New York Breeder NEW YORK THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS INC. MARCH 2018 SSOUNDOUND OOFFFF NNewew YYork-bredork-bred AAudibleudible wwinsins tthehe HHolyoly BBullull Sponsored by SISTERLY LOVE Champion DIVERSIFY Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) CONSTELLATION LIFETIME EARNINGS La Brea S. (G1) APPROACHING $25 MILLION TOBY’S CORNER AVERAGE EARNINGS G1 Wood Memorial ( ) PER STARTER OF $52,988 LAND OVER SEA (from 10 crops) Fair Grounds Oaks (G2) POSITION LIMIT Adirondack (G2) etc. ContentsMARCH 2018 24 26 32 36 24 CALLING AN ‘AUDIBLE’ 30 BATTLE WON 36 FAST BREAKS Richard Leahy bred and sold Battle Station outlasts favorite Startwithsilver, My Boy Tate Derby contender Audible Morning Breez in the Rego Park score in six-fgure sprints 26 RAISING THE BAR 32 NEW YORK MILERS 40 THE BARBAROUS Walt Borisenok is growing Old Three different divisions vie at a BATTALION Tavern Farm mile at the Big A New York-breds in history DEPARTMENTS 6 Executive Director’s Column 8 News 12 Leading Sires of New York-Breds 16 Leading Breeders of New York-Breds ON THE COVER 18 Leading Owners of New York-Breds New York-bred Audible steps 20 Leading Trainers of New York-Breds forward on the classic trail 20 Leading Jockeys of New York-Breds with a score in Gulfstream Park’s Holy Bull Stakes (G2) 22 New York-Bred Stakes Schedule 44 New York-Bred Stakes Winners 49 Sires of Winners 50 Calendar Coglianese Photo 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. BREAKS) MAUHAR/NYRA (FAST ADAM COGLIANESE/NYRA (NEW YORK MILERS); ROBERT FARM); JACOBS (AUDIBLE); SKIP DICKSTEIN (OLD TAVERN ALYSSE 4 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | March 2018 Tough Choices JEFFREY A. CANNIZZO Executive Director PREPARATIONS are in full swing for our biggest races in his home state last year but did his best work on the West public event of the year: the New York Thorough- Coast for co-owners Exline-Border Racing, Gatto Racing, Garrett bred Breeders Annual Awards Banquet at Saratoga Zubok, et al. Like our 2011 champion juvenile flly Weemissfrank- National April 9. That night we will crown the 2017 ie, he is trained by Peter Eurton. In 2017 Giant Expectations won New York-bred divisional champions, 2017 New the Pat O’Brien Stakes (G2) at Del Mar and stamped his ticket to the 2018 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) with a York-bred Horse of the Year, and honor last year’s front-running win in the San Antonio Stakes (G2) the day after most accomplished human achievers. A lot goes on Christmas. His earnings for the year were $410,000. behind the scenes to make this event happen, but Inside Straight (by Super Saver) also won his season-defning arguably the most important contribution comes victory out of state, when he took the $750,000 Oaklawn Handi- from outside the confnes of our organization. cap (G2) in April. Trained by Robertino Diodoro for owner Randy Howg, the Oaklawn Handicap was Inside Straight’s second start after shedding blinkers. Let go at odds of 19-1, he was handled Every year a group of distinguished Turf writers, patiently by Geovanni Franco as the pair cruised to a convincing handicappers, chart callers, and racing analysts lend two-length victory. Bred by SF Bloodstock, Inside Straight earned their time and expertise to choose our champions. $523,300 in 2017. Their participation in the balloting process gives our Mind Your Biscuits, by former New York sire Posse, took awards value and meaning. Putting myself in their the New York-bred program farthest afeld last year. Following a shoes for a moment, however, I don’t envy their task close-up second to multiple graded stakes winner Unifed in the this year. A number of divisions are very strong and Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes (G3) for trainer Chad Summers, deep, making for some extremely hard choices, and, in Mind Your Biscuits scored a sparkling victory in the $2 million my opinion, no division is tougher than the cohort of Dubai Golden Shaheen Sponsored by Gulf News (G1) at Meydan older dirt male. Racecourse. Back in the U.S. for his next start, the colt captured Unfortunately, barring a tie, there can be only one the Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes (G2) as the 6-5 favor- winner, so I would like to recognize all the nominees, ite. Bred by Jumping Jack Racing and campaigned by the ma- all graded stakes winners, who did so much to put ny-headed partnership of Head of Plains; Chad, Dan, and Scott our program in the national—and in one case—inter- Summers; J Stables; and Michael E. Kisber, Mind Your Biscuits national spotlight. As an additional point of program colt netted a whopping $1,713,800 last year. pride, four of the fve nominees are sired by stallions At age 6 Send It In is the elder statesman of this group. Trained currently or formerly based in New York. by Todd Pletcher for breeder/owner Paul Pompa Jr., Send It In’s In alphabetical order, the nominees are: campaign was limited to three Aqueduct starts in 2017, but he Lauren and Ralph M. Evans’ Diversify, by New York- made them count. Winner by a nose of the Haynesfeld Stakes, based sire Bellamy Road (Irish Hill & Dutchess Views he scored an open stakes-placing in the Stymie Stakes. Saving the 1 Stallions). Diversify ran off with one of the most coveted best for last, he won the 1 ⁄4-mile Excelsior Stakes (G3) for which prizes for older dirt males in racing: the Jockey Club he earned an eye-popping Beyer Speed Figure of 119. Send It In is Gold Cup Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park, which had also by Big Brown (Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions). been won by state-breds Haynesfeld (2010) and Funny This distinguished group includes two Breeders’ Cup partic- Cide (2004). Trained by Rick Violette Jr., Diversify won ipants (Giant Expectations and Mind Your Biscuits, who are 1 four starts last year, including an 11 ⁄2-length romp in also nominees in the male sprint division). Voters will consider the Evan Shipman Stakes and a stalking victory in the all these outstanding nominees and the many stars in other di- Saginaw Stakes. Bred by Fred W. Hertrich III and John visions, including Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) win- D. Fielding, Diversify earned $690,825 in 2017. ner Bar of Gold, when they make their choices for the 2017 New Giant Expectations is a colt bred by Sunrise Stables York-bred Horse of the Year. and sired by Sunrise’s stallion Frost Giant (Irish Hill & As I said, tough choices. I am proud of our breeders, who make Dutchess Views Stallions). Giant Expectations won two the voters’ job so diffcult. 6 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | March 2018 Get Explosive Results . with NY’s #1 Proven Sire For the Third Consecutive Year, in 2017, No Other Stallion on the Leading Sire List Came Close By Percentage of Winners / Runners 68% (*AMONG 150 STALLIONS RANKED ON NORTH AMERICA’S LEADING SIRE LIST) BLOODHORSE.COM 12/31/17 In 2017, Sire of: Three 2YO Stakes Horses Top-Priced NY-Sired NY-Bred Yearling ($160,000) TRIBECCA Hip 513, Fasig-Tipton The NY-Bred Sale FINISHES CLOSE THIRD *2018 TOP 10 NY SIRE AT AQUEDUCT, 2/19. LIFETIME: 106 WINNERS FROM JUST 137 RUNNERS AVERAGE EARNINGS PER STARTER - $62,935 *BLOODHORSE.COM 2/20/18 BUSTIN STONES City Zip - Shesasurething, by Prospectors Gamble Fee: $5,000 LF/SN Waldorf Farm, P.O. 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