ON the COVER... This Year’S Stallion Register Cover Salutes White Birch Farm in Allentown, NJ and Its Founder, Joseph S
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Dear SBOANJ Members: We are happy to once again publish the New Jersey Stallion Register and provide you with a comprehensive guide to the standardbred industry in this state. Within the pages of this book we celebrate the accomplish- ments of our racing and breeding stars and the people who make it possible for New Jersey to continue to produce some of the best harness racing in the world. While the spotlight in this book is on the stallions who will stand in New Jersey in 2009, we also salute the progeny of the program who were the stars of the 2008 racing season. Two New Jersey-sired sons of Muscles Yankee -- two-year-old Muscle Hill and three-year-old Deweychea- tumnhowe -- were named 2008 divisional champions, receiving Dan Patch Awards from the United States Harness Writers Association. In 2008, on the recommendation of the SBOANJ, the New Jersey Department of Agriculture honored Ham- bletonian winner Deweycheatumnhowe as Horse of the Year and Fair Winds Farm as Breeder of the Year. Established in 1961 with a handful of people, the SBOANJ is comprised of horse breeders, drivers, trainers, owners, and backstretch personnel, active and interested in the standardbred horse industry in the State of New Jersey. The SBOANJ’s mission is to support, promote and preserve a favorable business climate, while striving to secure closer business and personal relationships among all industry participants throughout the State. The SBOANJ is governed by a Board of Directors elected by the general membership. The Board authorizes stallion and mare registrations, negotiates with track managements, actively oversees and administers a benefits program, and advances legislation favorable to the New Jersey standardbred industry. Among the many benefits the SBOANJ provides its membership is health insurance for eligible individuals and their families, and it administers and funds a driver-trainer retirement program. Additionally, all members are eligible for third-party liability insurance coverage and insurance coverage for damaged or destroyed sulk- ies. We thank all of you who have supported New Jersey racing and breeding in our battle to secure funding for our purses and financial stability for our future. We have every confidence that New Jersey will preserve its position as the premier harness racing state in the country. Sincerely, Your Board of Directors ON THE COVER... This year’s Stallion Register cover salutes White Birch Farm in Allentown, NJ and its founder, Joseph S. Parisi, who passed away on November 8, 2008 at the age of 78. White Birch, honored as the 2004 Breeder of the Year by the SBOANJ, produced many champions, including the two pacing stars featured on the cover: 1996 Three-Year-Old Pacer of the Year Hot Lead and multi-stakes winner Worldly Beauty. The mare, Town Pro, and her 2008 Rocknroll Hanover foal represent the next generation of New Jersey-sired White Birch stars. Town Pro, a $1.2 million earner on the track, is the dam of many top performers, including Darlin’s Delight, who has banked $2.5 million. Joe Parisi Tribute by Jacqueline Ingrassia: When Joe Parisi passed away recently, to me, it was the end of an era. Most people would agree that Joe was tough, very tough, and certainly did things his way. What a lot of people didn't know that under that gruff exterior was a generous man who had a passion for horses, standardbreds in particular. Joe and his beautiful wife Marie founded Jo-Mar Farms in Allentown, NJ where count- less good horses were raised right here in New Jersey, at a time when it was not particu- larly popular to do so. Jo-Mar later became known as White Birch Farm, a superior train- ing facility and also a top notch breeding farm. How many people know that Darlin’s De- light and My Little Dragon were raised in the same field together? Hot Lead, another champ resides on the farm, living out his days in the lap of luxury. I think it's safe to say that Joe had a tremendous impact on racing in New Jersey, not only from the breeding and racing aspect but also for the beautiful farmlands the family strives so hard to protect. May the legacy live on. Rest in Peace Joe. Cover race photos courtesy of Lisa Photo Inc./Meadowlands Racetrack; mare & foal photo by Vicki Wright 1 Karen A. Confoy 2 SBOANJ Officers From the Board of Directors............................................1 Thomas F. Luchento NJ Standardbred of the Year..........................................5 President NJ Breeder of the Year.....................................................6 Ed Razzetti Deo Volente Debuts With Tell All.....................................7 First Vice President SBOANJ Sponsored Races ..............................................8 Martin O’Hare Perretti Breeds Two Sales Toppers...................................9 Second Vice President Golf Outing......................................................................10 Kelvin Harrison Purse Increases for 2009 NJSS........................................11 Third Vice President Anthony Romano SBOANJ Horse Show.......................................................13 Secretary Mare Residency Awards / Mares Bred List ..................15 Alfred B. Ochsner Treasurer 2009 New Jersey Registered Stallions Leo C. McNamara Executive Administrator Trotters Directors Celebrity Secret.................................................... 16 Chocolater............................................................ 18 Robert Baggitt Sr. Gary J. Bergmann Muscles Yankee......................................................20 Robert Boni Nikki Cole Cole.......................................................22 Stephen P. Dey III Revenue S...............................................................24 Mark S. Ford Jacqueline Ingrassia Pacers Dennis Lane Cam’s Card Shark.................................................26 Mark Mullen Classical Mike.........................................................28 Paul A. Wojtowicz Matt’s Scooter........................................................30 Horsemen’s Representatives Rocknroll Hanover..................................................32 Paul Consol • Linda Goss Tell All.......................................................................34 Attorneys Western Ideal..........................................................36 Sterns & Weinroth Meadowlands Schedule................................................39 Publicity Director NJSS Conditions ........................................................40-43 Carol Hodes SBOANJ Conditions...................................................44-47 Office Staff Payment Schedules .................................................48-49 Betty DiNicola Payment Forms .........................................................50-53 Maritsa Quijada-Dill 2008 Race Results..................................................... 55-60 Madeline Perrette Stallion Farm Directory...................................................61 Horseman Directory...................................................62-63 Pedigree information contained herein has been compiled by the USTA. All other information is subject to constant change and occa- sionally errors or omissions occur. Therefore, cannot be guaranteed as to complete and total accuracy. The above mentioned hereby disclaim for the consequences, if any, of such errors or omissions but would appreciate being called to the attention of the SBOANJ. The SBOANJ Stallion Register wishes to thank the following for the use of their photos:Vicki Wright, Lisa Photo Inc., World Wide Rac- ing, Carol Hodes, Leo McNamara, White Birch Farm, Hanover Shoe Farm, Chris Machiz, and The Harness Edge. Printed by John DiSomma, Newport Graphics, Inc. Design and Editor Carol Hodes 3 4 NJ Horse of the Year:Deweycheatumnhowe Deweycheatumnhowe, the trotting powerhouse who won the Hamble- tonian and all but three of his 25 career starts, has been named New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2008. Dewey, as he is known, was honored at the 52nd New Jersey Equine Breeders Awards Dinner, sponsored by the New Jersey Equine Advi- sory Board, on January 25, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel in Freehold, NJ. The three-year-old trotting colt, sired in New Jersey by Muscles Yankee, completed his career with earnings of $3,155,178 of which $2,218,987 was earned in 2008. The unbeaten divisional champion at two, Deweycheatumnhowe’s three- year-old campaign was equally dazzling. Dewey thrived in the care of trainer-driver Ray Schnittker and enjoyed a conditioning schedule that included swimming in a pond and exercise under saddle. Even when he was defeated, he raced impressively and finished in-the-money, han- dling bad luck and, in the case of his last start, a week-long illness. The only time he appeared upended was when he literally was. On the ride from Schnittker’s farm in Middletown, NY to the stallion barn at Walnut Hall in Lexington, KY on December 17, 2008, the trailer carrying him skidded on black ice, slid off the road and flipped over on an embankment. Dewey and Schnittker avoided injury, however, Schnittker’s wife, Dr. Janet Durso, suffered a shoulder separation. The colt arrived a day late but apparently none the worse for it. Dewey’s instinct for survival began shortly after he was foaled on April 12, 2005 at Steven Jones’ Cameo Hills Farm in Montgomery, NY. His mother, the Speedy Somolli mare Trolley Square, died six weeks later, a setback which the orphaned bay colt overcame. At two, he won the Harriman Cup, two legs and the final of the New Jersey Sire Stakes at the Meadowlands, a pair of stakes