by Sarah Mace
Four New York-bred males and three fillies are eligible for $100,000 bonuses which are being offered this year by the New York Racing Association (NYRA) to 2-year-old maiden winners at Belmont’s spring/summer meet or Aqueduct’s winter/spring meet who go on to win a graded stakes in 2012 at one of the NYRA tracks, beginning with Saratoga.
The majority of the York-bred juveniles eligible for the robust bonus program are New York sired, with freshman sires Bustin Stones and Frost Giant represented by one horse each, as well as Freud and former New York sire Hook and Ladder.
The eligible horses are listed below in chronological order of their victories with links to their Equibase profiles and to video replays of their victories:
| Maiden Win | Horse | Link | Sire | Trainer |
| May 11 | Cay to Pomeroy (c) | Video | Pomeroy | Dominic Galluscio |
| May 23 | Bustinattheseams* (f) | Video | Bustin Stones | Todd Pletcher |
| May 24 | Mr Rodriguez (c) | Video | Chapel Royal | Rudy Rodriguez |
| June 27 | Zekes Surprise* (f) | Video | Frost Giant | Dominic Galluscio |
| June 28 | Slot Play (c) | Video | Discreet Cat | John Terranova II |
| July 14 | My Smartness* (f) | Video | Freud | Ron Faucheux |
| July 15 | In Harms Way* (c) | Video | Hook and Ladder | Michael Hushion |
*New York-sired
Six graded races for juveniles will be run at Saratoga beginning with a pair of six-furlong contests on opening weekend, the Grade 3 Schuylerville for fillies on opening day, Friday July 20 and the Grade 2 Sanford on Sunday, July 22.
