Today’s Flavor collects first stakes in Affirmed Success

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Today’s Flavor rolls to front-running victory in Sunday’s Affirmed Success at Aqueduct. NYRA Photo.

Manny Franco learned his lessons last time riding Today’s Flavor.

“He’s a nice horse,” said Franco, the Aqueduct sprint meet’s leading rider after Sunday’s $100,000 Affirmed Success Stakes. “He showed us last time in the Grade 1 Carter with the quick pace in front of him that he still gave it to me in the end and just lost by about a length.”

Today’s Flavor, officially beaten 1 3/4 lengths by Doppelganger that day in the 7-furlong Carter, found things more favorable in the Affirmed Success and rolled to victory shortening up to 6 furlongs. The 5-year-old son of Laoban won for the fifth time in his last six starts for Reddam Racing and trainer George Weaver, and picked up his first stakes win in the field of six.

“Today, with the New York-bred company, I was so confident in him because I knew that he was the best horse in the race,” Franco said. “I just rode him like that and he got it done. It was the plan to just let him roll. It was a sloppy track and I didn’t want to get dirty.”

Franco didn’t come close to being dirty in the Affirmed Success, putting Today’s Flavor on the lead through splits of :22.47 and :45.53 en route to a 3 ¾-length victory over Sheriff Bianco in 1:09.58. Amundson finished another 1 ½ lengths back in third with Scocciatore, My Boy Tate and Lobsta completing the field.

Bred by Joseph Calvo, Today’s Flavor made his stakes debut 22 days ago in the Grade 1 Carter Handicap presented by NYRA Bets. He finished fourth that day, after winning a maiden and three straight allowance races last fall and this past winter at Aqueduct.

The 3-5 favorite in the field of six, Today’s Flavor picked up $55,000 for the Affirmed Success to boost his bankroll to $284,830.

Today’s Flavor is the first stakes winner out of the winning Speightstown mare Evangelical, a half-sioster to stakes-placed Worship the Moon from the family of graded stakes winners Knights Templar and stakes winners For All Seasons and Dial A Song.

Today’s Flavor was an $80,000 RNA at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. He’s a half-brother to Garey Park, a New York-bred gelding by Trappe Shot who went 3-6-2 in 21 starts and earned $50,243.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/nZkp8eIg.jpeg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/30/todays-flavor-collects-first-stakes-in-affirmed-success/

Solomini colt shines in OBS April finale

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Hip 1109, a colt from the first crop of New York-based stallion Solomini, lit up the board Friday at the OBS April sale. Photo provided by Caliente Thoroughbreds.

A colt from the first crop of Solomini landed the highest bid for a New York-bred for the second consecutive session Friday as the Ocala Breeders Sales Co.’s April 2-year-olds in training sale came to a close.

Hip 1109[2], a colt out of the Flatter mare Timberlea bred by Empire Equines LLC, sold for $700,000 to Donato Lanni, agent for Dr. Ed Allred and Jack Liebau. The $700,000 price was the co-eighth highest for a colt at the sale and the fourth highest of the session.

Solomini, an 8-year-old son of Curlin out of the Storm Cat mare Surf Song, stands for $6,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. He also sired Thursday’s session topper – Hip 692, a colt out of the unraced Officer mare Miss Bonnie who went for $290,000 to Jon Taisey, agent for Big Dom Racing and Big Toe Racing after breezing a furlong in 9.4 during presale workouts.

Friday’s session topper also breezed in 9.4 for consignor Caliente Thoroughbreds. He originally sold for $50,000 to Gerardo Barragan at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale. Timberlea, a half-sister to Grade 3 winner and $857,005-earner Untrapped, is also the dam of a New York-bred filly by Mo Town also bred by Empire Equines and born April 5.

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Hip 1204, a daughter of Into Mischief out of stakes winner Winter Book, sold for $230,000 Friday at the OBS April sale. Photo provided by Sequel Bloodstock.

The star Solomini from Friday’s session was one of 17 New York-bred juveniles sold over four sessions for $100,000 or more. OBS reported sales on 68 of the 81 New York-breds offered for $5,746,000, an average price of $84,500. New York-breds were in highest demand during the final session as 21 were sold for $2,144,000, an average of $102,095.

Hip 1204[4], a daughter of Into Mischief out of the stakes-winning Any Given Saturday mare Winter Book, brought the session’s highest price for a filly on a bid of $230,000 from Legion Bloodstock, agent for Mark Stanley.

Bred by Sequel Thoroughbreds LLC and Lakland Farm and consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, the filly is the fourth foal out of the $148,299-earner Winter Book and a full-sister to winner Mischief Mogul and one other winner. Winter Book is also the dam of a New York-bred yearling filly by Gift Box.

 

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1109p.jpg
  2. Hip 1109: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/1109.PDF
  3. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/1204p.jpg
  4. Hip 1204: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/1204.PDF

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/29/solomini-colt-shines-in-obs-april-finale/

Solomini colt headlines Day 3 at OBS April sale

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Hip 692, a member of New York-based freshman sire Solomini’s first crop, sold for $290,000 Thursday at the OBS April sale. Photo provided by Randy Miles.

Joe McMahon went into the Ocala Breeders Sales Co.’s April 2-year-olds in training sale filled with optimism for his family’s resident freshman stallion Solomini.

“He’s had a two 9.4 works down here, a couple 10 flats, a 10.1; the place is buzzing,” McMahon said this week, anxious to see how the members of Solomini’s first crop would fare in the ring. “We have a bunch of them and they’re promising looking. We live on hope, as you know.”

The hope turned into reality Thursday in Ocala when a colt by Solomini who turned heads with one of those 9.4 workouts commanded even more attention when he went through the ring. Hip 692[2], a colt out of the unraced Officer mare Miss Bonnie, landed atop the list of top-selling New York-breds on the day after a final bid of $290,000 from Jon Taisey, agent for Big Dom Racing and Big Toe Racing.

Solomini, a multiple Grade 1-placed son of Curlin, stands for $6,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs. He is also the sire of a filly who sold for $100,000 during Wednesday’s session[3].

Randy Miles consigned Hip 692, who is a half-brother to Grade 3 winner and $305,093-earner Lookin to Strike. Bred by Laurel Least and Gabriel McDonough and foaled at Foggy Bottom Farm in Geneseo, the Solomini colt originally sold as a weanling for $6,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale. He later brought $65,000 out of the McMahon of Saratoga consignment at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

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Hip 736, a daughter of West Coast, brought top price for a New York-bred filly Thursday on a bid of $140,000. Photo provided by Sequel Bloodstock.

Hip 692 was one of two six-figure New York-bred purchases Thursday – bringing the total to nine for the sale with one session remaining. OBS reported sales on 14 of the 20 New York-breds Thursday for a total of $917,000, an average price of $65,500. Overall, 46 of 57 New York-breds through the ring have sold for $3,572,000, an average price of $77,652.

Hip 736[5], a filly by West Coast out of the winning Midnight Lute mare Napier, sold through a private sale for $140,000 to Thorostock, agent for Winning Move Stable.

Bred by Gentry Stable, foaled at Blue Chip Farms in Wallkill and consigned by Sequel Bloodstock, agent, the filly breezed a quarter-mile in :21.2 during presale workouts. The filly is the first foal out of Napier, who is a half-sister to Grade 1 winner $1,380,5940-earner Obligatory.

The OBS April sale concludes with the final session at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/692p.jpg
  2. Hip 692: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/692.PDF
  3. sire of a filly who sold for $100,000 during Wednesday’s session: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/27/six-figure-trio-highlight-day-2-at-obs-april/
  4. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/736p.jpg
  5. Hip 736: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/736.PDF

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/28/solomini-colt-highlights-day-3-at-obs-april-sale/

Six-figure trio highlight Day 2 at OBS April

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Hip 467, a colt by City of Light, goes to Team Penney Racing for $175,000 Wednesday at the OBS April sale. Photo provided by Harris Training Center.

Strong demand continued for New York-breds during the second session of the Ocala Breeders Sales Co.’s April 2-year-olds in training sale with a colt by City of Light leading the way for the Empire State.

Team Penney Racing, bidding through Phil Hager’s Taproot agency, purchased the session’s top-priced New York-bred on a bid of $175,000 for Hip 467[2]. A member of City of Light’s second crop, the colt is out of the winning War Front mare Heavenly Thought.

Bred by Moni Market Breeders and M & M Equine and foaled at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, the colt was listed as sold for $90,000 to HTC/Voric Stables at last year’s Keeneland September yearling sale. He was consigned at OBS by Harris Training Center LLC, agent, and breezed a furlong in :10.2 during presale workouts.

Heavenly Thought, a half-sister to New York-bred stakes winner Jackson Heights, is the dam of the winning American Pharoah colt First Dynasty, a $134,380 purchase at the 2021 Arqana Deauville 2-year-old breeze-up sale. Heavenly Thought is also the dam of a yearling colt by City of Light, also bred in New York by Moni Market Breeders and M & M Equine.

The City of Light colt was one of three six-figure New York-breds that sold Wednesday, bringing the two-day total to seven. OBS reported sales on 19 of the 22 New York-breds through the ring during the second session for a total of $1,231,000. Overall, 32 of 37 New York-breds through the ring have sold for $2,655,000, an average price of $82,969.

Hip 583[3], a daughter of Mitole, commanded the top price for a New York-bred filly Wednesday on a bid of $145,000 from Windylea Farm LLC. Bred by Dixie Farm, foaled at Mahoney Eden Manor in Saratoga Springs and out of the winning Lemon Drop Kid mare Kats Girl Cala, the filly breezed a furlong in :10.2 during presale workouts. Consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, agent, the filly was sold to J. R. International for $110,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

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Hip 605, a filly by New York-based stallions Solomini, was part of the six-figure haul Wednesday at the OBS April sale. Photo provided by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock.

Wednesday’s six-figure trio also featured Hip 605[5], a filly from the first crop of New York-based stallion Solomini who sold for $100,000 to Shea D Boys Stable. Bred by and foaled at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, the filly is the first foal out of the Teuflesberg mare Ladyberg. Consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock, agent, the filly was sold as a weanling to Red Claw Stable for $25,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga October mixed sale.

Solomini, a multiple Grade 1-placed son of Curlin, stands for $6,500 at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs.

The OBS April sale continues with the third of four sessions at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/467p.jpg
  2. Hip 467: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/467.PDF
  3. Hip 583: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/583.PDF
  4. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/605p.jpg
  5. Hip 605: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/605.PDF

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/27/six-figure-trio-highlight-day-2-at-obs-april/

NY-bred fillies shine at OBS April opener

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Hip 176, a New York-bred half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Horologist, sold for $380,000 to highlight Tuesday’s OBS April sale. Photo provided by Tom McCrocklin, agent.

A pair of New York-bred fillies were among a group of 23 juveniles that sold for $300,000 or more during a strong opening session of the Ocala Breeders Sales Co.’s April sale of 2-year-olds in training Tuesday.

Hip 176[2], a filly by More Than Ready and half-sister to multiple graded stakes winner Horologist, commanded the top price for New York-bred on a bid of $380,000 from Town & Country Racing LLC. Bred by GMP Stable, Dutchess Views Farm and C. Robert Valeri and foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, the bay filly is out of the winning Stephen Got Even mare Cinderella Time.

Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent, the filly originally sold for $260,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. She’s the fourth foal produced by Cinderella Time. Horologist won nine of 27 starts, including the Grade 2 Beldame Stakes and Grade 3 Molly Pitcher Stakes in 2020 and the Grade 3 Monmouth Oaks in 2019, and earned $962,939. Horologist sold for $800,000 to Katsumi Yoshida at the 2021 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

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Hip 3, a New York-bred filly by Bolt d’Oro, sold for $300,000 Tuesday at the OBS April sale. Photo provided by RiceHorse.

Hip 3[4], a daughter of Bolt d’Oro who breezed a quarter-mile in :20.3 during presale workouts, went to Reeves Thoroughbred Racing on a private sale for $300,000. Bred by Caliburn Farm and foaled at Shorthill Farm in Ballston Spa, the filly is out of the stakes-winning Paddy O’Prado mare Above Fashion.

Consigned by Brandon and Ali Rice’s RiceHorse Stable, the filly was purchased by RiceHorse for $160,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. The filly also sold as a weanling for $72,000 at the 2021 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

OBS reported sales on 13 of the 15 New York-breds Tuesday for a total of $1,424,000 and an average price of $101,714.

Reeves Thoroughbred Racing also purchased Hip 89[5], a son of Practical Joke who breezed a furling in :10 and the highest-priced New York-bred colt of the day, for $230,000. Bred by Annemarie Toomey and foaled at Fort Christopher’s Thoroughbreds in Stillwater, the colt is out of the winning Big Drama mare Big Thrill. Grade One Investments LLC, agent, consigned the day’s top colt.

The sale continues with the second of four sessions at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hip176-OBS-April2023.jpg
  2. Hip 176: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/176.PDF
  3. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hip3-OBS-April2023.jpg
  4. Hip 3: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/3.PDF
  5. Hip 89: http://obscatalog.com/apr/2023/89.PDF

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/26/ny-bred-fillies-shine-at-obs-april-opener/

Les Bon Temps wins NYSS Park Avenue via DQ

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Les Bon Temps (outside) comes up a nose short in Sunday’s Park Avenue but wins via the disqualification of Little Linzee (inside). Susie Raisher/NYRA Photo.

Jose Ortiz felt like Les Bon Temps was going to run past Little Linzee in deep stretch of Sunday’s Park Avenue division of the New York Stallion Series Stakes and he wasn’t alone.

The stewards agreed with Ortiz in the minutes following the Park Avenue and bumped Les Bon from second to first – at the expense of unofficial winner Little Linzee – in the $200,000 restricted stakes for offspring of nominated stallions standing in the Empire State.

“The inside filly [Little Linzee] clearly drifts out,” Ortiz said after Les Bon Temps came up just a nose short in the 6 1/2-furlong Park Avenue. “It cost me the race, so it was worth it 100 percent to claim foul, so I did. It was a disqualification and we got put up. I feel bad for Katie [Davis, aboard Little Linzee]. She works very hard in the morning and it’s a big deal for her to lose the win. Sometimes, it is what it is. I’m happy for my connections. I feel it was worth it to claim foul and I did and it worked out.”

Little Linzee looked on the way to possibly ending a string of five defeats following her debut maiden score last summer at Saratoga, and also collect her first stakes victory. The daughter of Honorable Dillon cut the corner turning for home, opened up on early leader Honest Banker and dug in down the lane to cross the finish first.

Les Bon Temps, already the winner of the Fifth Avenue division of the NYSS in mid-December, made a sustained rally from third early to reach contention approaching the stretch. The 3-year-old daughter of Laoban looked ready to roll past Little Linzee in midstretch before that foe drifted out and made contact a few times inside the final furlong.

Trainer Linda Rice and Sheila Rosenblum, who campaigns Les Bon Temps in the name of her Lady Sheila Stable along with Pura Vida Investments LLC, Cindy Hutson and Brett Setzer, thought they were second best after the first two hit the finish in 1:18.96 over the muddy and sealed track.

“It was very close as we were watching and thought, ‘oh we were second,’ but then I saw the head-on and it looked like she was getting bothered,” Rice said. “Jose was sure and he said ‘I was going right by her and she definitely interfered.’ ”

Les Bon Temps, a finalist for champion 2-year-old New York-bred honors in 2022, improved to 4-for-9 with the adjudged victory. She also collected $110,000 to boost her bankroll to $604,260.

Les Bon Temps won last year’s Maid of the Mist Stakes on Empire Showcase Day during the Belmont at the Big A meeting, and placed in two other stakes. She came into the Park Avenue off a second in the Maddie May in mid-February and a third in the East View in late March, both at Aqueduct.

Rice liked the way the filly out of the Tapizar mare Winsanity trained before the Park Avenue and came in confident in the 2-1 second choice.

“Pretty well, and actually better right now than she was prior,” Rice said. “She’s run well on a wet track; I was happy with that. I was a little concerned the distance was a little short for her, but I think the wet track certainly helped.”

Midtown Lights, the even-money favorite in the field of seven reduced by the early scratches of Maggie T and Our Rosie Diamonds and the gate scratch of Athena Beach, finished 1 3/4 lengths behind the first two in third. Dream On Cara, Clover Street, Hypnocurrency and Honest Banker completed the field.

Bred by Southern Equine Stables, foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater and the second foal out of the unraced Winsanity, Les Bon Temps was purchased by Deuce Greathouse and Pura Vida Racing for $65,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale.

Winsanity’s first foal, the New York-bred 4-year-old Bodemeister gelding The Man to See, is 1-2-0 in 11 starts with $39,934 in earnings. She is also the dam of an unnamed 2-year-old full brother to Les Bon Temps and a yearling filly by Honest Mischief. The latter two foals were bred by Cypress Creek Equine.

Rice said Les Bon Temps could wind up on grass in the near future, most likely in the $150,000 Cupecoy’s Joy division of the NYSS going 7 furlongs June 18 at Belmont Park, with another start on dirt before that.

“A lot of the Laobans do seem to like the grass, and I think we’ll probably try seven-eighths on the turf in the next stallion stake,” she said. “So maybe the Bouwerie (May 29 at Belmont) into that race.”

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/LesBonTemps-NYSS-ParkAve.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/23/les-bon-temps-wins-nyss-park-avenue-via-dq/

Lifetime of Chance wins Times Square

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Lifetime of Chance (3) leads everybody home in Saturday’s Times Square. Joe Labozzetta/NYRA Photo

By Melissa Bauer-Herzog

The stakes-placed Lifetime of Chance broke through in Saturday’s $200,000 Times Square division of the New York Stallion Stakes Series at Aqueduct to become the third stakes winner for former Sequel New York stallion The Lieutenant.

Coming into this race after breaking his maiden by 16 lengths last out, the Destiny Oaks of Ocala-bred broke on top out of the gate. He kept the lead for a few strides before East Coast Girl made it clear he wanted the lead and the eventual winner obliged. As the pacesetter opened a few lengths on the field, Lifetime of Chance settled a few paths off the rail as the field clocked an opening quarter in :22.50.

East Coast Girl opened an even bigger lead into the turn before Lifetime of Chance stepped up the pace to close the margin and sit right behind him with Ten Cent Town on Lifetime of Chance’s outside turning into the stretch. After a :46.34 half, East Coast Girl wasn’t willing to give in easily and continued to fight for control down the Aqueduct stretch.

He grudgingly gave into Lifetime of Chance’s challenge in the final furlong and faded into third with Bank Frenzy making a big run to cut Lifetime of Chance’s victory to a neck with East Coast Girl 2 ½ lengths behind them as Lifetime of Chance stopped the clock in 1:18.65 for the 6 ½ furlongs.

While a stewards’ inquiry delayed making the results official, Lifetime of Chance ultimately kept the victory.

Making his first start for trainer Mark Casse after being moved from Linda Rice’s barn by D.J. Stable off a 7-furlong win March 18, Lifetime of Chance scored for the second time in seven starts. Worse than third just once in his career, he pushed his earnings to $249,940.

“We’ve had him a little under a month. He has just been automatic, really classy and has does everything right since coming under our care. Linda did a good job with him,” said Casse’s assistant Shane Tripp. “It kind of seems like he wants to go a little further than that. Dylan [Davis] was speaking about that when he came back. I think he has a big future ahead of him.”

Lifetime of Chance is a one of two stakes winners out of Janetstickettocats alongside Grade 3 winner Lucky Player with the mare producing three winners from three to race. Rice bought Lifetime of Chance at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-year-old sale in Maryland for $135,000 from Vargas Sales.

Purchased for $160,000 as a yearling by Destiny Oaks of Ocala, Janetstickettocats is a half-sister to multiple Grade 2 winner Runway Model. That mare is the dam of four-time Grade 1 winner McKinzie and stakes placed Rompin Reid.

Janetstickettocats foaled a filly by Union Jackson in Florida in 2021 and foaled a Knicks Go colt in the state March 23.

A half-brother to Triple Crown winner Justify, The Lieutenant produced just one crop before his death in Peru in 2019. His sons and daughters include nine winners and five stakes performers in addition to the three stakes winners.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/lifetime-of-chance-the-nyss-credit-joe-labozzetta.jpg

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/22/lifetime-of-chance-wins-times-square/

Wanamaker’s set for second NY-bred horses of racing age sale

[1]The New York Thoroughbred Breeders’ Inc. is partnering again with the online Thoroughbred auction company Wanamaker’s to provide a New York-bred horses of racing age sale.

Horses will sell Thursday, June 8, two days before the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes and with plenty of time for buyers to race their purchases at the end of the spring/summer meeting at Belmont Park and the Saratoga Race Course meeting that opens July 13. Entries for the sale will close on May 30, and the catalogue will be released on May 31.

“We are thrilled to once again partner with Wanamaker’s to give buyers and sellers the opportunity to market and purchase New York-bred horses of racing age ahead of the summer racing season in New York,” said NYTB Executive Director Najja Thompson.

“Following last year’s sale, we received an overwhelming amount of good feedback. Looking to improve on the format to the utmost benefit of buyers and sellers, our new sale date on Thursday, June 8 will allow purchasers the opportunity to take the utmost advantage of owning a New York-bred with our racing program and awards with the opportunity to compete during the remainder of the Spring/Summer meet at Belmont Park and the entire Saratoga Race Course season.”

The entry fee for the auction will be $300 and commissions will be 5 percent on sales and 0 percent on RNAs. To make an entry, click here[2].

The NYTB partnered with Wanamaker’s for its annual stallion season auction the last two years and the first New York-bred horses of racing age sale last July. The stallion season auction raises funds for the NYTB to continue fulfilling its mission to promote New York breeding and racing and protecting the welfare of industry stakeholders.

Wanamaker’s was founded three years ago and offers buyers and sellers a consistent year-round marketplace with monthly online auctions.

“As we prepare for the second annual New York-bred horses of racing age sale, we’re thrilled to build upon the success of last year’s sale and offer even more value to the marketplace,” said Wanamaker’s CEO Liza Hendriks.

“Last year’s sale proved to be a great success with one of the graduates winning closing weekend of the Saratoga meet. With our expanded network of buyers and sellers, advanced bidding technology and unparalleled customer service, we’re confident that this year’s auction will be even more exciting and successful than the last. So, take part once again for a truly unique and accessible auction experience, and discover the many benefits that our platform and the New York-bred program can offer to you and your summer racing endeavors.”

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NYTB_Wanamakers.jpg
  2. here: https://wanamakers.com/sell

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/21/wanamakers-set-for-second-ny-bred-horses-of-racing-age-sale/

Colic claims championship nominee Wudda U Think Now

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The late Wudda U Think Now and jockey Dylan Davis after last year’s Alex M. Robb at Aqueduct. Joe Labozzetta/NYRA Photo.

By Tom Law

Thomas Mina remembers exactly how things unfolded the minutes after the hammer fell on Hip 324 at the 2018 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale.

“I went and found the people when they bought the horse, right up to them and told them ‘you got the bargain of the sale,’ ” Mina said after the colt he bred by first-crop sire Fast Anna sold for $60,000.

The colt, later gelded and named Wudda U Think Now, made his breeder’s statement sound pretty good over the next four-plus years. He won nine of 21 starts – including four stakes – and earned $564,750 for Stuart Grant’s The Elkstone Group and trainer Rudy Rodriguez before his life was cut short last month following a bout with colic.

Rodriguez reported the news last week to Daily Racing Form’s David Grening, saying the 6-year-old came down with colic about 10 days after his fourth in the Haynesfield Stakes for New York-breds Feb. 20 at Aqueduct. He was later euthanized after foundering at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square.

“It was very, very hard for the whole barn,” Rodriguez told the Form. “He was a nice-looking horse who always tried. (Grant) already had a home for him if he was going to be retired.”

Mina bred Wudda U Think Now in the name of his Mina Equivest LLC and foaled and raised him at his Five Oak Farm in Saratoga Springs.

“That horse was a gutsy horse, I’ll tell you that,” Mina said. “And Rudy and his team did a good job with him.”

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Wudda U Think Now wins the 2022 John Morrissey Handicap at Saratoga. NYRA Photo.

Mina, involved in racing since claiming a horse with a friend in 1987, was at Saratoga Race Course last summer when Wudda U Think Now won the John Morrissey Handicap. That victory ended an 0-for-45 run at the 2022 Saratoga meet for Rodriguez and gave Wudda U Think Now his second stakes victory of the year along with the Hollie Hughes in mid-February at Aqueduct.

Wudda U Think Now battled a quarter crack after the Hollie Hughes, which sent him to the sidelines for a few months. He returned with a fourth in an open allowance race in late June at Parx Racing before the Morrissey victory. (Read more about the Morrissey on page 34 of the Aug. 13, 2022 edition of The Saratoga Special[3])

Wudda U Think Now later added a victory in the Alex M. Robb Stakes[4] in December at Aqueduct along with a third in the Lite the Fuse Stakes at Pimlico Race Course and a fourth in the Hudson Stakes on Empire Showcase Day at Aqueduct. He ended the season with four wins in seven starts and earned nominations for champion New York-bred older dirt male and male sprinter.

The 2022 New York-bred champions will be announced during the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc.’s Annual Awards Dinner Monday, May 8 at Saratoga National Golf Club.

One of five winners out of the stakes-placed Unbridled Jet mare Unbridled Grace, Wudda U Think Now started the 2023 season with a victory in the Say Florida Sandy Stakes[5] Jan. 8 at Aqueduct.

Wudda U Think Now was Unbridled Grace’s last foal. She was also the dam of stakes-placed winners C d’Cat and James Jingle, 12-time winner and $239,160-earner Dean Verdile and five-time winner and 4216,633-earner Sandy Belle. Mina Equivest bred all of those foals and the unraced Gio Ponti mare Lienau, who is a member of Mina’s broodmare band at Five Oak Farm.

Lienau is the dam of an unnamed 2-year-old New York-bred filly by Flameaway and a yearling filly by Global Campaign that sold as a weanling for $100,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga October mixed sale.

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/WuddaUThinkNow-AlexMRobb.jpg
  2. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/WuddaUThinkNow-Morrissey.jpg
  3. Aug. 13, 2022 edition of The Saratoga Special: https://thisishorseracing.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/08-13-22.pdf
  4. victory in the Alex M. Robb Stakes: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2022/12/17/wudda-u-think-now-upsets-alex-m-robb/
  5. victory in the Say Florida Sandy Stakes: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/01/08/wudda-u-think-now-fends-off-foes-in-say-florida-sandy/

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/20/colic-claims-championship-nominee-wudda-u-think-now/

SaddleUpNY! celebrates 1 year anniversary with launch of the Equine Economic Impact Study

[1]By Dr. Karin Bump

The opening of the American Horse Council’s National Economic Impact Study  on April 3rd, coincides with the 1-year anniversary celebration for SaddleUpNY!  Launched early 2022, SaddleUpNY! is a business initiative to accelerate the success and growth of the NYS Equine Industry through delivery of promotion, connection and education activities and materials. An important part of the work of the organizations in its inaugural year has been collaborating with partner organizations and industry stakeholders to secure funds for a New York State breakout study, as well as a Long Island companion study, in conjunction with the  AHC National Economic Impact Study. The study survey is online and available now at the following links:

Horse Owner (or leaser) Survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AHC_Owner_Survey[2]

Horse Industry suppliers: for industry suppliers, people who operate a horse-related business but do not own horses. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AHC_Supplier_Survey[3]

“The purpose of the study is to demonstrate the value of the equine industry in the national and state economies by analyzing the direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts of horse ownership, recreation, and equine-related services. Data collected will inform public and private investments in equine-related businesses, equine health care, education, land use decisions, tax policy, tourism, employment incentives, etc. “ (AHC press release)

“The Economic Impact Study is the most effective tool in our advocacy quiver,” says Julie Broadway, president of the AHC. “When the industry needs to take aim at an issue, this data is invaluable in helping us paint the picture of the contributions the industry makes and the breath & depth of its composition.”   As the study opens, it is essential that the New York horse community take the survey and widely encourage others to do so as well.

To encourage participation, the AHC has partnered with several sponsors to offer 15 incentive prizes, including: 1st Prize – One John Deere “green” piece of equipment ($7,500); 2nd Prize – One year of Nutrena feed for 1 horse (a $2,000 value): 40 Nutrena free-bag coupons valued at up to $50 a coupon; 3rd – 6th Prize – One year of Purina feed for 1 horse (a $500 value per horse): 20 coupons valued at $25/each (total value $500); 7th Prize – One countertop fridge (holds up to 40 cans/bottles) from Cargill, valued at $350; 8th-9th Prizes – Enrollment in Texas A&M AgriLife Equine Reproductive Management Online Course, valued at $300/enrollment; 10th– 15th Prizes – $30 gift certificates from Trafalgar Square Books (total value $180). In addition, all participants completing the survey will be eligible for 15% discount on purchases at horseandriderbooks.com (discount code is provided at the end of the survey).Prize winners will be announced in the fall 2023 when the study results are announced. See AHC website to review all the prize drawing rules. (Economic Impact Study – American Horse Council[4])

The New York State breakout study and the Long Island companion study were made possible through the generous support and contributions of:  New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Old Field Farm, Blue Chip Farm, John Madden Sales, Cornell University Hospital for Animals, New York Farm Bureau, New York State Horse Council, Karin Bump and Timothy Williams, Sally Lynch, Kent Nutrition, Triple Crown Nutrition, and Go-Fund-Me contributions by individuals in the New York State equine community.

New York horse owners, those leasing horses, and horse industry suppliers are encouraged to take the survey now and then share with others to secure wide industry participation.  The survey will be available from April 3, 2023, through September 29, 2023. More information and the 2023 Economic Impact Study can be found on the AHC website: https://horsecouncil.org/economic-impact-study/[5]. For more information regarding the New York components of the study, please contact Dr. Karin Bump at dr.kbump@gmail.com[6]

Endnotes:
  1. [Image]: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Saddle_Up_NY.jpeg
  2. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AHC_Owner_Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AHC_Owner_Survey
  3. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AHC_Supplier_Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AHC_Supplier_Survey
  4. Economic Impact Study – American Horse Council: https://cl.exct.net/?qs=6487db3e6775d2badf7da55f62f8dcd62f3990dad13a6ad3d1e4b165b288d831894b00c6710419d6968933cff1c17d89
  5. https://horsecouncil.org/economic-impact-study/: https://horsecouncil.org/economic-impact-study/
  6. dr.kbump@gmail.com: mailto:dr.kbump@gmail.com

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2023/04/06/saddleupny-celebrates-1-year-anniversary-with-launch-of-the-equine-economic-impact-study/

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