New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. January 2011 New York Breeder Winter Wonderland New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. NEW YORK THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS INC. President: Barry R. Ostrager Vice President: Thomas J. Gallo III New York Breeder Secretary-Treasurer: Vivien Malloy Directors: January 2011 Jerry Bilinski, D.V.M. Chester Broman CONTENTS Lois Engel John Thomas McMahon Executive Director’s letter..............................6 Joanne Nielsen News .............................................................8 Suzie O’Cain Shirl Penney Track closures, fewer race days, and lower purses are possible Dr. Chris Purdy following New York City Off-Track Betting Corp.’s closure; NYRA Directors Emeritus: officials say a Republican-backed plan to restructure all of the John Nerud state’s OTB companies would force the corporation into bankruptcy Paul A. Schosberg again; five current New York Thoroughbred Breeders directors elected to new two-year terms Staff: Vinery establishes presence in New York.....12 Executive Director: Jeffrey A. Cannizzo Executive Assistant: Paula Hayes Twice in two months, major commercial breeding operations have Communications Manager: Sarah Mace announced that they are setting up shop in New York Pedigree Profile: A Shin Forward .................14 57 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 A Shin Forward traces to fifth dam Cequillo, a cornerstone of Tartan Telephone: (518) 587-0777 • Fax: (518) 587-1551 Farms E-mail: [email protected] Racing Roundup ..........................................16 Website: www.nytbreeders.org Former claimer Endless Circle takes Fall Highweight; Stormy’s Majesty storms to Discovery victory THOROUGHBRED TIMES CO. INC. New York-bred stakes winners.....................18 Chairman: Norman Ridker A look at New York-bred runners who won stakes in November and December President and Editor: Mark Simon Deputy Editor: Steve Bailey Sires of winners ...........................................23 Contributing Editor: Don Clippinger Sires of New York-bred and -sired runners who won non-claiming races; plus sires of all juvenile winners Copy Editors: Deanna Bowden Art and Production: Jeanette Vance (Art Director), Leading Fund winners .................................24 Laura Lacy (Production Manager), Betty Gee, Leading owner and breeder award earners in 2010 LaDonna Murphy, Tami Zigo New York breeders by earnings....................25 Advertising Sales: Hal Moss Leading breeders of New York-breds by domestic and foreign Advertising Staff: Shelli Baker purses in 2010 Editorial, Advertising, Production, and Business Leading owners, trainers, jockeys ............... 26 Offices: Leading New York owners, trainers, and jockeys by domestic and 2008 Mercer Road, Lexington, KY 40511 foreign earnings in 2010 Telephone: (859) 260-9800 • Fax: (859) 260-9812 E-mail: [email protected] General sire list............................................27 Website: www.thoroughbredtimes.com Leading New York-based sires CORRECTION Statistics provided herein are compiled by Thoroughbred Times Co. Inc. from data supplied by Jockey Club Information Systems Inc., Daily Racing Form Inc., and Equi- In the New York Stallion Register, the cover photo of Freud was base Co. Data provided or compiled by Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. generally incorrectly identified on the table of contents page. Another is accurate, but occasionally errors and omissions occur as a result of incorrect data re- horse’s name was mistakenly inserted in the space. The photo ceived from others, mistakes in processing, and other causes. The Jockey Club Informa- tion Systems Inc. disclaims responsibility for the consequences, if any, of such errors but of Freud, leading sire in the state in 2009, was taken by Barbara would appreciate it being called to their attention. Information as to races, race results, Livingston. We regret the error. earnings, and other statistical data for races run subsequent to December 31, 1990, was obtained from Equibase Co. and is utilized only with permission of the copyright owner. Such information for periods prior to January 1, 1991, was obtained from Daily Cover Image: Winter wonderland Racing Form Inc. Information pertaining to pedigree and production records contained Photo by: PhotosByZ.com herein is copyright the Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. 4 NEW YORK BREEDER January 2011 AA NewNew SireSire WorthyWorthy ofof RespectRespect SIRSIR WHIMSEYWHIMSEY JUMPJUMP START—APOGEE,START—APOGEE, BYBY STARSTAR DEDE NASKRANASKRA Bob Coglianese photo GradedGraded StakesStakes WinnerWinner ofof $521,784$521,784 WinnerWinner ofof thethe GulfstreamGulfstream ParkPark H.H. (G2) (G2) overover multiplemultiple gradedgraded stakesstakes winnerswinners FAIRBANKSFAIRBANKS andand KISSKISS THETHE KIDKID RanRan thirdthird inin thethe PimlicoPimlico SpecialSpecial H.H. 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The closure of New York City Off-Track Betting creased on-track attendance and handle, but we Corp. on December 7 has, without question, cre- will all need to monitor the numbers closely in the ated a crisis for the New York state racing and weeks to come. breeding industries. All those things notwithstanding, the New York A crisis calls for crisis management, and there City OTB closure cannot help but have an imme- is action on all fronts. The day after the New York diate negative impact on the New York Thoroughbred state Senate failed to pass the New York City OTB Breeding and Development Fund. Historically, New reorganization legislation, the New York State Rac- York City OTB has accounted for 36% of the Fund’s ing and Wagering Board met and approved emer- revenue. On the other hand, the Fund has been gency rules in the attempt to stem the migration dealing for with New York City OTB delinquency of New York City OTB patrons to out-of-state wa- for the past two years. In 2009, New York City OTB gering platforms. This includes permission for the paid only roughly half of its statutory obligation New York Racing Association to sign up customers to the Fund. In 2010, due to its policy of “deferred” online for NYRA Rewards, its free account wa- payments, New York City OTB paid approximately gering service, and to offer double cash rewards JEFFREY A. CANNIZZO only one-third of what was due to the Fund. for three months to new NYRA Rewards customers. It is impossible to speculate right now on the Meanwhile, NYRA is pulling out all the stops to get patrons bottom line of what the Fund will suffer due to New York City to the racetrack and participate in its simulcast programs. Within OTB closure. Nor can we tell to what extent this may be offset the first week of the New York City OTB closure: by increased on-track attendance and handle in the future, or • NYRA expanded its free bus service to Aqueduct from select even by video lottery terminal revenue once the Aqueduct casino New York City OTB locations in all five boroughs and added new comes on line. By the end of the first quarter, however, we should routes, with free programs and concession vouchers for patrons; have a much better idea of how wagering has changed in the • The racing association launched full-card simulcasting of state and how these changes will affect the Fund. Aqueduct’s live program seven days a week in the heated Bel- In the months of December and January, I will be participat- mont Café at Belmont Park, with free parking, admission, and ing in several stakeholder meetings, including a meeting of the program, and on-track prices on all payouts; and Fund board to assess the new situation, and a hearing in Albany • NYRA announced that Aqueduct would be open for dark- called by Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow to explore the possibil- day simulcasting on Mondays and Tuesdays with free parking ity of merging the state’s regional OTB corporations. and admission, and it would remain open on other days through Things are moving very fast and, as usual, I will continue to the conclusion of live West Coast racing. use our website and eNewsletters to keep you apprised of all de- Early indications are that these measures are generating in- velopments. 2011 THOROUGHBRED TIMES ONLINE DIRECTORY Always Working to Promote Your Stallion FEATURING Videos Regularly updated statistics Printable stallion pages Leading runners and recent winners Complete race charts for featured progeny Auction results reports for participating stallions Advanced search option www.thoroughbredtimes.com Always on • Always current THOROUGHBRED TIMES 2008 Mercer Rd, Lexington, KY 40511 • P. O. Box 8237, Lexington, KY 40533 • (859) 260-9800 • www.thoroughbredtimes.com 6 NEW YORK BREEDER January