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3 A MESSAGE FROM THE NYTB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Historically, the New York breeding and racing communities gather every April for NYTB’s New York-Bred Divisional Champions Awards Banquet to celebrate the previous year’s racetrack achievements of the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Racing Program. We present a video program showcasing all the equine nominees, and crown the New York-bred divisional champions one-by-one before announcing the New York-bred Horse of the Year and Broodmare of the Year. We also honor the most successful human program participants of the year. It is always a wonderful celebration. In April 2020, we are all navigating the uncharted waters of the COVID-19 - demic. In a situation unlike any other in our collective experience, individuals, busi- nesses, organizations and institutions are striving to keep our horses, employees, families and selves safe and well. Accordingly, in March we decided to cancel our Awards Banquet. We realized this would be a disappointment for the connections of our divisional championship nominees, but it was the right choice. Then, we forged ahead to try to make the best of a difficult situation. NYTB announced the 2019 Horse of the Year, divisional champions and human honorees on the planned event date, April 6, via our website and social media channels. This commemorative program is being mailed to all our members. A brand new microsite is hosting our video presentation, which features the top performances of all nominees and showcases our winners. I think you will enjoy it. I will leave you with some upbeat food for thought – some key statistics from 2019 that illustrate the breadth and depth of the achievements of the New York-bred breeding and racing program. Worldwide New York-breds made 21,799 starts and earned $93,097,565 in purses. They won 86 stakes races at six racetracks, 16 in open company. Our four 2019 graded stakes winners were led by , who won the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at in the fall and now ranks among the nation’s best 3-year-olds. Racing in-state, New York-breds competed for $44 million in purse money in nearly 800 restricted races. In 2019, the purse value of the 10 New York Stallion Stakes Series restricted to the progeny of nominated New York stallions doubled from $1,150,000 to $2,300,000. The crown jewels of the series are the Great White Way for juve- nile males and the Fifth Avenue for juvenile fillies run at Aqueduct in December for purses of $500,000 each. In all the Fund distributed $1,789,669 in purse enrichment to NYRA and Finger Lakes Gaming and Racetrack in 2019. Statistics continue to demonstrate that New York-breds are the backbone of the NYRA racing circuit. The horses you breed accounted for 38 percent of total NYRA starters and 49 percent of total NYRA starts in 2019. Of the total winners on the NYRA circuit, 44 percent were New York-breds, and they earned 35 percent of total NYRA purses. An impressive $15,468,436 in program awards were disbursed by the Fund in 2019. Breeders earned $10,597,867 in awards, with the average breeder’s award coming in at $17,901. Open Company Owners’ Awards totaled $2,224,002 (average award, $6,177) and Stallion Owners’ Awards totaled $2,646,566 (average award, $49,935). According to the Fund’s 2019 Annual Report, there were 269 active Thoroughbred farms in New York, up 26 from 2018 and a crop of 1,606 foals, down just slightly from last year. I wish all of you the best as you pursue the hard work of breeding, foaling, breaking, training and racing in uniquely challenging circumstances. I hope these awards will be an inspiration for the great achievements that lie in your future.

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7 Horse of the Year • Two-Year-Old Male Tiz the Law B. c. 2017, -Tizfiz, . Breeder: Twin Creeks Farm. Owner: . Trainer: . 3-2-0-1. $347,000. 2019 stakes: Champagne (Gr. 1). BY SEAN CLANCY on’t bother looking it up. It’s been 17 years. That’s when , Sackatoga Stable and Barclay Tagg Drocked , winning the Derby, the Preakness and nearly the Triple Crown. The overachieving gelding, his unheralded owners and his hardscrabble trainer changed New York breeding and rac- ing forever. And here they are again with another tal- ented New York-bred aiming at the top. Tiz the Law, champion 2-year-old colt and Horse of the Year for 2019, has won three of four starts, including the Grade 1 Champagne as a 2-year-old and the Grade 3 Holy Bull as a 3-year-old. The is on the ra- dar, whether it’s on the first Saturday in May or the first Saturday in September. For Sackatoga’s founder, Jack Knowlton, winning the Kentucky Derby was a one-off , one he wouldn’t dare dream about again. The Saratogian and his sta- ble played their model of buying a few New York-breds every year since Funny Cide but to think it could happen again… “Come on, you not only climbed to the top forth, agonizing, can you really aim as high as the Grade 1 Cham- of the mountain, but you climbed to the top of Mount Everest,” pagne, the second best 2-year-old race in the country behind the Knowlton said in March. “Everybody who has ever wanted to be Breeders’ Cup?” Knowlton said. “The more we talked about it and in this game, everybody who is in this game, you want to win the the more we looked at who was out there, finally, I said to Barclay, Kentucky Derby. And we did it. The chances of that happening to us were so remote, and yet, it did happen.” ‘The way he ran in Saratoga, the number he got, the way he did it, To happen a second time... there doesn’t seem to be any distance limitations.’ We decided to “Never in my mind, never an aspiration, never an expectation, take a shot. Sometimes you get lucky and we did.” not really even a hope,” Knowlton said. “Never could I imagine that Tiz the Law stumbled, regrouped, waited and ripped past horses we would be in the position to have a horse that we would consider to dominate the Grade 1 stakes. a Derby horse. Not just a Derby horse, but he’s on just about every- Tagg and Knowlton opted to skip the Breeders’ Cup like they body’s list.” had done with Funny Cide and traveled to for the Purchased from Sequel New York for $110,000 at the Fasig-Tip- Grade 2 Kentucky Club. That was a bust, he finished a tan- ton New York-bred yearling sale in 2018, Tiz the Law followed gled-and-wrangled third, fumbling an in the process. Funny Cide’s path and went to Tony Everard in Florida for ear- “He got beat, but we knew that wasn’t the horse we had,” Knowl- ly training and arrived at Tagg’s barn in the spring. Bred by Twin ton said. “It’s one of those you just draw a line through and that’s Creeks Farm, the son of Constitution impressed Knowlton at Sara- what we did.” toga last summer. If that was a pencil line, Tiz the Law swathed a paint brush “I saw him at Belmont a couple of times, but when it began to through it with a romp in the Holy Bull in February and another sink in that we had a pretty nice horse was going over at 6 o’clock in in the in March – continuing his march toward the the morning and watching his breezes,” Knowlton said. “Not only Derby (whenever it may be). Could it really happen again? did he have fast breezes but the rider just couldn’t pull him up, he “Here we are on everybody’s radar screen, which is 100 percent was halfway down the backside before he could get him pulled up.” different than Funny Cide. Nobody thought he could win the Der- In his debut, Tiz the Law hammered well-meant first-time start- by,” Knowlton said. “But with this guy, Barclay’s been there, he’s er, Dream Bigger, rolling to a 4 ¼-length win. Tagg and Knowlton won it. We proved that a New York-bred can win. Before Funny discussed the Hopeful but a sore shin scrapped that and the Cham- Cide, nobody gave any thought to a New York-bred winning the pagne was dangled. Derby. But we’ve been there, people are taking this horse seriously “Barclay and I went back and forth, back and forth, back and and I think they should.” 8 Give your a...

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Bank On Shea. B.c. 2017, Central Banker–Miss Moultree, Uncle Mo. Breeder: Dr. Scott Pierce. Owner: Shea D Boy’s Stable. Trainer: Jason Servis. 3-2-0-1. $329,900. Won debut at Saratoga, fin- ished third in Notebook Stakes at Aqueduct and closed campaign with nose score in $500,000 New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct in December. Captain Bombastic. Ch.c. 2017, Forty Tales–Stolen Star, Cat Thief. Breeder: Chester and Mary Broman. Owner: Team Hanley. Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart. 3-2-0-1. $231,600. Started career with back-to-back wins at Belmont – a maiden in September and the Sleepy Hollow in October. Third behind two finalists in New York Stallion Series. City Man. Dk.b./br.c. 2017, –City Scam- per, City Zip. Breeder: Moonstar Farm. Owner: Reeves Thor- oughbred Racing, Peter and Patty Searles. Trainer: . 5-2-0-1. $192,200. Won his first two at Saratoga, a maiden and the Funny Cide Stakes. Cleon Jones. Dk.b./br.c. 2017, Tale Of The Cat–Whisper- ing, . Breeder: Empire Equines. Owner: Gold Square. Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart. 6-2-2-0. $222,255. Named for Mets World Series hero. Won a Saratoga maiden in late July, and added Bertram Bongard at Belmont in Sep- tember. Dream Bigger. Gr.c. 2017, Mission Impazible–Downtown Daria, Sky Mesa. Breeder: Sequel New York, Twin Creeks Rac- ing, Pamela Zielinski. Owner: Repole Stable. Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez. 5-2-3-0. $305,828. After two seconds against maidens, dominated New York Breeders’ Futurity at Finger Lakes in September, and added Notebook in November before losing photo to Bank On Shea in New York Stallion Series.

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10 FLGR3281_THOROUGHBREDBREEDERS_PRINTAD_7.5X4.875 11 Two-Year-Old Filly Critical Value B. f. 2017, –See The Forest, Forestry. Breeder: Marshall Gramm and Clay Sanders. Owner: Ten Strike Racing. Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart. 4-2-1-0. $211,000. 2019 stakes: Maid Of The Mist. BY TOM LAW

arshall Gramm and Clay Sanders didn’t expect too much when they sent Critical Value to Jeremiah Englehart’s string at last spring. MThe daughter of Bodemeister hadn’t shown a lot during her days growing up in New York and her lack of pizzazz continued during training in Florida in ear- ly 2019. Gramm and Sanders perhaps had license to not dream overly big for the filly they bred out of a mare whose racing career ended with an injury in a $5,000 claimer at Delaware Park. Still, Critical Value landed in New York even though her owners and breeders didn’t expect her to sniff the NYRA circuit. “She’s by Bodemeister so we spent a little bit of money to get her,” Gramm said. “We bred to Bode when he was at $30,000 but then she had all sorts of issues from Day 1. At one point we were told to give her away, that she wasn’t going to make it to the races. “We send most of our horses to Jeremiah, our homebreds that we think are promising and horses in our partnership. Steam Engine, who is a half to Crit- ical Value, he’s in the same partnership as Warrior’s Charge, who won the Razorback for us. We would Gramm and company raised their opinions once again and have put Critical Value in one of those partnerships but we didn’t aimed even higher as Critical Eye turned up in the Grade 2 Demoi- want to screw our partners with a horse that no one thought that selle at Aqueduct in December. She finished fourth, not disgraced much of. We sent her to Jeremiah thinking Finger Lakes. You want but a half-length from a coveted graded stakes placing. to protect the mare, get a win.” “At that point you start dreaming. We knew we had a filly that After arriving from Paul Sharp in Ocala in May, Critical Value has potential for residual value so we went into the Demoiselle fared well in her early training with Englehart during the “offsea- thinking we could get a little blacktype. Irad (Ortiz Jr.) was on her, son” on the Oklahoma Training Track at Saratoga and later as the he even admitted that he could have, had he not tried to win. Of summer meet approached. She didn’t do enough to earn one of the course you’re always trying to win, but he sat second, went after the 22 spots on Englehart’s Fasig-Tipton Stable Tour that appeared in leader and got caught at the end for third.” the Opening Day edition of The Saratoga Special. Critical Value, beaten 4 3/4 lengths for the win by Lake Avenue, Still, Critical Eye trained forwardly enough to earn a spot in the entries, at Saratoga and not 200 miles away at Finger Lakes. She ran put a cap on her 2-year-old campaign and spent at least part of well in her debut, finishing a fast-closing second by a nose to sta- the winter at Oaklawn Park while looking to start her 3-year-old blemate Thea’s Theme – who did make the Stable Tour but was not season. among the finalists for champion 2-year-old filly – before breaking “Every start she’s made is much more than we could have ex- her maiden in her next start Aug. 29. pected,” Gramm said. “The fact that she pursed $211,000, we’re Gramm admitted that his opinion changed after the Saratoga getting breeders’ awards for that, all for a horse we had low expec- win. tations for is exciting. She’s in training now, had a couple setbacks “We thought, ‘Oh my God, we have something here,’ ” he said. and hopefully will have a big year and take another step forward. Critical Eye showed again she was more than just something It’s been fun with her.” and added the Maid Of The Mist Stakes on Empire Showcase Day Foaled at Keane Stud in Amenia, Critical Value is the fourth in mid-October. foal produced by the Forestry mare See The Forest. The first three “Once she broke her maiden, even running second that first are winners, including New York-breds Backstretch George and time, we felt like we were playing with house money,” Gramm said. Steam Engine. Her first foal, the now 7-year-old Jump Start gelding “She’s not the prettiest to look at. She’s developed quite a bit, she’s Grit’n’grind, remains in training with earnings of $204,366 through not the prettiest mover, but she tries really hard. In the Maid Of The early March. Mist she did things on her own time. It looked for a while like she See The Forest is the dam of a 2-year-old Munnings filly named was going to fade and finish last, when Junior (Alvarado) asked her Eight And Sand and has a yearling colt by Midnight Lute. She was she started going a little backward into the field, then she got her in foal to and was scheduled to be bred to Blame in legs under her and accelerated.” 2020. 12 13 TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLY FINALISTS A Freud Of Mama B.f. 2017, Freud–Mama Theresa, Carson City. Breeder/Owner: William Butler. Trainer: Mike Maker. 5-2-0-1. $342,068. After four starts on turf – including maiden win and Grade 3 placing – upset $500,000 New York Stallion series stakes at Aqueduct in December. Big Q B.f. 2017, –Gaby Q, Forestry. Breeder: Golden Goose Enterprises. Owner: Dutchess Views Farm. Trainer: Gary Gullo. 5-2-0-0. $116,400. Debut winner at Saratoga backed up that form with a win in Key Cents Stakes in November. Fierce Lady Dk.b./br.f. 2017, Competitive Edge–Anjorie, A. P Jet. Breeder: Sugar Maple Farm. Owner: Nice Guys Stable and Steve Hornstock. Trainer: Dermot Magner. 4-2-2-0. $194,100. First or second in all four starts, she dominated maidens in June at Belmont and added the Seeking The Ante Stakes on Saratoga Showcase Day. My Italian Rabbi Dk.b./br.f. 2017, Competitive Edge–Golden Miss, Golden Missile. Breeder: Hidden Lake Farm and Anthony Grey. Owner: Gold Square. Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart. 5-3-1-1. $219,308. Saratoga yearling purchase won her SV Photography first two including Saratoga’s Stillwater Stakes, then added Lady Finger at Finger Lakes in September. Naked Avenger B.f. 2017, Congrats–Karmageddon, Wildcat Heir. Breeder: Headless Horsemen Racing. Owner: Tee N Jay Stable and Headless Horsemen Racing. Trainer: Tim Hills. 3-2-1-0. $175,400. Saratoga debut winner won Joseph A. Gimma Stakes at Belmont in September and placed in Maid Of The Mist. Rush On By B.f. 2017, Alpha–Hout Bay, Harlan’s . Breeder/Owner: Chester and Mary Broman. Trainer: Christopher Progno. 2-2-0-0. $45,900. Finger Lakes-based filly won debut by 13 lengths, and added She’sastonecoldfox Stakes in October. Time Limit Ch.f. 2017, Bustin Stones–Your Time Is Up, Freud. Breeder: Hibiscus Stable. Owner: Three Diamonds Farm. Trainer: Mike Maker. 7-1-2-2. $194,200. Raced every month from June through December with debut win and stakes placings including second in Grade 3 Matron.

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15 Three-Year-Old Male Somelikeithotbrown B. c. 2016, Big Brown–Marilyn Monroan, . Breeder: Hot Pink Stable & Sand Dollar Stable. Owner: Skychai Racing & Sand Dollar Stable. Trainer: Mike Maker. 3-2-0-0. $211,665. 2019 stakes: Battaglia Memorial, Jeff Ruby (Gr. 3). BY SEAN CLANCY

hank you very much…we’re sur- pr i s e d …” That’s as far as Harvey Diamond had gotten. “TThe co-owner of Somelikeithotbrown had made his reservations for the awards dinner in Saratoga and was ready to recite his opening lines of his acceptance speech for the 3-year- old championship. Instead, he was answering calls from an unknown area code and talking about a horse who is always fun to talk about, especially during a pandemic. “You know what, it’s better than talking about you know what,” Diamond said March 24. “I’m sitting at home, at my desk scratching my head, wondering if I should answer a call from Wilmington, Delaware.” While social distancing, calls from un- known numbers are taken more frequently. In a crazy, upside-down world, journalists can be tonic for the soul. OK, perhaps, a nice distrac- tion. “Hey, you’re a positive, wanting to talk about one of my favorite subjects,” Diamond said. “I’m waiting for the trophies and I’m sorry we can’t get together this year.” The 2-year-old champion in 2018, Some- likeithotbrown garnered his second champion- ship on the back of two early stakes scores. The son of Big Brown trounced open stakes horses Coady Photography finished second in the Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway. in the John Battaglia Memorial, a listed stakes for 3-year-olds over the synthetic surface at Turfway Park in February. Three weeks lat- “If they were running on the grass in New York we would have er, the bay colt came right back to do it again, walloping Grade 3 run him there but we brought him back and ran him in the Ken- stakes horses in the Jeff Ruby at Turfway. tucky Cup,” Diamond said. “He tried to break through the gate and Those two races stirred Derby Fever and trainer Mike Maker they got him straightened up but as soon as they did, they opened aimed Somelikeithotbrown to the Grade 2 Blue Grass at the gate, he broke a little bit slow, he was outside, he got parked out- in April. He finished fourth in a return to the dirt. Unfortunately, side around the first turn and ran pretty much outside pretty much that was it for 2019 as a hind leg injury forced him to the sidelines. the whole way. He was gaining ground at the end. All things con- “I didn’t expect him to win the 3-year-old championship this sidered, it was a good race for him and we’ll move on from there.” year because he bowed out so quickly, but I guess the fact that he No one knows what moving on looks like in March 2020. was running in open competition moved him up,” Diamond said. “New York is basically shut down and listening to (Governor) “We have a number of horses but at that time, he was our best. Cuomo he’s not going to open anything soon,” Diamond said. “It’s It’s like losing your star running back. It was a tremendous blow, just the fate of all of us at the moment, just waiting to see what’s a blow spiritually, economically, you name it. Going into the Blue next.” Grass, we were hoping he would get enough points to put us into Somelikeithotbrown was bred by Hot Pink Stables and co-own- the Derby. But you have to accept things for what they are.” er Sand Dollar Stable and foaled at Sequel Stallions New York. Dam Diamond and partners accepted it and decided time was the Marilyn Monroan, a daughter of Tapit, failed to win a race in eight best healer, scrapping the season and aiming at 2020. starts but has made amends as a broodmare. She produced the “We gave him a lot of time off so hopefully that would ensure 3-year-old stakes-placed colt, Jolting Joe, and has a 2-year-old by him coming back in good shape,” Diamond said. Temple City and a yearling by . Somelikeithotbrown returned this winter with a disappointing “She’s been a very nice producer,” Diamond said. “It’s amazing run over the turf in January. A month later, Dia- to us that we’ve had this much luck and we’re still trying. Hopefully mond and Maker went back to what worked, returning to win an things will smooth out and we’ll get another chance. As I tell my allowance race at Turfway. Three weeks later, Somelikeithotbrown partners, this horse makes up for a lot of mistakes that I’ve made.” 16 Proud supporter of New York breeders and proud supplier of the year-end awards Coady Photography

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17 THREE-YEAR-OLD MALE FINALISTS Bankit B.c. 2016, Central Banker–Sister In Arms, Colonel John. Breeder: Hidden Brook Farm and Blue Devil Racing. Owner: Winchell and Willis Horton. Trainer: . 8-1-1-1. $208,200. After early-season races on the Kentucky Derby trail, won the New York Derby at Finger Lakes in July. SV Photography Blindwillie McTell B.c. 2016, Posse– Child, Flatter. Breeder/Owner: Jerold Zaro. Trainer: Linda Rice. 5-2-1-0. $181,850. Stakes wins in the Rego Park at Aqueduct in January and Mike Lee at Belmont in May fueled strong season. Named for blues/ragtime singer and guitarist whose first recording came in 1927, and is the subject of a 1983 Bob Dylan tribute song.

Coady Photography Dugout Gr.g. 2016, Adios Charlie–Rooney Doodle, Lit de Justice. Breeder: Larry Rivelli and Richard Ravin. Owner: Richard Ravin, Patricia’s Hope and Larry Rivelli. Trainer: Larry Rivelli. 6-3-2-0. $204,890. Well-traveled gelding pushed career earnings to $477,385 with wins at Arlington, Hawthorne and Mahoning Valley, the last in a stakes. California-bred mare has also produced Illinois-bred star Jean Elizabeth. Funny Guy Tod Marks B.c. 2016, Big Brown–Heavenly Humor, . Breeder: Hibiscus Stable. Owner: Gatsas Stable, R.A. Hill Stable and Swick Stable. Trainer: John Terranova. 8-2-4-0. $352,925. Victories in the New York Stallion Series in April and Albany in August and three stakes placings powered season. Dam won stakes in California. Not That Brady Ch.g. 2016, Big Brown–Lisa’s Booby Trap, Drewman. Breeder: KatieRich Farm. Owner: Michael Imperio, Lianna Stable, R.A. Hill Stable, Rudy Rodriguez. Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez. 8-0-3-0. $161,720. Winless, but placed in Grade 3 Withers and New York Derby. Dam won 10 races, nine at Finger Lakes plus the 2010 Loudonville Stakes at Saratoga. today, He ran his Rinaldi B.g. 2016, Posse–Dynamite Cocktail, Dynaformer. last race. Breeder: Barry Ostrager. Owner: Bond Racing Stable. Trainer: H. James Bond. 4-2-0-1. $185,640.

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19 Three-Year-Old Filly Newly Minted B. f. 2016, Central Banker–Newbie, Bernardini. Breeder: Chester and Mary Broman. Owner: Beach Haven Thoroughbreds. Trainer: Linda Rice. 8-5-1-1. $419,613. 2019 stakes: New York Stallion Series, Bouwerie, Fleet Indian. BY PAUL HALLORAN

ou couldn’t blame John Sakkos and his Beach Haven Thoroughbreds partners for wondering what’s so hard about this horse racing game. Beach Haven, a syndicate Yformed in 2017, has raced three horses who have combined for nine wins, six seconds and a third in 21 starts. That’s a 43-percent win and 76-percent on- the-board rate. “I have friends who kid me that for a guy new to this game, I’m getting pretty lucky,” said Sakkos, who joined longtime friend Ara Aprahamian in starting Beach Haven. Aprahamian has owned horses for al- most 20 years, but this is Sakkos’ first dip into the ownership pool. So far, so good. Very good. “It’s been a nice way to break into the racing busi- ness,” Sakkos said. “We’ve been very fortunate.” Playing a leading role in the Beach Haven suc- cess story is New York-bred 3-year-old filly cham- pion Newly Minted, a daughter of Central Banker trainer Linda Rice picked out for them and bought for $110,000 at the 2018 Ocala Breeders Sales’ April 2-year-olds in training sale. Newly Minted, out of the Bernardini mare Newbie, was bred by New York’s 2019 champion breeders Chester and Mary Broman. While she did not make her debut until April 13 of her 3-year-old year, Newly Minted hit the ground “Talk about your heart dropping to the floor,” said Sakkos, who running and put together a superlative campaign with five wins, a was there with his wife and some friends. second and a third in eight starts. Newly Minted banked $419,613, Fortunately, it was a simple case of exhaustion, perhaps exacer- making her the highest-earning progeny of Central Banker in 2019. bated by a slow break from the rail which forced Newly Minted to “She’s definitely a star,” Sakkos said. “Hopefully, she can keep it chase a fast pace (:22.79, :45.71) to get back into contention, mov- up.” ing into second with a quarter-mile to go in the mile race. After the convincing maiden score, Newly Minted went straight After a seven-week freshening, Newly Minted came back to run to stakes company. second in an open allowance race before capping her campaign Rice, who also bought Sassy Agnes (7-3-2-0, $198,782) for with a romp in a similar race in late December. Still rolling, Newly Beach Haven, aimed for the Park Avenue Division of the New York Minted opened 2020 with two stakes placings at Aqueduct. Stallion Stakes series at Aqueduct in April and the filly didn’t dis- “We’re New York guys, but when we started this, it wasn’t nec- appoint – winning by 7 1/2 lengths. Five weeks later, she added the essarily to focus on New York-breds,” said Sakkos. “Linda steered Bouwerie against New York-breds by 2 1/2. Rice tried the bay filly us in that direction.” on turf next, and she finished third as the odds-on favorite in the It’s been like a sun-splashed day at the beach for the partnership Cupecoy’s Joy Division of the New York Stallion Stakes. – named for a Jersey Shore town where Sakkos and Aprahamian “I hate talking about that,” Rice said after her charge had vacation with their families – which has reaped the benefits of the bounced back with a dominating 9-length win in the Fleet Indian New York-bred stakes program. Stakes on Saratoga Showcase Day last summer. The return to dirt “If you’re going to play this game in New York, they really make and the 9-furlong distance hit her right between the eyes. it worth your while,” said Sakkos, who is happy he accepted Apra- “Turf was the best opportunity in front of us at the time, she hamian’s offer to start the partnership, which campaigned Uncle had breezed well and the Central Bankers were running well on Benny for the last four starts of his career (Aprahamian was the the turf,” Rice said of the grass try. “She clearly did not like it. She sole owner for his first two races), including a runner-up finish in trained so well and she has good conformation, so I was pretty con- the 2018 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf. fident she would get the (1 1/8-mile) distance.” “I’m new to the game. Ara has been doing this a long time and Back downstate at Belmont Park, Newly Minted lost for the first he helped me get into the business. He told me to be ready for the time on dirt when she finished fourth in the Empire Distaff Hand- ups and downs.” icap and collapsed shortly after the finish. They seem to have the “ups” down pat. 20 CONGRATULATIONS!

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20-SKT-2161 _7.5x10_vFI.indd 1 3/27/20 9:35 AM THREE-YEAR-OLD FILLY FINALISTS Espresso Shot B.f. 2016, Mission Impazible–Glory Gold, Medaglia d’Oro. Breeder: Twin Creeks Farm. Owner: NY Final Furlong Racing Stable, Maspeth Stable, Parkland Thoroughbreds. Trainer: Jorge Abreu. 6-1-1-0. $193,125. Won the open-company Busher Stakes to start season and was second in New York Oaks at Finger Lakes. Granddam Gayla was bred by famed Virginia owner/breeder Ned Evans, and produced Texas-bred star Mocha Express. Kid Is Frosty Ch.f. 2016, Frost Giant–Murmure, . Breeder/Owner: Bad Boy Racing. Trainer: Brad Cox. 10-3-4-1. $327,570. Started 2019 as a maiden and finished as dual stakes winner (in the New York Stallion Series) on turf with $337,684 in lifetime earnings. Also placed in stakes and won maiden race on dirt. SV Photography Miss Lily B Ch.f. 2016, Yes It’s True-Magnificent Mia, Jump Start. Breeder/Owner: Ronald Brown. Trainer: Chris Englehart. 5-4-0-0. $66,105. Won four in a row at Finger Lakes, including Niagara Stakes, to start season. Dam won seven races. Pat’s No Fool Gr.f. 2016, Cross Traffic-Dream Affair, . SV Photography Breeder: Banahan Farm and Saratoga Glen Farm. Owner: Rose Petal Stable. Trainer: Gary Capuano. 6-2-1-2. $111,170. Maryland-based filly started year with maiden win at Laurel, and added Maddie May Stakes GTLAW.COM at Aqueduct in May. Placed in Weber City Miss at Laurel and Christiana at Delaware. Half-sister to New York-bred champion and $691,000 earner Flipcup. Greenberg Traurig is proud to support New York Thoroughbred Breeders. Stonesintheroad We salute your dedication to the Ch.f. 2016, Bustin Stones-Dixie Talent, Dixie Union. Breeder/Owner: Team Penney Racing. advancement of Thoroughbred breeding Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart. 8-2-1-1. $126,500. and racing in New York State. Won back-to-back starts to open campaign including Franklin Square Stakes at Aqueduct. New York-bred half-brother (by Read The Footnotes) is Japanese stakes winner A Shin Ranger. Wait A Minute B.f. 2016, Discreetly Mine-Essa Brilha, Roi Normand. Breeder: Gary and Stacy Machiz. Owner: Richie Rich Racing Stable and Jackie Stauffer. Trainer: Jackie Stauffer. 8-4-0-0. $99,900. Won allowance race by 23 ¼ lengths in July, and made that stand up with New York Oaks win in next start. Fourth in Fleet Indian at Saratoga in August, 2200 ATTORNEYS | 41 LOCATIONS WORLDWIDE° and rebounded to win twice more at Finger Lakes.

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22 23 Older Dirt Male Mr. Buff Ch. g. 2014, Friend Or Foe–Speightful Affair, Speightstown. Breeder/Owner: Chester and Mary Broman. Trainer: John Kimmel. 9-5-0-1, $455,750. 2019 stakes: , Saginaw, Evan Shipman, Empire Classic, Alex Robb. BY JOE CLANCY ohn Kimmel was showing a visitor around the barn at Saratoga and stepped into the stall for a meet and greet. If the big chestnut gelding cared that two humans entered his domain, he didn’t J really let on. Sniff, sniff, futz, futz. “OK, whatever, can I go back to eating hay now?” And he went back to eating hay. Kimmel laughed, put an arm on the horse’s with- ers and started talking. “This is him,” said the trainer. “He’s so cool to be around. They gelded him as a yearling because he was so big.” Big translated to good, eventually. Mr. Buff broke his maiden in September of his 2-year-old season, won twice more as a 3-year-old and started 14 times as a 4-year-old – winning starts nine, 12, 13, and 14 – the last a stakes win in the Alex M. Robb. As good as that campaign was, Mr. Buff took things another step forward in 2019 with wins in the Jazil in January, the Saginaw in June, the Evan Shipman in August, the Empire Classic in October and the Robb once again in late December. The cam- he continues to go out and show me everything in the morning that paign of five wins in nine starts (including three could-have-gone- he does. He’s a happy horse. The middle of winter in New York and better tries in graded company) was worth $455,750 for Chester his coat looked like a copper penny.” and Mary Broman and earned the homebred a spot among the best It wasn’t always this way. Mr. Buff was a gawky 2-year-old Kim- New York-breds of the season and the older dirt male crown. mel said with a laugh resembled “two men in a horse suit” early. It all nearly went haywire in the starting gate of the Shipman at The conformation and coordination eventually caught up with the Saratoga as Mr. Buff kicked at a fly on his belly and hung his right size and Mr. Buff won his second career start. Risked for a $75,000 hind leg on the pontoon of the starting gate. The narrow platform tag in February 2017, after four consecutive losses, he won but was provides a spot for the assistant starter to stand in each stall, and disqualified for bumping a foe in the stretch. Call it an opportunity apparently gives a 17.2-hand horse no trouble to find. missed by the slip-droppers, and a disaster dodged by Kimmel. Mr. Kimmel watched it from the box seats, and fretted as the race’s Buff won two of his next three, and never saw another claiming heavy favorite stood on three legs for 90 seconds, broke slowly and race. abandoned his usual front-running tactics. Mr. Buff overcame the “As he started into his campaign as an older horse there was trouble, took over after a half-mile and won by 3 1/2 lengths. always a question at what was his best attribute,” said Kimmel. “We “Relief. I hate being 3-5, I like it in some respects but you’re spent a lot of time in shorter-distance and middle-distance races. expected to win, if something goes awry…then he hangs his foot He was running OK, but not to the level he’s been doing now, and in the gate,” Kimmel said afterward. “That was a race that wasn’t there were a bunch of races where he was losing a shoe. He had pretty, certainly not his best.” kind of a white, shelly foot and we put glue-ons on him and he Mr. Buff delivered anyway, and finished the year with $933,286 started on that campaign of good performance after good perfor- in career earnings. Mr. Buff goes way back with the Bromans and mance after good performance.” Kimmel on the top side of his pedigree as sire Friend Or Foe and Mr. Buff has tried graded company three times, without much grandsire Friends Lake both raced in the green and white and success, but Kimmel thinks that could change and would also like for Kimmel. Dam Speightful Affair was purchased for $80,000 at to see his horse continue to stretch to longer, two-turn races. Fasig-Tipton Kentucky in 2013. In addition to Mr. Buff, she has “Maybe against those top horses his running style of committing produced winners Cain Is Abel, Daddy Knows, Organic Gemini to the front is not the best for him,” said the trainer. “He’s shown he and unraced 2-year-old filly Miss Buff (a full-sister). doesn’t have to be on the lead at every call now and I think if he got Mr. Buff opened 2020 with more success, taking the Jazil in that kind of race against those good horses he’d be pretty tough. He January and Haynesfield in February to pass $1 million in career can lead the whole way, run fast and do all the running against New earnings. York-breds, but not against Grade 1 horses. They stick around and “He’s awesome,” said Kimmel in March. “Like wine, he just keeps come back on him more and they’re hard to handle. If he runs the getting better with age. He’s an iron horse. He’s been in training for kind of race he’s run so far this year in one of those, it’ll be a pretty quite some time, but it’s very hard to take him out of training when powerful performance.” 24 25 OLDER DIRT MALE FINALISTS Giant Expectations Ch.h. 2013, Frost Giant–Sarahisittrue, Is It True. Breeder: Sunrise Stable. Owner: David Bernsen, Exline-Border Racing, Gatto Racing, Garett Zubok. Trainer: Peter Eurton. 6-0-2-2. $161,500. California-based runner placed in the San Pasquale and Pat O’Brien, both Grade 2 and the latter in a photo, and was also second in the Commentator at Belmont in May. Won two Grade 2 stakes in 2017, and finished 2019 with more than $1.3 million in earnings. Coady Photography Honor Up Dk.b./br.c. 2015, To Honor And Serve–Unobstructed View, Yes It’s True. Breeder: Gainesway Thoroughbreds. Owner: Saratoga Seven Racing Partners. Trainer: Michelle Nevin. 5-2-0-1. $175,480. Won the Say Florida Sandy and Haynesfield to open season, and placed in Grade 1 Carter in April. Second to runaway winner Mr. Buff in 2020 debut, the Haynesfield Stakes, at Aqueduct in February. Half-brother to stakes winner Blueridge Traveler. Pat On The Back Ch.h. 2014, Congrats–Accomplished, Awesome Again. Breeder: Sugar Maple Farm. Owner: Lerner, AWC Stable, Nehoc Stable. Trainer: Jeremiah Englehart. 6-3-0-2. $383,550. Opened with spring stakes wins in the Success and Commentator, then finished third at Saratoga before prevailing in Grade 2 Kelso at Belmont in September. Third to division champion Mr. Buff in Empire Classic, and finished 2020 with nine lifetime wins and more than $1.1 million earned. Half-brother to stakes winner Sarah Accomplished, eight-time winner Built In A Day, seven-time winner Celebrating Sarah and six-time winner Verbosity.

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27 Male Sprinter Build To Suit Ch. r. 2014, Dominus–Aspen Mountain, Chief Seattle. Breeder: Farm. Owner: Klaravich Stable and William Lawrence. Trainer: Chad Brown. 4-3-1-0. $187,750. 2019 stakes: Hudson Handicap. BY TOM LAW

he team from Spendthrift Farm felt fairly optimistic heading into the 2015 Fasig-Tip- ton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale, even though the Kentucky operation dis- Tpatched just one member of that year’s crop to the strongest regional market in the . Hip 428, a colt by Dominus out of the Chief Se- attle mare Aspen Mountain, fueled the optimism. The chestnut with a blaze and one white stocking featured a strong recent update and would sell late in the opening session, hopefully after buyers were over any pre-sale jitters and around the time they get anxious hoping to fill orders before leaving the sales grounds for a Saturday night in Saratoga. Representatives of Seth Klarman’s Klaravich Sta- bles stuck around and landed the colt for $140,000, a price that now looks like a bargain but well above the overall sale’s average of $81,739 and median of $65,000. Later named Build To Suit, the now 6-year- old ridgling earned New York’s champion male sprinter honor of 2019 with three wins and a second in four starts. “It seems like forever ago we sold him as a year- ling,” said Ned Toffey, Spendthrift’s general manager. Sold by his breeder and consigned by Taylor Made Sales, Build To Suit went through the ring that night as a half-brother to Bolo, third in the Grade 1 and Grade 2 San Felipe during the run-up to the 2015 Kentucky Derby. Bolo, a son of Temple City “She just had some ticky, tacky lameness issues that shortened who later became a Grade 1 winner in the 2019 Shoemaker Mile at her career and at no point did she get to show what she was capable , also finished 12th in that year’s Kentucky Derby. of. Even though it’s not there in black and white there definitely “We thought that was a really good price,” Toffey said. “Of was a lot of talent there. The pedigree has filled out even more with course that mare is now a Grade 1 producer with Bolo winning his and Dullahan, that’s two pretty serious horses. It’s Grade 1. We had a decent little run of raising and selling some nice nice when they go that way. Sometimes you pay a ton of money for New York-breds up there, using a couple different farms.” all that stuff and they don’t realize it. That’s been the nice thing, her Build To Suit, who finished a close second in the John Morrissey pedigree has filled out beautifully.” at Saratoga and won the Hudson at Belmont Park during his 2019 Build To Suit helped boost the pedigree even more. Unraced season, was born at Keane Stud in Amenia. He’s the seventh foal at 2, he won or placed in all six of his starts at 3 on the NYRA cir- out of Aspen Mountain, now 18 and still a member of B. Wayne cuit for trainer Chad Brown and owners Klaravich Stables and Bill Hughes’ broodmare band at Spendthrift. Lawrence. A $210,000 yearling buy at the 2003 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July He went to the sidelines in the fall of 2017 and spent a signif- sale and a half-sister to the dam of Kentucky Derby winner Mine icant period with Bruce Jackson at Maryland’s Fair Hill Equine That Bird and Grade 1 Pacific Classic winner Dullahan, Aspen Therapy Center in 2018 before his championship season. Mountain didn’t win in two starts under Hughes’ colors for Hall of “We got a lot of help from Bruce Jackson down at Fair Hill,” Fame trainer Richard Mandella. Brown said after the Hudson. “He and his team did a great job with Aspen Mountain retired in late 2005 and was bred to Parker’s this horse. He sent this horse back to us in good shape, and he’s to produce her first foal in 2007. Two of Aspen Moun- running as good as he ever was. He won’t do anything that would tain’s first four foals are minor winners while her next three are get you excited in the morning. He always runs a little bit better stakes winners or stakes-placed – Bolo, Grade 3-placed Let Me Go than I think he’s going to. He’s a real cool horse to be around and First and Build To Suit. he’s earned everything that he gets. He’s all heart.” “We still have her,” Toffey said. “We sort of bred her wrong for a Build To Suit sold at Keeneland November last year as part of while – maybe not so much wrong but didn’t have much luck with the downsizing of the Klaravich-Lawrence partnership, but re- her. Spendthrift bought her right before I came on board, to race, turned to Brown as the sole property of Klaravich. The now 6-year- and she had a tremendous amount of ability. old was training at Payson Park for a 2020 return. 28 Gregg Falk,

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29 MALE SPRINTER FINALISTS Bavaro. Gr.h. 2014, Freud–Chantess, ’s Song. Breeder: Hidden Lake Farm, Gunston Hall Farm and Anthony Grey. Owner: All In The Family Racing. Trainer: Linda Rice. 6-2-0-1. $112,480. After five-win 2018 campaign, opened 2019 with back-to-back wins including Hollie Hughes Stakes. Also placed in Grade 3 Tom Fool. Celtic Chaos. Ch.h. 2013, Dublin–Let Joy Reign, Awesome Again. Breeder: Spendthrift Farm. Owner: Zilla Racing Stable. Trainer: Brad Cox. 8-2-2-0. $146,364. Pulled mild upset in John Mor- rissey at Saratoga, second of back-to-back wins in middle of campaign. Veteran of 38 starts pushed career bankroll to $674,761 by year’s end. Dugout. Gr.g. 2016, Adios Charlie–Rooney Doodle, Lit de Justice. Breeder: Larry Rivelli and Richard Ravin. Owner: Richard Ravin, Patricia’s Hope and Larry Rivelli. Trainer: Larry Rivelli. 6-3-2-0. $204,890. Well-traveled gelding pushed ca- reer earnings to $477,385 with wins at Arlington, Hawthorne and Mahoning Valley, the last in a stakes. My Boy Tate. Dk.b./br. g. 2014, Boys At Tosconova–Back- slash, Sharp Humor. Breeder: Michelle Nevin. Owner: Little Red Feather Racing and Michelle Nevin. Trainer: Michelle Coady Photography Nevin. 1-1-0-0. $82,500. Made one start of 2019 count with score in New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct in November. Tribecca. Ch.g. 2014, Bustin Stones–Heck, Heckle. Breeder: Laurel Least and Joseph Lech. Owner: Ronald Brown. Trainer: Chris Englehart. 11-6-0-2. $195,166. Busy campaign included two claims and wins at Aqueduct, Saratoga and Fin- ger Lakes. Won Leon Reed Memorial at Finger Lakes in Oc- tober. Closed 2019 with 10 lifetime wins, and made it 11 at Aqueduct in February 2020. SV Photography

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Carly McNary 8.357”x11.125” Older Dirt Female • Female Sprinter Pauseforthecause B. f. 2015, Giant’s Causeway-Spritely, Touch Gold. Breeder/Owner: Chester and Mary Broman. Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin. 9-3-2-2. $260,450. 2019 stakes: Iroquois, Garland Of Roses. BY PAUL HALLORAN

cursory look at the past performances could lead one to believe the proverbi- al light went on for Pauseforthecause, who reeled off three consecutive con- Avincing wins after going 0-for-6 to start 2019. And while those three running lines, which include her two best speed figures, stand out, her efforts to that point indicate it was only a matter of time before she smiled for the camera. A model of consistency, Pauseforthecause hit the board in her first four starts of the year before run- ning fourth in a state-bred stakes at Belmont Park and off the board in an open optional claimer on turf at Saratoga Race Course, prompting trainer Kiaran McLaughlin to send her back to the dirt. Three races – and three wins – later, her final re- cord reads like a mark of consistency with seven in- the-money finishes in nine starts and a pair of stakes victories to end the season. McLaughlin paid at least some credit to jockey John Velazquez. “Johnny V. helped by breaking sharp and kick- ing off to the lead,” McLaughlin said of the Hall of Famer, who piloted the Chester and Mary Broman homebred to a 5 1/2-length win Sept. 12 at Belmont. That win started the late-season push that sent Pauseforthecause to the New York-bred older dirt female and female sprinter titles. She followed the September win with a gate-to-wire score over New York-breds in the Iroquois Stakes on Empire Show- case Day Oct. 19 and added the $102,750 Garland Of Roses win Dec. 8. “She kept that style and won three in a row,” McLaughlin said of the front-running tactics. “She’s “The Bromans are fabulous breeders,” said McLaughlin, who definitely a fast filly and she’s at her best going 6 furlongs. She is announced in March that he would leave training to become the very consistent and hard-trying,” agent for jockey . “They have had some great New York- With only two finishes worse than fourth in 25 starts, consistent breds over the years. The New York-bred program is fabulous, with is an understatement. Yet, with the Bromans involved, it should all the incentives for the breeders and owners.” come as no surprise. Pauseforthecause made a gradual climb up the New York-bred “They are the best New York breeders of all time,” McLaughlin stakes ladder, finishing fourth twice as a 2-year-old and third twice said. in 2018. She started her 2019 campaign with a third in the La Ver- The Bromans paid $850,000 at the 2011 Keeneland November dad and second in the Broadway. She picked up two more checks in breeding stock sale for the Touch Gold mare Spritely, who won open optional claimers before the fourth in the Dancin Renee and three stakes for famed Virginia owner/breeder Ned Evans. They off-the-board finish in the turf route. bred her to Giant’s Causeway in 2014 and Pauseforthecause was “We wanted to try her on the turf one more time because she’s foaled the following April. All five of Spritely’s foals to race are win- a Giant’s Causeway,” McLaughlin said. “She had some pretty good ners, including 2020 maiden winner Superego. efforts on turf but she never won.” “It’s very gratifying,” McLaughlin said of the latest Broman New The return to dirt and to sprinting proved to be just what she York-bred star. “It was so exciting to see her win an open stakes.” needed to take the next steps in a standout career, which has con- With $546,093 in career earnings through early April, Pause- tinued in 2020 with a third in the slop in the La Verdad in early forthecause ranks sixth in that category among Broman charges, January at Aqueduct and a third in the Grade 3 Hurricane Bertie in a list topped by 2017 Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint winner mid-March at Gulfstream, both at 7 furlongs. The plan, McLaugh- Bar Of Gold ($1,551,000), and including Grade 1 winners Artemis lin said, is to return to New York. Agrotera and Friends Lake and millionaires Highway Star and Mr. “I hope she can ship back to New York and run in New York- Buff. bred stakes and open races,” McLaughlin said. 32 33 OLDER DIRT FEMALE FINALISTS Frostie Anne Dk.b./br.m. 2013, Frost Giant–Lake Toccet, Toccet. Breeder: Mr. and Mrs. Grant Whitmer. Owner: Rudy Rodriguez and Michael Imperio. Trainer: Rudy Rodriguez. 5-2-0-0. $115,505. After six-win campaign in 2018, won first two starts of 2019 including Biogio’s Rose Stakes at Aqueduct in February. Holiday B.m. 2014, Harlan’s Holiday–Thin Disguise, Yes It’s True. Breeder: Dr. William Wilmot and Dr. Joan Taylor. Owner: Lady Sheila Stable. Trainer: Linda Rice. 6-2-1-1. $167,025. Won Broadway at Aqueduct to launch 2019 campaign also highlighted by Dancin Renee score at Belmont and placings in Union Avenue and Iroquois. Kathryn The Wise B.m. 2013, Uncle Mo–Shea d’Lady, Crafty Prospector. Breeder/Owner: Lawrence Goichman. Trainer: Chad Brown. 3-2-0-0. $167,250. Homebred toyed with foes in La Verdad Stakes romp at Aqueduct in January. Also won Critical Eye at Belmont in May. Goichman purchased granddam Elhasna (a half-sister to Dayjur and Maplejinsky) in 2002. Mrs. Dk.b./br.f. 2015, Orb–Gypsy Angel, Silver Train. Breeder: Rhapsody Farm. Owner: Ruggeri Stable, Richard Coburn, Script R Farm, Mike Miceli. Trainer: Mike Miceli. 8-5-1-0. $214,646. Won Saratoga maiden on the turf in August, and closed year with four consecutive wins on dirt, the last in the Bay Ridge Stakes. Our Super Nova B.f. 2015, Boys At Tosconova–White Wedding Day, Crimson Guard. Breeder: Tracy Egan. Owner: Michael Foster, Charlton Baker and Lauren Lin. Trainer: Charlton Baker. 8-2-2-2. $242,925. Posted 4 1/2-length score in New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct in November and earned a Grade 3 placing in the Go For Wand in December. Third-generation New York-bred. Out Of Orbit Dk.b./br.f. 2015, Malibu Moon–Kibosh, Discreet Cat. Breeder/Owner: Chester and Mary Broman. Trainer: Phil Serpe. 9-2-1-3. $148,795. Ousted stablemate Held Accountable in at Saratoga in August. New York-bred dam won four times for Bromans and trainer John Kimmel. Ratajkowski Ch.m. 2014, Drossselmeyer–Quiet North, Quiet American. Breeder: John Hicks and H and H Farm. Owner: Gary Broad. Trainer: Brian Lynch. 7-4-1-1. $300,740. In debut season at 5, rose from maiden win at Belmont in June to Empire Distaff win at Belmont in October. Fourth in Gr. 2 Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs in November.

34 35 FEMALE SPRINTER FINALISTS Carrera Cat B.f. 2015, Courageous Cat–Top Value, Mineshaft. Breeder: W.S. Farish. Owner: Stone Bridge Farm & Very Un Stable. Trainer: John Morrison. 8-4-1-0. $222,140. Opened 2019 with New Year’s Day allowance win at Aqueduct. Returned in May to win twice more in allowance/optional-claiming company and added Union Avenue Stakes at Saratoga. Half-sister Quality Lane won three stakes at Western Canada’s Northlands Park. Holiday Disguise B.m. 2014, Harlan’s Holiday–Thin Disguise, Yes It’s True. Breeder: Dr. William Wilmot and Dr. Joan Taylor. Owner: Lady Sheila Stable. Trainer: Linda Rice. 6-2-1-1. $167,025. Won the Broadway at Aqueduct to launch 2019 campaign also highlighted by Dancin Renee Stakes score at Belmont and placings in the Union Avenue and Iroquois. Finished season with $662,775 in earnings. Kathryn The Wise B.m. 2013, Uncle Mo–Shea d’Lady, Crafty Prospector. Breeder/Owner: Lawrence Goichman. Trainer: Chad Brown. 3-2-0-0. $167,250. Homebred toyed with foes in La Verdad Stakes romp at Aqueduct in January. Also won Critical Eye at Belmont in May. Goichman purchased granddam Elhasna ATC_NY Thoroughbred Breeders Ad_3-625x4-875_2020_Layout 1 2/13/2020 3:36 PM(a half-sister to Dayjur and Maplejinsky) in 2002. Newly Minted B.f. 2016, Central Banker-Newbie, Bernardini. Breeder: Chester and Mary Broman. Owner: Beach Haven Thoroughbreds. Trainer: Linda Rice. 8-5-1-1. $419,613. Unraced at 2, won first three to start We are proud to support 2019 and landed stakes triumphs in New York Stallion Series, Bouwerie and Fleet Indian to claim 3-year-old filly the New York Thoroughbred crown and a finalist spot in female sprint division. Breeders, Inc. Our Super Nova B.f. 2015, Boys At Tosconova–White Wedding Day, Crimson Guard. Breeder: Tracy Egan. Owner: Michael Foster, Charlton Baker and Lauren Lin. Trainer: Charlton Baker. 8-2-2-2. $242,925. Posted 4 1/2-length score in New York Stallion Series at Aqueduct in November and earned a Grade 3 placing in the Go For Wand in December. Third-generation New York-bred. Startwithsilver Gr.m. 2013, Jump Start–Office Miss, Silver Ghost. Breeder: Burning Sands Stable. Owner: Lady Sheila Stable and Iris Smith Stable. Trainer: Linda Rice. 3-1-0-1. $69,000. Short campaign included victory in open-company Correction Stakes at Aqueduct in March. New York-bred dam won nine races (three stakes) and earned $394,721.

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est assured that the story of a racehorse, al- most any racehorse, meanders like an old Adirondack creek. And Gucci Factor’s goes back to a field in Kentucky in 1993 with the Rpurchase of Satin Promise by Jeff Morris from Roy Coffey. “Roy trades horses for a living all over the phone and he’d called me about her,” said Morris of the then 3-year-old filly bred by Tom Gentry. “She’d run into a tree or something as a foal, had a head tilt and was running with a bunch of Saddlebred 2-year-olds. I went out there in the middle of February with Roy and bought her.” Morris immediately made the daughter of Dixie- land Band a part of the broodmare band at his High- clere Farm, and she had her first foal in 1994 – and produced winners Satinet (by Olympio), Enabru (Roanoke), Promise Of War (Lord At War), Baldwin County (Prized) and Ten Shades (Siphon). Promise Of War sold for $95,000 as a yearling, won 15 races including two stakes and earned $437,030. Baldwin County sold for $77,000 and won eight races (two stakes). Satin Promise’s last foal Shoo In, born in 2005, never raced but is outdoing them all as the dam of 2019 New York-bred champion turf male Gucci Factor. Bred by Highclere, the son of Gio Ponti won Unraced at 2, Gucci Factor lost all three starts as a 3-year-old three stakes in 2019 – the Kingston and Mohawk for New York- but dominated his 4-year-old debut with a 16-length romp going breds and the Grade 3 Poker in open company for owner Castleton a mile on the dirt. He added an allowance turf win that December, Lyons and trainer Christophe Clement while earning $345,625. and won three more times as a 5-year-old in 2018. After placing in Morris, who has worked with Waldorf Farm’s Jerry Bilinski for the Ashley T. Cole at Belmont Park in 2018, Gucci Factor headed to several years and sends a mare or two to New York each season, stakes company in 2019. The bay gelding opened with a win in the recalled an immature young horse in early days around the farm. Kingston at Belmont in May, getting a mile in 1:33.51, then won the “He was fine to be around, but when we started to prep him and Poker by a nose – in a five-way photo – in 1:32.54 in June. Off until it was time to start behaving like a respectable Thoroughbred he September, he went to the gate as the favorite in the Cole, only to was a total jerk,” Morris said with a laugh. “He was infuriating. He bang his head coming out of the starting gate, spot the leaders more just screwed around the whole time, he was just a clown.” than 10 lengths and settle for sixth. He rebounded in the Mohawk, Highclere’s sales-preppers did their job well enough to get a again prevailing by a nose, in October. It was his eighth victory in yearling Gucci Factor to Saratoga for Fasig-Tipton’s New York-bred 16 starts, and pushed his career earnings to $555,325. yearling sale of 2014, where Castleton Lyons spent $150,000 on the As for Shoo In, she died in 2015 after producing a Giant’s Cause- colt. The farm campaigned three-time champion Gio Ponti with way colt now named Causeway Runner (a three-time winner). All Clement, stands the $6.1 million earner in Kentucky and support- five of her foals to race are winners. ed his first crop. “It’s fun to see horses go on and do things,” said Morris. “Gucci “Gabriel Duignan purchased Gucci Factor for Castleton,” said Factor moves it up year after year and the New York program is farm owner Shane Ryan. “We were very committed to support- a big part of that. We’ve sent a mare up there to foal on a regular ing Gio Ponti and the fact that he was a registered New York-bred basis.” made sense as we had slated to send him to Christophe Clement. Gucci Factor had his first published workout of 2020 in March Christophe has done a wonderful job with him, and who better to at Payson Park in Florida, and was eyeing a late spring start to his train a Gio Ponti offspring?” 7-year-old season. Ryan and Clement were patient with their new charge. “He has really come on with age and has won seven of this last “Christophe should get all the credit,” said Morris. “We put the 10 starts,” said Ryan. “Christophe gave him a break in Florida over package there but it worked because of the care he’s gotten, and the winter and has him back in work now preparing for another their patience.” New York turf campaign.”

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Dot Matrix. B.g. 2013, Freud–Aunt Dot Dot, Gulch. Breeder: Truxton Stable. Owner: Ten Strike Racing. Trainer: Brad Cox. 6-2-1-2. $178,436. Six starts came at five racetracks. Won Churchill Downs allowance in May, added Ashley T. Cole Stakes at Belmont Park in September. Also placed in Saratoga’s West Point and Grade 3 Red Smith.

Offering Plan. Dk.b./br.h. 2012, Spring At Last–Rosalie Road, Street Cry. Breeder: C.W. Swann and Cygnet Farm. Owner: Michael Dubb, Nantucket Thoroughbred Partners, Bethlehem Stable, Gary Aisquith. Trainer: Chad Brown. 6-1-0-3. $133,150. Always in the mix in New York-bred turf stakes, lifetime earner of $891,573 won West Point at Saratoga in August and placed in Kingston and Ashley T. Cole.

Red Knight. Ch.g. 2014, Pure Prize–Isabel Away, Skip Away. Breeder/Owner: Trinity Farm. Trainer: Bill Mott. 7-1-3-0. $187,818. Marathon turf specialist placed in Grade 2 Elkhorn to start year and won Point Of Entry at Belmont in October. Also placed in Grade 3 Red Smith.

Rinaldi. B.g. 2016, Posse–Dynamite Cocktail, Dynaformer. Breeder: Barry Ostrager. Owner: Bond Racing Stable. Train- er: H. James Bond. 4-2-0-1. $185,640. Unraced at 2, $5,000 weanling purchase landed New York Stallion Series stakes to break maiden in June, then added another in dominant fash- ion at Saratoga. Fourth in Grade 3 Saranac in late August.

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41 Female Turf Horse Fifty Five B. m. 2014, Get Stormy–Soave, Brahms. Breeder: Empire Equines. Owner: Peter Brant. Trainer: Chad Brown. 6-4-1-0. $372,000. 2019 stakes: Plenty Of Grace, Mt. Vernon, John Hettinger, Ticonderoga. BY TOM LAW

ake way Fourstar Crook, Lubash, King Kreesa, Kharafa and the like of ultra-consistent turf runners produced by the MNew York breeding program, there’s a new member of the club who took it up another level in 2019. Fifty Five, champion New York-bred 3-year-old filly in 2017 and a finalist for turf female honors in 2018, joined the above-mentioned group (plus some more historic runners such as Fourstardave and Irish Linnet) and collected another title in 2019 in a season that saw her add two wins in stakes she’d already won and two others in stakes where she’d been close in the past. The victories came in the Ticonderoga for a third consecutive year and the John Hettinger for a second consecutive season, along with early season scores in the Plenty Of Grace (against open company) and the Mount Vernon. Fifty Five finished second in the Plenty Of Grace and Mount Vernon in 2018. Fifty Five didn’t win a graded stakes in 2019, like she did in 2017 but came close when second in the Grade 3 Dr. James Pen- ny Memorial at Parx Racing and fourth in the Grade 2 Woodford Reserve Ballston Spa at Saratoga Race Course. John Crowe runs the small breeding and Fifty Five started her career for Empire and trainer Tom Bush, racing operation Empire Equines with his wife Sandy, bred the Get winning two of her first four starts with a third in her debut and a Stormy mare and continues to marvel at her exploits year after year third in the Grade 3 Sweetest Chant at Gulfstream Park. She won after year. the Grade 3 Florida Oaks, becoming the first graded stakes winner “It’s been a very pleasant and rewarding experience,” said Crowe, for Get Stormy, also trained by Bush, before being sold. who sold Fifty Five privately to current owner Peter Brant in early “Tom always said that since he started racing her she got better 2017. “We had some mixed feelings about selling her, but we did and better with each start,” said Crowe, also the breeder of 2-year- well with the sale and Peter Brant did well with the purchase, so old male finalist Cleon Jones. “You can’t ask for more than that.” that’s pretty good . . . No matter who owns her, we bred her so we Fifty Five continued to improve – and win – after the sale to are still connected.” Brant and transfer to trainer Chad Brown. Foaled at Berkshire Stud in Pine Plains in late April 2014, Fif- Fifty Five won three of six starts in 2018 and four of six in 2019. ty Five was produced by the late Brahms mare Soave. The Crowes Her victory at 2-5 odds in the $210,700 Ticonderoga on Empire bred Soave and purchased her dam, the New York-bred Cozzene Showcase Day was worth $115,500 and pushed her bankroll to mare Cozzekiki, for $14,000 at the 2005 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic $1,033,288. Fifty Five sports a career record of 11 wins, four sec- December mixed sale. onds and five thirds in 22 starts – the lone off-the-board finishes “At the time we purchased the mare, Cozzekiki, we liked the being a fifth in the Grade 2 Sands Point in 2017 and the Ballston mare and everything but the only thing we didn’t like was that she Spa last summer when beaten just a half-length to stablemate Sig- was in foal to Brahms,” Crowe said. “He was one of those stallions nificant Form. who started off in Kentucky, went on the downswing and then end- “She’s been super consistent for us,” Brown said. “What a plea- ed up somewhere else. sure to have in the barn. I can’t think of a horse who deserves to be “So it was kind of a negative, which is why we got the mare for a millionaire more than her because she earned it the hard way, a what we got her for. That foal turned out to be Soave, who pro- lot of starts and a very consistent record.” duced Fifty Five. So you never know. So many times things twist Fifty Five was in training this winter in Florida while awaiting around a bit in this business.” the return of turf racing in New York. 42 “Gallagher's Stud has been using Rhinebeck Equine since its inception. It is so great to have a top notch, full service equine clinic here in the Hudson Valley. I believe their sta , from the specialists and ambulatory vets to their techs and clinic sta , provide care equal to or better than that available anywhere.” Giving You the Best Mallory Mort Manager - Gallagher's Stud Chance of a Successful Breeding Season (845) 876-7085 (845) 876-8611 The Rhinebeck Equine veterinary team has www.rhinebeckequine.com the experience and expertise to care for your [email protected] stallion, mare or foal throughout the breeding cycle. Our reproduction, surgical and medical

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43 FEMALE TURF HORSE FINALISTS Belle Of The Spa Ch.m. 2014, Pure Prize–Awakened Beauty, Devil His Due. Breeder/Owner: Anthony McCarthy. Trainer: Bruce Brown. 4-2-0-0. $123,630. Won optional claimer in June to start season and two starts later upset Yaddo Stakes (at 31-1) at Saratoga. Dam sold for $15,000 at Saratoga and won twice for McCarthy and Brown before becoming a broodmare. Fire Key Dk.b./br. m. 2013, Friesan Fire–U R Key, Albert The Great. Breeder/Owner: Backwards Stable. Trainers: Joseph Catanese, Jim Ryerson. 10-2-3-1. $259,000. Stayed in open company all year and won the License Fee in April and Floral Park in October, both at Belmont Park, after competitive efforts in Florida to start campaign. Also placed in Grade 3 Intercontinental at Belmont. Up to nine wins and $743,785 in career. Kid Is Frosty Ch.f. 2016, Frost Giant–Murmure, Lemon Drop Kid. Breeder/Owner: Bad Boy Racing. Trainer: Brad Cox. 10-3-4-1. $327,570. Started 2019 as a maiden and finished as dual stakes winner (in the New York Stallion Series) on turf with $337,684 in lifetime earnings. Also placed in stakes and won maiden race on dirt. Saratoga Treasure B.f. 2015, Treasure Beach–Sky Gazer, Sky Mesa. Breeder/Owner: Patricia Generazio. Trainer: David Donk. 8-3-1-2. $196,808. Blossomed in the fall with optional claiming wins in September and November and an open-company stakes triumph in the Autumn Days at Aqueduct in December.

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@oldtavfarm @oldtavernfarmwinery www.oldtavernfarms.com www.oldtavernfarmwinery.com 45 Rice’s leading lady in 2019 was Newly TRAINER OF THE YEAR Minted, a New York-bred who won 5 of 8 starts, including three state-bred stakes, Linda Rice and earned $419,613. Her workhorse was American Power, with four wins and four Trainer Linda Rice checked all the boxes in 2019: 4 seconds in 14 starts. Rice had 11 stakes Leading trainer (by earnings) in all New York-bred races – wins in 84 starts, including eight New $4,234,018. York-bred stakes. 4 Leading trainer (wins) at the Aqueduct winter meeting – 45. In New York-bred races, Rice had 363 4 Graded stakes winner – Nicodemus. 4 New York-bred stakes winners – Newly Minted, Holiday Dis- starts with 76 wins, 66 seconds and 52 guise, Blindwillie McTell, Bavaro, Startwithsilver. thirds, a 53 percent in-the-money rate. She ranked third in wins and number of starts. You get the picture. Rice won 145 races in 660 starts overall in 2019 – the sixth time Rice continued a run that has made her a model of consistency she has won at least 100 races – with $7,258,064 in earnings, her and earned a seventh New York-bred trainer title. best year ever. “She’s a very good trainer . . . she does a tremendous job,” said Rice previously was named champion New York-bred trainer Jose Lezcano, Rice’s go-to jockey, after bringing home her 2,000th in 2009, 2010, 2013-15 and 2017. The Aqueduct training title was win in the Rego Stakes at Aqueduct Jan. 12 of this year. “She has her sixth overall, coming almost 10 years after she became the only won several meets on the toughest circuit.” woman to win the title at Saratoga Race Course. stitution jumped on the bridle, needing the JOCKEY OF THE YEAR 25-year-old Puerto Rico native to tap the brakes. But, that’s all he did, just tap. Well, Manny Franco maybe, tap, tap, but it was subtle. The broad bay colt agreed, listened, simmered. Still fifth Manny Franco rode 13 New York-bred finalists in 2019. There and between horses in the middle of the was a win aboard A Freud Of Mama at Belmont in September, a turn, Franco still sat, before easing him out- couple of on-the-board notches, including a second in the Grade 3 side faltering pacesetters and skipped clear. Matron, with Time Limit and a nose defeat on Dream Bigger. There A pump, a look, a wave, turn down the whip was a 10 3/4-length romp on Kathryn The Wise in the La Verdad. and a pat at the wire. An open stakes on Pauseforthecause. Three wins, including the Hudson, on Build To Suit. A perfect 1-for-1 aboard My Boy Tate. Worth a cool $275,000, that one sealed it. Tiz the Law led the Two wins aboard Tribecca. A stakes win on Honor Up. way for Franco, notching a Grade 1 for the horse and contributing Those horses, those results, help you become New York-bred to a $6,346,925 haul for Franco to lead all jockeys. Franco captured jockey of the year. But a jockey needs a big horse, a clincher, one to his first title, ousting Irad Ortiz Jr. from a three-year reign as the slam the door shut and buoy his season. state’s most accomplished jockey. You actually have to go back to Yeah, Tiz the Law. 2002 when a jockey not named Ortiz won the title. And that was When Junior Alvarado opted for favorite Green Light Go in the retired Hall of Famer Ramon Dominguez. Champagne Stakes, Franco stepped in for the Grade 1 at Belmont Winner of 221 races and $16 million in 2019, Franco has grad- Park Oct. 5. Tiz the Law bobbled slightly at the start, Franco eased ually climbed the ladder in the high-stakes, high-caliber New York him back from the outside, sliding into fifth before the son of Con- jockey colony. This could be the first of many.

pion Pauseforthecause’s BREEDER OF THE YEAR dam Spriteley was also purchased by the Bro- Chester and Mary Broman mans (for $850,000) and she’s produced five win- News reports keep mentioning the downsizing of Chester and ners from as many foals Mary Broman’s Thoroughbred operation, but there’s clearly a ways to race. to go. The Bromans, who are indeed selling some horses while Newly Minted, bred decreasing their breeding program, won their fourth consecutive by the Bromans but New York Breeder of the Year crown thanks to success in the Em- raced by Beach Haven pire State and beyond. Thoroughbreds after Bromans-breds won 81 races in 2019 and earned $3,775,911 selling as a 2-year-old, won the 3-year-old filly crown with five wins from 426 starts. Second place went to McMahon of Saratoga Thor- and $419,613. oughbreds, with 63 wins and purse earnings of $1,880,837. That’s a In addition to those three, the Bromans bred New York-bred gap of nearly $2 million, which means the Bromans ruled the top of finalists Out Of Orbit, Rush On By and Captain Bombastic. the state-bred standings by breeding three champions. The 2019 success forced a look back at two decades of success in Champion older dirt male Mr. Buff, who also races for the cou- the industry for the Bromans, who own Chestertown Farm in War- ple, led the way with $455,750 and is a great example of the Bro- ren County. Early this year, Mr. Buff became the third millionaire man way. Mr. Buff’s sire Friend Or Foe and grandsire Friends Lake to race for the couple – joining Breeders’ Cup Winner Bar Of Gold raced for the Bromans and trainer John Kimmel. and Grade 2 winner Highway Star. Other stars over the years in- Mr. Buff’s dam Speightful Affair was purchased for $80,000 as a clude Grade 1 winners Artemis Agrotera and the aforementioned broodmare prospect. Older dirt female and female sprinter cham- Friends Lake. Tod Marks Photos (3) 46 Broodmare of the Year Tizfiz B.m. 2004-2019, Tiznow–Gin Running, Go For Gin. Breeder: Diamond A Racing Corp. Owner: Twin Creeks Farm. Dam of Horse of the Year and champion 2-year-old male Tiz the Law. BY SEAN CLANCY

ow good is this? A 2-year-old colt you bred breaks his maiden impressively at Saratoga. You own the dam, who is carrying a Hfull-sibling to the runaway juvenile winner from a trainer who doesn’t produce runaway juvenile winners at Saratoga. That’s where Randy Gullatt of Twin Creeks Farm stood last summer when Tiz the Law romped at Saratoga for Sackatoga Stable and trainer Barclay Tagg. Gullatt had purchased Tizfiz for $210,000 at Keeneland November in 2014. Bred to Constitution, another Twin Creeks purchase, in his first season at stud, she produced Tiz the Law – a broad-shouldered, white-faced colt in 2017. Two years later, he’s the most impressive juve- nile winner at Saratoga and Tizfiz is on the cusp of broodmare royalty. Then she dies of colic. Gullatt laughs at the irony. It’s all he can do. “Good timing, or what?” Gullatt said in March. “We’re very well-versed in tragedy, suc- cess, failure. It’s a combination that’s not for ev- erybody.” With Tiz the Law leading the way, Tizfiz earned the title of New York Broodmare of the New York-bred Horse of the Year Tiz the Law returns Year in 2019. Sadly, posthumously. after winning the Grade 1 Champagne at Belmont “It is wicked. It is wicked. She was a lovely, Park. His dam Tizfiz (right) died of colic in 2019. sweet mare,” Gullatt said. “Be happy when things go well and what you do have.” During the coronavirus pandemic, these words hung in the air. To make Tiz the Law a New “Crazy times, man,” Gullatt said. “We’re all going to have to be York-bred was basically be- creative to get through this.” cause of having Mission Im- At least we have horses. pazible and Destin up there, “We have two young offspring from that mare and we’re glad to rotating , trying to have those,” Gullatt said. get new blood and as much After Tiz the Law and before colic, Tizfiz produced a filly and quality as we can in the pro- a colt by Twin Creek’s New York-based stallion, Mission Impazi- gram. When it does work ble. The filly will carry the Twin Creeks silks and aim at becoming out, it makes it feel like all this hard work is worth it.” a member of the broodmare band while the colt will be offered at Tiz the Law spent his first 90 days at Sequel in New York, before Fasig-Tipton’s New York-bred yearling sale at Saratoga this summer. going to Twin Creeks in Kentucky. Gullatt was impressed from the His page already looks a lot different than Tiz the Law’s did first day. when fetching $110,000 from Sackatoga Stable’s Jack Knowlton in “He’s easygoing, never did anything wrong, easy to work with, 2018. The Grade 1 Champagne plus 2020 wins in the Holy Bull teach him something and he wanted to learn, a joy to be around, and Florida Derby updated the page like a bazooka through a bed just uncomplicated,” Gullatt said. “He got all that sweetness from sheet. And there could be more as Tiz the Law sets forth toward Tizfiz. Constitution is tough, no nonsense.” the Kentucky Derby, if and when that happens, for Sackatoga and The mare is gone, the stallion (who won the 2014 Florida Derby trainer Barclay Tagg. for Twin Creeks and WinStar Farm but missed a start in the Ken- “It’s beyond fantastic. To see one of Constitution’s first crop be- tucky Derby) is on the rise, the son is on the doorstep of greatness come a Grade 1 winner and to be in the New York program, that and two siblings bide their time before heading to the racetrack or is very, very rewarding,” Gullatt said. “We do a lot of racing and the sales ring. It’s all set. Or not. our goal is try to create stallions. We’re able to raise and support “You just never know what tomorrow is going to bring,” Gullatt our own but then to be involved in the New York program as well. said. “We’re really excited but you just hold your breath.” 47 By breeding and racing these quality NY-breds, the nominees have set an example for horsemen and horsewomen across the state to help the Fund achieve its mission:

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