenberg Traurig Industry Partners Adirondack Trust Company • Capital OTB Keeneland • Towne/Ryan & Partners, P.C. 3 A MESSAGE FROM THE NYTB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR warm welcome to all. This is NYTB’s marquee event, our Annual Awards Banquet, 2016 edition. Tonight, while we crown the 2015 New York-bred champions and 2015 New York-bred Horse of the Year, we also celebrate the biggest racetrack successes of the New York Thoroughbred breeding Aprogram over the last year. As we applaud the nominees in each division and crown the champions, everyone in this room has a right to feel proud of the individual and collective accomplishments of the best regional breeding program in the country. I certainly do. In 2015 New York-breds left their marks coast-to-coast, north and south. Last year New York-breds won 99 stakes at no fewer than 17 different racetracks across the country, from Los Alamitos to Woodbine and all the major venues in-between like Churchill Downs, Fair Grounds, Gulfstream Park and Keeneland. New York-breds won 32 open stakes in all and posted 15 graded wins in stakes worth 4.9 million in purses while taking home the prizes in two Grade 1s. Some of our biggest stars also proved astonishingly consistent and durable. La Ver- dad won five stakes in 2015, including three at the Grade 2 level, while juvenile sensa- tion Sudden Surprise also racked up four stakes wins. Effinex and International Star won three graded contests apiece, and our Mid-Atlantic sprint star Galiana won no fewer than four stakes at Delaware and Pimlico. Lubash who, along with Moonlight Song, was one of a pair of 8-year-old New York-bred stakes winners in 2015, also won three black type events, while Empire Dreams won three state-bred stakes. Tonight’s celebration is also a time for breeders to reflect on the success of New York-breds on the biggest stages of all. During last year’s exciting and historic Triple Crown season, we had three strong contenders for the Run for the Roses. In- ternational Star swept all three Kentucky Derby preps at Fair Grounds. In Florida, Upstart dominated the Grade 2 Holy Bull, crossed the finish line first before a controversial DQ in the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth and then ran second in the Florida Derby. Philip Birsh’s talented homebred Tencendur ran in the Derby after finishing second in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial. New York-breds also made headlines at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. La Verdad was just caught in the Grade 1, $1 Million TwinSpires Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint a mere seven days after romping in the Iroquois. In the Grade 1, $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic Effinex shadowed Triple Crown hero winner American Pharoah and kept on well to finish second. Finally, for the second year in a row a New York-bred took center stage at the Eclipse Awards. Last year it was female turf champion Dayatthespa. This year the connections of La Verdad walked away with Eclipse hardware for champion female sprinter. This look at New York achievements in the national spotlight would not be complete without tipping my hat to New York- based freshman sire Giant Surprise, who surprised even his connections by finishing the year at No. 6 in North America’s freshman sire rankings, with New York-bred progeny of course. We have so much to celebrate tonight. Breeders’, owners’ and stallion owners’ awards have reached unprecedented levels and continue to mount. Our foal crop is robust and New York-breds occupy an increasingly important position at racetracks across the country. Our mare population is evolving and better stallions continue to come into the state. This is a formula for your main goal: marketplace success. Currently our sales results are strong and the top New York-breds are bringing top dollar. If all of you continue to breed the best to the best, the sky is the limit. So, for tonight, before you return to the unremitting attention and energy you devote to your breeding and racing busi- nesses, rejoice and celebrate these outstanding horses and look what you have made of your father’s and grandfather’s New York-bred. Sincerely, Jeffrey A. Cannizzo Executive Director, New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. 4 NY THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Thomas J. Gallo III – President Mallory Mort – Vice President Vivien Malloy – Secretary/Treasurer Chester Broman Michael Lischin Wally Burleson Joanne Nielsen Lois Engel Suzie O’Cain Seth Gregory Joan M. Taylor, DVM Director Emeritus Paul A. Schosberg Jeffrey Cannizzo, Executive Director New York Thoroughbred Breeders 57 Phila Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (518) 587-0777. www.nytbreeders.org NY THOROUGHBRED BREEDING & DEVELOPMENT FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS John J. Poklemba, NY Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Fund Chairman, Member, NYS Gaming Commission Richard Ball, Commissioner, NYS Dept. of Agriculture & Markets Jeffrey A. Cannizzo, Executive Director, New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. John A. Crotty, Member, NYS Gaming Commission John Graziano Jr., Breeder • Edward Kelly, Breeder • Joseph G. McMahon, Breeder Sen. Howard C. Nolan Jr., Breeder • Todd R. Snyder, Member, NYS Gaming Commission Dr. William B. Wilmot, Breeder Tracy Egan, Executive Director New York State Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Fund Corp. 1 Broadway Center, Suite 601, Schenectady, NY 12305 (518) 388-0174. www.nybreds.com 5 ABOUT OUR EMCEE ichard Migliore is currently a broadcast analyst for The New York Racing Association, Inc. Known best for a stellar career as a jockey, Migliore won more than 4,400 races over a career spanning three decades. Migliore, who was born in 1964 and grew up on Long Island, got a job on a Rhorse farm near his home and decided he was going to be a jockey at age 12. He began riding in 1980, and in 1981 won the Eclipse Award as the nation’s top apprentice with 298 victories. Twice the leading rider in New York – in 1981 and 1985 – Migliore won or tied as leading rider at 10 different NYRA meets, most recently taking the 2005 Aqueduct spring meet. A fixture on the NYRA circuit, Migliore announced his retirement on June 2, 2010. “The Mig,” as he was known, rode 4,450 winners and the earners of more than $160 mil- lion in purses. Some of his biggest victories came later in his career, taking his first Breeders’ Cup race in 2008 aboard Turf Sprint winner Desert Code, and in 2009 capturing the Grade 1 Gazelle and Grade 1 Test aboard Flashing. In all, Migliore won 362 stakes, including 25 Grade 1 races. A HEARTFELT THANKS TO Our Events Planning Committee: Lois Engel, Thomas J. Gallo III, Vivien Malloy, Joanne Nielsen, Suzie O’Cain. Kara Bluvas, NYTB Membership and Events Manager • Sarah Mace, NYTB Communications Manager Our Wonderful Partners • Our Event Patrons Our Emcee Richard Migliore • Saratoga National Golf Club SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PATRONS Sickle Pond Farm • Burke Equine Rehabilitation • Dr. Russell S. Cohen • Mrs. Bernice Cohen Ronald R. Breed Sr. • Debra A. Breed • NTRA • Ralph M. Evans • Judith F. Evans Lauren Evans • Kathleen Taylor • Charles E. Hayward • Laura Javsicas • Nina Deibel Justin McNaughten • Leonard Pivnick, President Aliyu Ben J. Stable Inc. • Harry L. Landry Bloodstock Judy Harrigan • Sheila Rosenblum • Dottie Herman • Dorinda Medley • Maria Jacobello Diane Davis • Mona Andrikian • Royal Thoroughbred Racing Stables 6 ORDER OF EVENTS WELCOME Jeffrey A. Cannizzo, NYTB Executive Director INTRODUCTION Thomas J. Gallo III, NYTB President PRESENTATION OF AWARDS Richard Migliore, Master of Ceremonies AWARDS CATEGORIES Lifetime Achievement Award to Barry Ostrager Thoroughbred Charities of America Award of Merit New York-Bred Champion Two-Year-Old Filly New York-Bred Champion Two-Year-Old Male New York-Bred Champion Three-Year-Old Filly New York-Bred Champion Three-Year-Old Male New York-Bred Champion Turf Female New York-Bred Champion Turf Male New York-Bred Champion Female Sprinter New York-Bred Champion Male Sprinter New York-Bred Champion Older Dirt Female New York-Bred Champion Older Dirt Male New York-Bred Horse of the Year New York Broodmare of the Year New York-Bred Trainer of the Year New York-Bred Jockey of the Year New York Breeder of the Year Awards Dinner Program produced by ST Publishing, the team behind The Saratoga Special and thisishorseracing.com Articles by Joe Clancy, Sean Clancy, Tom Law and other staffers. Photos by Coglianese/NYRA Photos unless otherwise noted. ST Publishing, Inc. • (410) 392-5867 • www.thisishorseracing.com 7 TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY FINALISTS Frosty Margarita Dk. b./br. f. Frost Giant—Mango Margarita, by Not For Love. Breeder/Owner: Gabrielle Farm. Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez. 2015 record: 6-3-3-0, $285,800. 2015 stakes: Key Cents, New York Stallion Fifth Avenue Division. hen you’ve got a product of your small breeding operation with as much quality and consistency as Frosty Margarita it’s difficult to pinpoint a singular moment as the highlight of the season. WSo Chip Acierno III went with two moments for the pride of his family’s Gabrielle Farm operation, one race he saw in person and another that he did not.