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Fingal’s Cave returns a winner in Bay Ridge

Thu, 2023-12-28 16:45

Fingal’s Cave rolls to victory in Thursday’s Bay Ridge Stakes, her first start in more than a year. NYRA Photo.

Alifyfe Racing’s Fingal’s Cave took more than a year to make her return following arguably the best race of her career – a loss, and her first defeat, no less – but showed Thursday she’ll be a major player in the New York-bred older female division.

Making her first start since finishing second in the Grade 2 Lexus Raven Run in late October 2022 at Keeneland Race Course, Fingal’s Cave shrugged off her foes to win the 10th running of the $100,000 Bay Ridge Stakes. The 4-year-old daughter of Carpe Diem won the 1-mile Bay Ridge by 4 3/4 lengths under Jose Lezcano, leading almost from the start on the way to her fifth victory in six starts.

“Four hundred thirty-two. I heard someone say the number and I tried not to dwell on it,” said winning trainer David Donk. “She’s got a lot of class, so I think the class prevails.”

The 2-1 favorite in the field of six, Fingal’s Cave took the lead from Bustin Bay leaving the chute and clicked past the opening quarter-mile in :23.30 on a tight hold from Lezcano.

Fingal’s Cave maintained a half-length advantage over 5-2 second choice and multiple stakes winner Venti Valentine heading to the far turn and past the half in :46.52. Fingal’s Cave and Venti Valentine, the winner of last year’s Bay Ridge and champion 2-year-old filly in 2021, stayed a half-length apart after 6 furlongs in 1:11.46 before the former edged away in the stretch. Fingal’s Cave continued to widen in the lane, passed 7 furlongs in 1:24.19 and finished in 1:37.45 over the muddy and sealed surface.

“When we broke out of the gate, my filly did everything herself,” Lezcano said. “She’s got a lot of class and broke pretty good and put herself there. I didn’t ask her for nothing. When I asked her at the quarter [pole] she went on and won the race.

“When I got to the quarter, I still felt I had a lot left in the tank. When I asked her she went on well. She’s very classy.”

Fingal’s Cave earned $55,000 for the victory to boost her bankroll to $370,500.

Donk watched the races leading up to the Bay Ridge and liked what he saw for the filly’s comeback.

Jose Lezcano and Fingal’s Cave greet their people after winning the Bay Ridge. Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo.

“I left it up to Jose. I thought there would be more pace,” Donk said. “I was satisfied that horses could close today and that it wasn’t a biased rail. Sometimes, when it gets wet and dries out, it changes throughout the day. But horses were closing. I told him to ride her the way he thought was best.

“Jose is a really good rider and really kind. But she broke sharp and I thought being off the long layoff, she’d be a little fresh. I thought maybe one or two might be in front of her but when she was there, he did the right thing.”

Bred by Chester and Mary Broman and foaled at their Chestertown Farm in Chestertown, Fingal’s Cave is out of the Mineshaft mare Barbie On a Budget. Alifyfe Racing bought her for $75,000 at the 2021 OBS April 2-year-olds in training sale.

A second-generation homebred for the Bromans and out of their top-producing mare Seeking the Ante, Barbie On a Budget went 1-1-2 in four starts and earned $61,500. Fingal’s Cave is her first foal. Barbie On a Budget did not produce a foal in 2020 or 2021 and is the dam of a colt by Honest Mischief that sold for $100,000 at this year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

Unraced at 2, Fingal’s Cave made quick waves in the New York-bred 3-year-old filly division in 2022 with back-to-back victories to start her career in the spring at Belmont Park. After an allowance win going 9 furlongs at Saratoga Race Course in late July 2022, Fingal’s Cave won the Fleet Indian Stakes at the same distance in late August to improve to 4-for-4. She suffered her first loss, a 4-length defeat to Wicked Halo, after a troubled and slow start in the 7-furlong Raven Run in late October 22 at Keeneland.

Donk said Fingal’s Cave was diagnosed with “a little bone bruising” after her sophomore campaign and was late to return to his string in New York after dealing with foot bruises while prepping for her return in Kentucky this past summer and fall.

“She was a little delayed getting to me but she came in great shape,” Donk said this week. “She’s done really well since she’s been here.”

Fingal’s Cave showed her readiness with a bullet 5-furlong work in 1:00.66 Saturday on the Belmont training track.

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NYTB Board Election Results 2023

Tue, 2023-12-26 10:04

The New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) concluded board elections to fill five seats on Friday, December 22, 2023. This year, NYTB members voted for candidates to serve a four-year term from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2027.

 

 

The winning candidates, presented in alphabetical order by last name, are:

Scott Ahlschwede
Thomas J. Gallo III
Jane McMahon
Vivien G. Malloy
Mallory Mort

Six other members of the NYTB Board will serve the third year of a four-year term beginning in 2024:

James Bond
Rick Burke
Lois Engel
Seth Gregory
Michael Lischin
Lere Visagie

Battaglia & Associates, PLLC, an accounting firm in Halfmoon, NY, administered the NYTB board elections by validating the eligibility of all voters and receiving the completed ballots directly from NYTB members. The firm then tabulated and certified the election results.

Battaglia, & Associates, PLLC reported the official results to NYTB in a letter dated on December 22, 2023.*

*Click here to read Battaglia & Associates, PLLC letter certifying the election.

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Breeding Award rate increases For New York-breds in 2024

Tue, 2023-12-19 13:15

At the December 12, meeting of The New York State Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Fund Corporation (the Fund) Board of Directors’, a motion was unanimously approved to increase the breeder award rates for all New York-breds who compete in New York starting January 1, 2024.

The increase in breeder awards was approved by the Fund board due to projected revenue increases expected by the Fund in 2024. An increased holdback rate from 10 percent to 15 percent will also be implemented to ensure the Fund can payout awards up to the new advertised rates. We anticipate being able to pay the holdback in its entirety upon completion of the fiscal year.

The new breeder’s awards rate schedule for New York-breds in 2024 is as follows:

2024 New York-Bred Program Breeder Awards

New York-Sired* 2024 Award (Percent Purse Money Earned) 2023 Award (Old rate) First Place 40% 30% Second Place 20% 15% Third Place 10% 15% Cap per Award $40,000 $40,000

 

Non-New York-Sired* 2024 Award (Percent Purse Money Earned) 2023 Award (Old rate) First Place 20% 15% Second Place 10% 7.5% Third Place 5% 7.5% Cap per Award $20,000 $20,000

“These bigger better bonuses reward breeders for creating quality race horses,” said Tracy Egan. “Board Chairman Brian O’Dwyer encouraged the Board to find away to get award money out the door to award earners as quickly as possible and by hiking breeder awards, we will do that.”

“This historic increase in breeder awards is monumental news for all breeders currently participating in the New York-bred program. It’s another reason why New York remains the top regional state-bred program in the nation and why more breeders should bring their mares to foal in New York,” said New York Thoroughbred Breeders executive Najja Thompson.

*A breeder is the owner of the mare at the time the mare foals in New York State. There are two tiers of Breeder’s Awards for all races run in New York State:

*A New York-sired New York-bred is sired by a registered New York Stallion. A non-New York-sired New York-bred is sired by an out-of-state stallion or a non-registered New York stallion.

The New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund Corporation administers program awards and incentive programs for thoroughbreds foaled in New York who race on New York tracks. The program, which provides incentive awards to participants and purse enhancements for races restricted to New York-breds, was developed in 1973 to encourage the establishment of thoroughbred farms in New York that would protect and expand green space.

 

 

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Wynstock scores in Grade 2 Los Al Futurity

Sat, 2023-12-16 22:22

Wynstock and jockey Kyle Frey outfinish Stronghold to win Saturday’s Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. Benoit Photo.

By Melissa Bauer-Herzog

Wynstock kept Solomini’s big day rolling with his second straight victory and first stakes score in Saturday’s Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity at Los Alamitos Race Course.

The 2-year-old son of Solomini came into the 1 1/16-mile Futurity off a 7 1/2-length maiden special weight romp in October. Sent off as the 13-1 second longest price on the board, Wynstock was hustled out of the gate by Kyle Frey and took a short lead on the field around the first turn. Wynstock opened up a length on the field up the backstretch as he galloped comfortably on the lead to register opening fractions of :23.53 and :47.90.

Frey kept his mount well in hand but the field quickly closed his margin to cause a three-way duel for the lead as the field turned into the stretch. Wynstock wasn’t willing to give up but had to dig in deep with Stronghold fighting him every step of the way.

While his other early stretch challenger had quickly given up, Stronghold wasn’t about to do the same and Wynstock’s stablemate Coach Prime was also racing up the outside for his own turn at the leader. Wynstock kept the advantage throughout and started to pull away from Stronghold near the line to win by a half-length in 1:43.53 over the fast track. Coach Prime closed too late to finish third, beaten a length.

Trained by Bob Baffert for Edward Allred and Jack Liebau, Wynstock improved to 2-for-4 and earned $120,000, boosting his bankroll to $162,740.

Bred by Empire Equines LLC, Wynstock was a $50,000 Keeneland September yearling sale purchase by Gerardo Barragan from Hidden Brook in 2022. He returned to the ring at this year’s OBS April sale and brought $700,000 from Allred and Liebau out of the Caliente Thoroughbreds consignment.

Wynstock became the third stakes winner and first graded stakes winner for McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds’ freshman sire Solomini, who also scored another new stakes winner with My Shea D Lady in Saturday’s Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes at Aqueduct. Three stakes winners ties Solomini for first among all first-crop sires by stakes winners with the stallion also leading New York freshmen in multiple categories.

Wynstock is the first foal out of the placed Flatter mare Timberlea, who was purchased by McMahon and Hill Bloodstock for $10,500 at the 2020 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale before joining the New York program. She is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner and multiple Grade 2-placed Untrapped and out of a granddaughter of successful broodmare Yarn.

Yarn’s foals included champion Minardi and Grade 2 winner and successful sire Tale of the Cat with her daughters producing European and U.S. champion Johannesburg and the dam of Grade 1 winner Joking.

Timberlea produced a New York-bred Mo Town filly April 5 and returned to Solomini for her 2024 foal.

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Laoban colt Antonio of Venice improves to take NYSS Great White Way

Sat, 2023-12-16 18:11

Antonio of Venice gets up in time to win Saturday’s $500,000 NYSS Great White Way at Aqueduct. NYRA Photo.

Antonio of Venice made the lead early in his second try at stakes company last time out and couldn’t last. The son of Laoban and jockey Manny Franco – aboard for that run in the Aspirant at Finger Lakes – employed different tactics in Saturday’s $500,000 Great White Way division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes and came away with a improved result.

Antonio of Venice came from off the pace in the 7-furlong Great White Way and overcame a rough trip to land his first stakes victory for owners Michael Imperio, Robert Cotrone, Hibiscus Stables and Rudy Rodriguez. Rodriguez trains the New York-bred colt out of the Trappe Shot mare Stella Performance and also came away with the runner-up in the Great White Way after a lengthy steward’s inquiry with the Solomini colt and first-time starter Heavyweight Champs.

“It’s one of the bucket list things that we got 1-2 in the $500,000 race,” Rodriguez said. “That’s what we work so hard for. All the credit goes to the help in the barn, they do an amazing job. The grooms, the hotwalkers, my assistants – we have a very good team. I’m so happy to be around in the mornings with them. We have a lot of laughs, a lot of cries, but I’m just so happy to see this happen to us.”

Some of the connections of Antonio of Venice’s beaten foes might have felt a few lumps in their throats after Saturday’s co-feature.

Heavyweight Champs took the lead shortly after the break, just ahead of Solo’s Fury with The Big Torpedo and Antonio of Venice tracking just behind through the opening quarter-mile in :22.49. Heavyweight Champs still led by a half-length from Solo’s Fury around the far turn and to the half in :45.78.

As the field passed the quarter-pole with Heavyweight Champs clinging to his short lead, Brick Ambush made his run about four paths off the fence and Antonio of Venice did the same up the inside. Solo’s Fury and The Big Torpedo wound up squeezed between those Brick Ambush and Antonio of Venice just before straightening for home, dropping a few lengths back.

Brick Ambush came alongside Heavyweight Champs at about the 3/16ths pole, while Franco guided Antonio of Venice toward the middle of the track. Brick Ambush’s lead at the eighth pole didn’t last long, as Antonio of Venice rolled past at the sixteenth pole on the way to a three-quarter-length win. Brick Ambush held second at the finish, 1 ½ lengths ahead of Heavyweight Champs with The Big Torpedo running on well despite his trouble to finish another length back in fourth. Antonio of Venice finished in 1:24.40.

Antonio of Venice and some his team head to the winner’s circle Saturday at Aqueduct. Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo.

Stewards took a long look at the incident at the top of the lane and eventually disqualified Brick Ambush to 12th and last, a spot behind Solo’s Fury.

“I held my spot inside [at the top of the lane] and the pressure was coming from outside,” Franco said. “I was just trying to hold my spot because [Brick Ambush] is coming, so I knew when he comes I’m going to go around him. I held my spot there.”

Antonio of Venice, fourth in the Aspirant and sixth in the off-the-turf Skidmore Stakes against open company two starts back, improved to 2-1-1 in six starts and boosted his bankroll to $350,744 winning the co-richest race for 2-year-olds on the NYRA circuit.

“He [Antonio of Venice] ran unbelievable,” Rodriguez said. “I’m just very, very happy with the way he was. He got pinched right away out of there. I thought he was going to be close to the lead and then he got pinched pretty hard. The other horse [Heavyweight Champs] went, so I was just rooting for any of my horses. I saw him coming up the outside and thought, ‘Oh, it’s the other one!’ We’re very excited and very happy with the way they ran.

“Maybe he wants to run from behind. He got a lot of kickback along the rail and then was able to come outside. I don’t know [what’s next]. These guys want to bet him in the pool for the Derby.”

Bred by Cypress Creek Equine LLC, Antonio of Venice sold for $35,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale and for the same price at this year’s OBS March sale. Antonio of Venice is the third foal out of Stella Performance, who also produced winning full siblings to the Great White Way winner in New York-breds Modern Midas and I’m Wide Awake. Stella Performance also produced a weanling colt by McKinzie foaled February 25 in New York.

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Solomini filly My Shea D Lady wins NYSS Fifth Avenue

Sat, 2023-12-16 16:48

My Shea D Lady gives Solomini another stakes winner in Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the NYSS at Aqueduct. NYRA Photo.

My Shea D Lady came into Saturday’s $500,000 Fifth Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes stakes-placed and her sire’s second leading earner. The daughter of Solomini came out a stakes winner and $275,000 richer, after riding the inside most of the 7-furlong trip en route to victory under Javier Castellano.

My Shea D Lady won the Fifth Avenue by 2 1/2 lengths over Walk With Me, who made a long and sustained rally to finish second and give McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds a 1-2 finish by offspring of the Saratoga Springs’ farm’s stallions in the richest race for 2-year-olds on the NYRA circuit.

Solomini, the leading freshman sire in New York, stands for $6,500; while Central Banker, the sire of Walk With Me and two-time defending leading sire in the Empire State, stands for $7,500.

“We’ve liked him [Solomini] all along and we were lucky to get him in the first place,” McMahon of Saratoga’s Joe McMahon said. “He won a Grade 1 and they took him down. If they gave him that Grade 1, he’d be in Kentucky for a lot more money. We were very fortunate that way. [My Shea D Lady] was my absolute favorite foal.”

Bred by and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds and out of the Teuflesberg mare Ladyberg, My Shea D Lady was purchased for $100,000 by Shea D Boy’s Stable at the OBS April sale. Campaigned by that group and trained by Carlos Davis, My Shea D Lady came into the Fifth Avenue off back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the Joseph A. Gimma and Key Cents after a third in the Seeking the Ante Stakes at Saratoga Race Course in her second start.

The 5-2 favorite in the field of 12, My Shea D Lady raced in the middle of the pack under Castellano up the backstretch as fellow Solomini filly Soloshot set the pace ahead of the Freud filly Sun and Wind through splits of :22.99 and :46.91.

Castellano stayed on the inside around the far turn as My Shea D Lady raced into third approaching the quarter-pole, just 1 1/2 lengths behind Soloshot. My Shea D Lady took the lead just outside the eighth pole and drew off to win going away in 1:25.91 over the fast track. Walk With Me, 4 1/2 lengths back turning for home, rallied under Dylan Davis for the place spot and 2 1/2 lengths clear of the Big Brown filly and first-time starter Elite Status in third. Sun and Wind finished fourth.

My Shea D Lady survived an inquiry after a trainer’s objection from Rudy Rodriguez – the trainer of Sun and Wind – for the win.

Javier Castellano piled onto his big 2023 with a victory in Saturday’s NYSS Fifth Avenue aboard My Shea D Lady. Joe Labozzetta/NYRA Photo.

“My filly was just a little bit intimidated along the rail behind horses,” Castellano said. “It was really tight and she don’t want to go, but as soon as she got through, she took off. She started getting tired a little bit at the end. I had to keep her straight but I didn’t interfere with nobody else. You could see I was clear and I didn’t bother nobody in the race. The horse was much the best in the race.”

My Shea D Lady earned $275,000 for the victory and boosted her bankroll to $336,500.

David was happy to give a leg up to Castellano for the first time aboard My Shea D Lady.

“They’re still babies. They’re still trying to figure it out,” he said. “I know it’s another month and they’ll be 3, but she’s only run five times and there’s been a couple races where she just kind of hangs.

“The jockeys weren’t as aggressive as I wanted them to be, and I told Javier, ‘I think it’s a great spot and if she doesn’t get in trouble, we should be able to come through; don’t feel scared to just kind of push a little bit and encourage her to get in the spot.’ ”

My Shea D Lady is the first foal out of Ladyberg. A half-sister to New York-bred stakes winner Hoosick Falls and stakes-placed Manor Prospect, Ladyberg is also the dam of a Solomini colt who was a $37,000 RNA at this year’s OBS October yearling sale and a weanling colt by Solomini born May 9. McMahon of Saratoga bred each of Ladyberg’s foals.

David said My Shea D Lady would likely receive a refresher after her second win in five starts.

“I kind of want to give her a little bit of time off. She’s been running good,” he said. “I’m going to talk to the guys and maybe send her to the warm weather for a couple of months. I’ll leave it up to them. She’s great and has done good for us. I always like to give them a little break, maybe run her one time in Florida. She’s a New York-bred, but after a race like this, maybe we just give her a couple months off and let her refresh.”

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Solomini stands tall as first-crop sire ahead of rich $500K NYSS events

Fri, 2023-12-08 14:29

My Shea D Lady, a $100,000 purchase at this year’s OBS April sale, became Solomini’s first winner and is expected in next week’s NYSS Fifth Avenue. Adam Coglianese/Gulfstream Photo.

Courtesy of NYRA Communications

McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds has enjoyed tremendous success with Solomini, who is the leading first-crop sire standing outside of Kentucky. The now 8-year-old chestnut son of Curlin will be well represented next weekend in both the Great White Way and Fifth Avenue divisions of the New York Stallion Stakes Series, slated for December 16 at Aqueduct.

The Great White Way, for eligible New York-sired 2-year-olds, and Fifth Avenue, for eligible state-sired juvenile fillies, each carry a $500,000 purse and are run at 7 furlongs on the main track. Solomini is the sire of five of 18 horses nominated to the Great White Way and seven of 16 fillies nominated to the Fifth Avenue.

“Races like this are a big incentive when you’re selling 2-year-olds and yearlings, but 2-year-olds in particular,” said McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds’ founder Joe McMahon. “It’s a huge incentive when you tell people these horses are available for a half-million dollar race in December – that really gets their attention.”

Big Dom Racing Stable and Big Toe Stables’ Heavyweight Champs, by Solomini and out of the Officer mare Miss Bonnie, was purchased for $290,000 at the OBS April sale and is slated to make his debut in the Great White Way for trainer Rudy Rodriguez.

“We’re certainly very happy with Solomini,” said McMahon. “His 2-year-olds averaged almost $100,000 when they sold in the spring down in Ocala. We thought they might have a chance to come out running as they all worked good in the springtime.”

Wynstock, a colt from the first crop of New York-based stallion Solomini who sold for $700,000 at OBS April, runs next week in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity. Photo provided by Caliente Thoroughbreds.

Other OBS April graduates by Solomini include Edward Allred and Jack Liebau’s maiden winner Wynstock [$700,000 at OBS April], who is nominated to the Grade 2, $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity – also on December 16 – for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. The chestnut colt, bred in New York by Empire Equines, is out of the Flatter mare Timberlea, who is a half-sister to graded stakes-winner Untrapped.

The Carlos David-trained stakes-placed My Shea D Lady [$100,000 at OBS April], bred by McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, is probable for the Fifth Avenue. She is out of the Teuflesberg mare Ladyberg, who is a half-sister to multiple stakes-winner Hoosick Falls and stakes-placed Manor Prospect.

Among the leading chances in the Fifth Avenue is Bregman Family Racing, Jackpot Farm and Swinbank Stables’ Soloshot, who brought $290,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale where she breezed in :10.1.

Soloshot, bred in New York by Rhapsody Farm, is out of the multiple stakes-placed Twirling Candy mare Sweet Queen, who is a half-sister to graded stakes-winner Queen Ofthe Catsle.

The George Weaver trainee won her first two outings by dictating the tempo in 5 1/2-furlong state-bred sprints with a debut off-the-turf score in August at Saratoga Race Course and became her sire’s first stakes winner with a 2-length victory in the Lady Finger Stakes in September at Finger Lakes.

Soloshot, a 2-year-old daughter of New York-based freshman sire Solomini, won the Lady Finger at Finger Lakes. SV Photography.

“We were at Finger Lakes when she won that day and we were in Saratoga when she broke her maiden, too. She’s been very impressive,” McMahon said.

McMahon said Solomini, who already has 11 winners on the year, has impressed with his versatility in runners from a variety of family lines.

“There’s no trend with regard to the broodmare sire,” McMahon said. “He’s getting a lot of different pedigrees and achieving success. I think he’ll go well with the A. P. Indy line primarily, but that remains to be seen.”

That Solomini has done well at stud comes as no surprise given a successful racing career that saw him bank $834,993 through a record of 16-2-4-5 led by Grade 1 placings as a 2-year-old in 2017 in the Frontrunnner at Santa Anita Park and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Del Mar. He crossed the wire first in front of future multiple Grade 1 winners McKinzie and Instilled Regard to close out his first year of racing in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity, but was demoted to third for interference in deep stretch.

He extended his success as a sophomore, finishing third in the 2018 Grade 1 Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park before splitting the field when 10th in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby won by eventual Triple Crown winner Justify.

Solomini, who stands for $7,500, was bred to 123 mares in 2020. His second dam, the dual graded stakes-winner Fleet Lady, produced multiple Grade 1-winning sire Midshipman.

“Solomini, by the results of his runners at the track and at the sales, has proven to be a formidable stallion not only in New York but across North America as well,” said Najja Thompson, executive director of New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. “The strength and value of the New York Stallion Stakes Series is that it enables our program to display the quality of stallions standing in New York with their progeny competing for exceptional purses.”

McMahon said Solomini could make waves if he were to see good results by Wynstock in the Los Alamitos Futurity as well as from his bevy of runners in next weekend’s NYSS races.

“If Wynstock even becomes graded placed next week that will really auger well for Solomini,” McMahon said. “And if he [Solomini] was to win or get a couple placings in the stallion stakes next weekend, he would move up to fourth or fifth in the first-year sire list overall. He’s going in the right direction. He really has a lot of upside.”

McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds also stands perennial leading New York sire Central Banker, who stands for $7,500, and Redesdale, who was New York’s leading freshman sire of 2022. Both are by the late Speightstown.

Morning Matcha, a daughter of Central Banker, kept New York’s leading sire rolling in last week’s NYSS Staten Island. Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo

Sunday proved to be a profitable one for Central Banker progeny here as the Pennsylvania-bred Morning Matcha, an $18,000 sale purchase out of the Iam The Iceman mare Home Ice, captured the NYSS Staten Island to boost her purse earnings to $899,740 through a record of 24-6-7-7. One race later, the multiple graded stakes-placed General Banker, out of the Johannesburg mare Elusive Jozi, rallied to finish second in the NYSS Thunder Rumble to improve his record to 16-2-4-3 and earnings of $506,943.

“How great is that,” exclaimed McMahon of Morning Matcha’s largesse. “Central Banker is the king of New York. He gets runners from all kinds of mares.”

Redesdale, who stands for $2,500, has demonstrated success with a smaller foal crop led by dual stakes-winner Ramblin’ Wreck, who captured the NYSS Spectacular Bid and state-bred Rick Violette on the NYRA circuit this year.

“He’s the most undervalued horse in the state,” McMahon said. “His numbers are great.”

But McMahon said he is hopeful that Solomini can propel his numbers further forward in two weeks’ time and make his own case for year-end honors in New York.

“We did good last week in the New York Stallion Stakes with a winner in one half [Morning Matcha] and a second in the other half with a 3-year-old [General Banker] against older horses,” McMahon said. “Those were huge races. We were real happy with that, so let’s hope it can continue. We’re really pleased with Solomini and think he has a really good chance to succeed.”

McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds are hosting a stallion show and open house from 1-4 p.m. Saturday that will include showings of Central Banker, Solomini and Redesdale as well as newcomers Provocateur and Bucchero.

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2023 NYTB Board of Directors Election – Ballots Have Been Mailed!

Thu, 2023-12-07 09:38

Members:

Thank you for your continued support of NYTB and your participation in this year’s Board of Directors election. Ballots for this year’s election have been mailed!

If you have not already received your election materials, they should be arriving soon. The packet will include a 2023 ballot, curriculum vitae of all election candidates, and a pre-paid postage return envelope to mail your ballot in.

Once you have completed your ballot, please ensure your pre-paid postage return envelope is Postmarked by Friday, December 15 to ensure your vote is valid and counted.

To view the curriculum vitae of this year’s NYTB Board of Directors election candidates click here.

NYTB members with a joint membership listed under one address will receive 2 ballots and one pre-paid postage return envelope. Please ensure both members sign and print their names on the return envelope before mailing.

NYTB members with a joint membership and two separate mailing addresses listed under your membership, were each mailed one ballot.

If you have any questions regarding the election process, please contact our office at 518.587.0777 or email at info@nytbreeders.org

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