New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. November 2011 New York Breeder Giant victory Put Our Experience & Excellent Care to Work for You! The #1 NY stud farm, #10 in the U.S., by percentage of graded stakes winners from 100 or more starters. –Standing– Barbara Livingston Horsephotos COSMONAUT MAYBRY’S BOY Lemon Drop Kid - Cosmic Fire Broad Brush - Aly’s Conquest Multiple Graded Stakes Winning Millionaire Sire of 2YO Saratoga winner First foal are out of this world! SPORTSWRITER from first crop KEY CONTENDER STONESIDER WESTERN EXPRESSION Fit to Fight - Key Witness Giant’s Causeway - Added Gold Gone West - Tricky Game NY’s leading active sire by percentage A leading sales sire with both crops A perennial leading NY sire with 16 stakes of 2010 stakes winners from starters Look for first 2YOs, they’re getting rave reviews horses and winners of over $10,000,000 Foaling | Breeding | Boarding | Sales Prep | Lay-ups NATIONALLY RANKED HIGHCLIFF Farm JERANIMO Takes Grade II Oak Tree Mile in 1:32.61 A TOP TEN NY Sire, CONGAREE is the sire of 2011 stakes winners: JERANIMO ($660,400), 1st Oak Tree Mile-G2, Strub S.-G2, San Gabriel S.-G2, 2nd Eddie Read S.-G1, 3rd Frank E. Kilroe Mile S.-G1, Arcadia S.-G2, San Felipe S.-G2. KILLER GRACES ($133,630 at 2, 2011) 1st Landaluce S., Cinderella S., 2nd Soviet Benoit & Assoc. Problem S. Multiple Graded Stakes Winner JERANIMO CATALINA WAY ($105,432 in 2011) 1st Peach of It H. Lifetime leading earner MYTHICAL POWER ($816,329), a multiple stakes winner in 2010, was third in the 2011 San Carlos H.-G2 CONGAREE’s 53% winners from starters in 2011 is the highest of all the top ten NY sires. CONGAREE Arazi-Mari’s Sheba, by Mari’s Book Inquiries to Suzie O’Cain or C. Lynwood O’Cain DVM, Farm Manager & Resident Veterinarian Tel (518) 875-6168 • Fax (518) 875-6298 • 944 Eatons Corners Rd. • Delanson, New York 12053 Email: [email protected] • www.highcliff.com 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: November 2011 Jerry Bilinski, D.V.M. Chester Broman Lois Engel CONTENTS John Thomas McMahon Joanne Nielsen Suzie O’Cain Executive Director’s letter .............................6 Shirl Penney Dr. Chris Purdy News .............................................................8 Directors Emeritus: Sire Bluegrass Cat to join Vinery New York in a joint venture with John Nerud WinStar Farm; NYRA announced that purses for Aqueduct’s winter- Paul A. Schosberg spring meeting will increase 36%; longtime New York stallion Staff: D’Accord euthanized; NYRA Chief Financial Officer Ellen McClain Executive Director: Jeffrey A. Cannizzo has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating Executive Assistant: Kara Bluvas Communications Manager: Sarah Mace officer Making the Grade ........................................12 57 Phila St., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 Telephone: (518) 587-0777 • Fax: (518) 587-1551 New York-breds had one of the most productive weekends in E-mail: [email protected] memory as they won two Grade 1 races and added a Grade 3 Website: www.nytbreeders.org victory for good measure in a single weekend and picked up a Grade 2 win during the preceding weekend Pedigree Profile:...........................................17 THOROUGHBRED TIMES CO. INC. Victories by Street Game and Pure Gossip ensure that Flying Zee Chairman: Norman Ridker Stable’s Carl Lizza, who died on July 8, will continue to leave his President and Editor: Mark Simon mark on New York racing for years to come Deputy Editor: Steve Bailey Contributing Editor: Don Clippinger New York-bred stakes winners.....................19 Copy Editor: Deanna Bowden A look at the New York-bred runners who won stakes in September Art and Production: Jeanette Vance (Art Director), and October Laura Lacy (Production Manager), Betty Gee, LaDonna Murphy Sires of winners ...........................................22 Advertising Sales: Hal Moss New York-bred and -sired runners who won allowance races, Advertising Staff: Renee McClendon stakes races, and overnight handicaps; plus sires of all juvenile Editorial, Advertising, Production, and Business winners Offices: 2008 Mercer Road, Lexington, KY 40511 Leading breeders .........................................23 Telephone: (859) 260-9800 • Fax: (859) 260-9812 Leading New York breeders by total earnings in 2011 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.thoroughbredtimes.com Calendar of events .......................................26 Upcoming stakes and events in New York Statistics provided herein are compiled by Thoroughbred Times Co. 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Information pertaining to pedigree and production records contained herein is copyright the Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. 4 NEW YORK BREEDER November 2011 New York’s Leading Active Freshman Sire SILENT NAME Is Making Noise! SIX first crop winners, TWO stakes-placed Silent Sue, ($42,500) MSW winner & 3rd San Juan Gonzalez Memorial Silent Sam, ($30,309) winner, 2nd Two Year Old Sales S., 3rd Alberta Premier’s Futurity SILENT SAGA ($45,360) MSW winner, once third SLIENTIO ($27,000) MSW winner, 1 mile turf at Santa Anita PAOLI ($9,720) winner SILENT DRIVER ($8,085) winner, once second Bella Seranade ($18,056) 2nd twice in MSW Keep Silent ($5,120) once third Second crop yearlings by SUNDAY SILENCE’s MGSW son have brought $76,162, $50,775, $45,697, etc. SILENT NAME Sunday Silence – Danzigaway, by Danehill Adena Springs Stallion Standing at McMahon Thoroughbreds Inquiries to Joe or John McMahon 180 Fitch Road / Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 (518) 587-3426 | [email protected] | www.mcmahonthoroughbreds.com Celebrate richer days ahead by Jeffrey A. Cannizzo, Executive Director New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. Just about the time you read this, the Genting purse structure for the Aqueduct meeting. Resorts World New York Casino will be opening If you have followed the fortunes of New York- its doors for business at Aqueduct. It only seems bred yearlings in the 2011 sales, you have seen fitting to take this opportunity to reflect on the double-digit increases in the average price, me- monumental significance of this development— dian price, and clearance rate over last year. It and to celebrate. would be astonishing if the same across-the- The opening of the Aqueduct casino ushers board improvements did not carry over into the in what is nothing less than a completely new weanling, short yearling, and two-year-old mar- era for the New York Thoroughbred industry. At kets in 2012. last—after ten years of waiting—New York’s Additionally, there was the recent announce- breeders, owners, and horsemen will reap the ment by NYRA that total purses for the 2012 benefits of a steady, reliable stream of signifi- winter/spring meeting at Aqueduct will increase cant revenue from video lottery terminals. by approximately $8.6-million, or 36%. First and foremost, you may have already heard Here are the nuts and bolts of the projected the exciting announcement from the Breeding purse hikes for state-bred races: and Development Fund about the 50% increase JEFFREY A. CANNIZZO in breeders’ awards and hike in award caps. 2012 Condition (NYRA projection) 2011 New York-sired New Current Maiden special weight, sprint $50,000 $38,000 First place 30% 20% Maiden special weight, route 55,000 39,000 Second place 15% 10% Allowance N1X, sprint 52,000 40,000 Third place 15% 10% Allowance N1X, route 57,000 41,000 Cap per award $40,000 $10,000 Allowance N2X, sprint 54,000 42,000 Allowance N2X, route 59,000 43,000 Non-New York-sired New Current First place 15% 10% Aside from the obvious direct benefits to winning owners, in- Second place 7.5% 5% creased purses will mean larger awards for breeders, owners, Third place 7.5% 5% and stallion owners, and larger fields, which in turn will increase Cap per award $20,000 $10,000 the daily handle on which Fund revenue is based. I fully expect that the first quarter of 2012 will continue to Even before this big news from the Fund, you have already seen bring nothing but good industry news for the foal crop of 2012 two other important benefits of the effect of the Aqueduct casino that you will be bringing into the world, and for the foal crop at work, namely a dramatic increase in the value of the horses of 2013 that you are planning right now. I hope you find a mo- you have bred and a hike in the New York Racing Association ment to join me in celebration. 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