New York Breeder NEW YORK THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS INC. NOVEMBER 2016 STARS OF THE SHOW Royal Posse (top) and Bar of Gold deliver classic performances on Empire New York Showcase Day Sponsored by Two-Year-Old Winner #12 KAREN KAN, the $200,000 juvenile auction purchase won the maiden special weight wire to wire at Belmont, congratulations to her connections! The Leading Northeast Sire of Two-Year-Olds by Earnings $526,454 and boasts an 3.63 2YO ABC Index 13 Blacktype Horses, led by WEST HILLS GIANT ($561,213), COMANDANTE ($470,655), LOKI’S VENGEANCE ($417,201), FROSTY MARGARITA ($409,884), and 2016 two-year-olds MISS FREEZE, Bobby On Fleek and Sonido. FROST GIANT Giant’s Causeway - Takesmybreathaway, by Gone West s p e n d b r e e d SMART to WIN Fourth Leading Fifth Crop Sire, Cumulative Earnings $16,687,057, ahead of INTO MISCHIEF, FIRST DEFENSE, etc. 2016 -Top Four Northeast Sire More blacktype stakes winners than GIANT SURRPRISE, BUSTIN STONES, etc. Multiple Grade 1 Winner DORTMUND runs in Breeders’ Cup Las Vegas Dirt Mile-G1, best of racing luck to all the connections! DORTMUND BIG BROWN Boundary - Mien, by Nureyev First Yearlings Averaged Nearly 4X the Stud Fee Higher than frst crop sires CURRENCY SWAP, WINSLOW HOMER, O’PRADO AGAIN, SWAGGER JACK, SNAPY HALO, TURBO COMPRESSOR, etc. Versatile - Won frst 2 starts at 3 on dirt followed by a third in G3 ‘Derby Prep’ on Poly and 2nd by neck in his frst start on turf, the Lamplighter S. HEAVY BREATHING Giant’s Causeway - Takesmybreathaway, by Gone West Inquiries to Eric Bishop, E-mail: [email protected] www.Sunrisestallions.com | (516) 606-9768 | fax: (646) 517-8407 ContentsNOVEMBER 2016 22 26 30 36 22 ALPHA SALE 30 A BREED APART 34 LONG ON TALENT Mares in foal to multiple grade Debra Breed’s Breakin Brother O’Connell, Old Harbor I winner Alpha take the top the Fever breaks through in secure stakes scores in the slop two slots at the Fasig-Tipton the Hudson 36 LOVE OF THE GAME New York Fall Sale 32 BACK TO BACK Tony and Robin Malatino 26 CLASSIC ROYALTY Pat On the Back, Bonita became addicted to Royal Posse steps out in the Bianca take to the slop in Thoroughbreds Empire Classic; Bar of Gold the Showcase romps in the Empire Distaff DEPARTMENTS 6 Executive Director’s Column 8 News 14 2016 Stakes Schedule ON THE COVER 16 Leading Sires of New York-Breds 18 Leading Breeders of New York-Breds Both Royal Posse (top) and Bar of Gold score open-length victories 18 Leading Owners of New York-Breds Oct. 22 during Belmont Park’s 19 Leading Trainers of New York-Breds Empire New York Showcase Day 19 Leading Jockeys of New York-Breds 42 New York-Bred Stakes Winners 48 Sires of Winners 50 Calendar Photos by Adam Coglianese/NYRA New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. 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Information pertaining to pedigree and production records contained herein is copyright the Jockey Club Information Systems Inc. (BREAKIN THE FEVER); SKIP DICKSTEIN (TONY MALATINO) SUSAN CASTRO (F-T SALE); ADAM COGLIANESE/NYRA (BAR OF GOLD); JOE LABOZZETTA 4 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | November 2016 Won or Placed in Nine Graded Events: Travers S-G1 • Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile-G1 Stephen Foster H-G1 • Gulfstream Park H-G2 Tampa Bay Derby-G2 • Alysheba S-G2 PA Derby-G2 • Mineshaft H-G3 • Razorback H-G3 Defeated 21 Grade 1 Horses Five Triple Digit Beyers (105) Hickory Tough Stakes Winner at 3, 4 and 5 Versatility at 13 tracks Coast-to-Coast “Golden Ticket is the best of the many Graded stakes horses I have trained." - Kenny McPeek “Golden Ticket is by one of the hottest sires in the world and hails from one of the best families. He should do well in New York." - Elliott Walden Hails from the broodmare sire lines of DEPUTY MINISTER, DEVIL’S BAG & MR. PROSPECTOR — FIRST FOALS ARRIVE IN 2017 — Speightstown - Business Plan, by Deputy Minister Located just minutes from Saratoga Race Course Fee: $7,500 LF/SN 58 DUNN ROAD, STILLWATER, NY 12170 QUESTROYALNORTH.COM Inquiries to: Midge Hawver (518) 828-0777 Email: [email protected] Mike Brown, Farm Manager (518) 774-2730 • Kelly McCombs, Office Manager (518) 541-3280 • Email: [email protected] PHOTO BY SKIP DICKSTEIN © ‘Breakin’ the Stereotype JEFFREY A. CANNIZZO Executive Director I AM INSPIRED THIS MONTH to write about a tru- “Breakin the Fever, the Finger Lakes Flash did it!” ly wonderful horse, who is, at the same time, “the quint- A few details on his pedigree: Breakin the Fever is essential New York-bred.” by Roaring Fever (a son of Storm Cat) who entered stud in New York at Metropolitan Stud in 2005 before These days when we follow New York-breds on the relocating. The gelding is currently the stallion’s sec- major circuits, we are, for the most part, aware that we ond highest career worldwide earner with a bankroll of are not watching our grandfather’s or father’s New York- $445,721. Breakin the Fever’s dam is winner Breakers bred in action. By the same token, there is a perception West, a New York-bred, New York-sired homebred for that the dramatic improvement in our breeding pro- Francis Casey out of a winning New York-bred mare gram over the past few years has not permeated to hors- Ruthie’s Relic, also bred by Casey. The sire of Breakers es unless they are racing in nationally televised graded West, Rodeo, retired to stud at Gus Schoenborn Jr.’s stakes on Saturday afternoons. I write today about a Contemporary Stallions in 1999 before relocating. All horse with an emphatically New York-bred profle who of this makes Breakin the Fever about as New York- is not on the New York Racing Association circuit but bred as you can get. has been excelling in exactly the types of races that are Meanwhile, as a New York-bred, Breakin the Fever the essence of our program. has been able to accumulate substantial awards from Consider the following facts about this horse: the New York program. In 24 starts from 2 to 4 he has This horse is out of a New York-bred mare. raced only three times out of state. Otherwise, he has He is New York-sired. started at all four tracks in New York: 13 times at Fin- He was bred by a New Yorker. ger Lakes, four at Aqueduct, three at Belmont, and once He is owned and trained by that same New Yorker. at Saratoga. A consistent and well-spotted perform- His frst dam is also the offspring of a New York-bred er, he has steadily collected healthy program awards: mare and a New York-based sire. $119,199 in Breeders’ Awards, $41,936 in Stallion Own- He is based at Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack. er’s Awards, and $9,576 in Open Owner’s Awards from Now consider this: open allowance races at Finger Lakes. This horse is a multiple stakes winner with three Breeder/owner/trainer Breed, for whom Breakin the stakes wins this year at Finger Lakes and Belmont Park. Fever’s frst stakes win, the 2015 Ontario County Stakes He may well be among the fnalists in the sprint and at Finger Lakes, was also her frst stakes win as a trainer, older male categories at our New York-bred Champions said after the Hudson on Showcase Day: “He has a lot Awards Event next April. of guts. He puts himself out there.” Added Breed, “He’s He is likely to be honored as the 2016 Finger Lakes always been like that. He’ll run until he can’t run any- Horse of the Year. more; we’re very blessed.” I am talking about Debra Breed’s Breakin the Fever. Breakin the Fever is such an inspiring horse on so In the Hudson Handicap on Showcase Day, this 4-year- many levels.