First foal for Rockridge Stud’s Americanrevolution

New York-bred Horse of the Year and Grade 1 winner Americanrevolution was represented by his first foal born early Sunday.

The colt by the 7-year-old son of Constitution is out of the unraced Tiznow mare Tiz a Belle. Bred by Valencia Leach, the colt was foaled at Northview Stallion Station in Warwick, Maryland.

Americanrevolution, who earned New York-bred Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male honors in 2021, stands for $12,500 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson in a partnership with WinStar Farm, China Horse Club, Taylor Made Stallions, Fortune Farm and Mill Creek Farm.

The newborn colt is the fourth for Tiz a Belle, who is also the dam of a New York-bred yearling colt by Vekoma who sold for $90,000 to En Fuego Stables at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Saratoga fall mixed sale.

Tiz a Belle, who is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Essential Wager, is out of the Grade 3-placed Officer mare Mr Hall’s Opus.

Campaigned by WinStar and CHC Inc. and trained by Todd Pletcher, Americanrevolution won five of 12 starts with two seconds and a third for $1,286,810 in earnings. He earned his New York-bred titles in 2021 after victories in the New York Derby at Finger Lakes, Albany Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, Empire Classic Handicap at Belmont Park and Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct.

Americanrevolution, bred by Fred Hertrich III and John Fielding and foaled at Irish Hill Century Farm in Stillwater, also earned New York-bred champion older dirt male honors in 2022. He placed in two major stakes that season – the Grade 2 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs and the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga.

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Central Banker secures fourth leading sire title

Central Banker emerged from a near season-long battle to finish the 2024 season where he left off the last three seasons – on top of the New York general sire list.

Central Banker collected his fourth straight crown as the Empire State’s leading sire with $5,436,573 in progeny earnings, $17,717 more than runner-up Bucchero. Central Banker’s progeny total for 2024 also best each of his individual totals the last three seasons, including the $5,391,160 earned from his runners in 2022.

“He had another very productive year,” said Joe McMahon of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds in Saratoga Springs, where Central Banker will stand the 2025 season for $7,500. “He’s a pretty viable alternative to not going out of New York state. He’s established that. Just like Freud was years ago. Just a real solid kind of a horse.

“He does a couple nice turf horses. They can run in the mud. If you watch a lot of them you do pick up on things, characteristics. Most of them, when they’re going down the lane and they’re head and head with another horse, they get another gear. They get tougher. Those are the things you just can’t put out there, but if you watch a lot of races, you’ll see it.”

That toughness played out frequently on the New York Racing Association circuit and his six stakes winners and 12 stakes horses led the state, along with his 150 runners. The sire of 431 named foals according to BloodHorse statistics, Central Banker also posted average earnings per runner of $36,244.

Central Banker, the leading sire in the Northeast region, also checked in 58th overall on the North American general sire list and third on New York’s list of leading 2-year-old sires behind Honest Mischief and fellow McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds’ stallion Solomini.

Central Banker did a significant amount of damage at the country’s premier meeting at Saratoga Race Course. He sired Evan Shipman Handicap winner Bank Frenzy and Rick Violette Stakes winner Courtly Banker at Saratoga, among others.

“Saratoga was spectacular for him,” McMahon said. “He’s just a nice horse. Gets runners, gets useful horses. He’s been that way consistently and that’s why he keeps getting the numbers to the breeding shed and that’s why he keeps getting the runners on the racetrack.”

The fight for the leading sire title came down to the final days of 2024, including December 28 when Bank Frenzy picked up $55,000 from winning the Alex M. Robb Stakes at Aqueduct to help pad Central Banker’s narrow advantage. Bank Frenzy was one of six stakes winners in 2024 for Central Banker, along with Light Man, Bold Fortune, Morning Matcha, Courtly Banker and Sunday Girl.

Bank Frenzy led the group with four wins and two seconds in seven starts, along with $293,950 in earnings in 2024. Purchased privately in the summer by LSU Stables, he also won the Evan Shipman Handicap at Saratoga Race Course and finished second in the Empire Classic Stakes on Empire Showcase Day to wrap up the Belmont at the Big A fall meeting. Bank Frenzy was bred by Chester and Mary Broman.

Morning Matcha, Central Banker’s second leading earner with a bankroll of $1,035,820, won the Unique Bella Stakes and Mrs. Penny Stakes at Parx Racing. Bred by Crane Thoroughbred Services LLC and campaigned by LC Racing, Cash is King Racing and Gary Barber, she later sold for $300,000 at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale.

Light Man also won on Showcase Day, taking the Hudson Stakes. He won four of seven starts in 2024 with $268,300 in earnings for owner McRich Stables and breeder Newman Racing.

Richard Nicolai’s homebred Bold Fortune rose toward the top of the New York-bred juvenile ranks with back-to-back victories in the fall, including the New York Breeders’ Futurity. He ended the season with $156,270 in earnings.

McMahon is already looking forward to the 2025 racing and breeding seasons. He’s seen similar strong interest in Central Banker for his 11th season.

“It always remains to be seen but he’s had a pretty good early interest, as he has in other years,” McMahon said. “It seems that the trend in the industry is to book later unless you’re going to a really expensive sire. Central Banker, he probably has 40 already committed to him this year. That’s pretty good. We’ll pick up, between us and the syndicate, another 50 there. That puts him in pretty nice shape going into the breeding season.”

Bucchero, a 13-year-old son of Kantharos, stood his first season in New York in 2024 at McMahon of Saratoga before relocating to Ironhorse Stallions at Questroyal North in Stillwater for the 2025 season. Bucchero, who stood his first five seasons in Florida, also sired six stakes winners and 12 stakes horses in 2024 along with 80 winners and the earners of $5,418,856. He will stand for $10,000 in 2025.

Solomini, a 10-year-old son of Curlin who stands for $7,500 at McMahon of Saratoga, finished third on New York’s general sire list and topped the 2024 second-crop sire list with progeny earnings of $3,387,578.

“He’s doing really well. I’m really proud of him,” McMahon said. “And as things continue, the Solominis will do better with age. He had four stakes winners in 2024; that’s pretty good for a regional stallion or any stallion. We’re very fortunate to have him.

I always thought he was the perfect horse for a program like New York. He was an early 2-year-old, showed real talent as a 2-year-old, ran in top company, he was a dirt horse. New York is still very much a dirt-based racing circuit. And he did have a couple nice turf horses this year. He was the perfect horse for New York, or for any regional program, but for New York especially.”

War Dancer, a 15-year-old son of War Front who stands for $7,500 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson, finished fourth on New York’s general sire list in 2024 with $2,439,496 in progeny earnings. Tourist, who recently relocated out of state, checked in fifth at $2,276,865.

Honest Mischief, a 9-year-old son of Into Mischief who stands for $7,500 at Sequel Stallions New York in Hudson, led New York’s first-crop and the juvenile sire lists in 2024 with progeny earnings of $1,621,889.

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2025/01/09/central-banker-secures-fourth-leading-sire-title/

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NYTB Stallion Auction returns Jan. 3rd – 7th on Thoroughlybred.com

[1]New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc. (NYTB) will conduct its annual Stallion Season Auction from Friday, January 3rd to Tuesday, January 7th on Thoroughlybred.com[2].

The annual auction raises funds that allow the NYTB to carry on its two-fold mission of promoting New York breeding and racing and protecting the welfare of industry stakeholders.

The auction has routinely attracted donated seasons from farms in the Empire State and Kentucky, including McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, Sequel New York, Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions, Rockridge Stud, Lane’s End, Darley America, Darby Dan Farm, and additional farms.

“Each year, the proceeds from our stallion season auction support NYTB and the interests of our members and breeders who participate in the New York-bred program,” said New York Thoroughbred Breeders Executive Director Najja Thompson. “The auction offers breeders a diverse selection of stallions based in New York, Kentucky, and additional states for breeders to appropriately match their mares.”

The auction has routinely attracted donated seasons from farms in the Empire State and Kentucky, including McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, Sequel New York, Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions, Rockridge Stud, Spendthrift Farm, Darley America, Darby Dan Farm, and additional farms.

If you are interested in donating a season, please contact NYTB directly at info@nytbreeders.org or 518.587.0777.

Participants must register with Thoroughbredly.com[3] before bidding. All bids will be subject to the rules and conditions of the auction, and each season’s conditions will be posted. Click here[4] to register your account with Thoroughlybred.com.

New York-bred program stakeholders receive more than $60 million annually distributed in purse money, breeding incentives, and awards for New York-breds eligible to compete in more than 600 New York-bred races run on the New York Racing Association circuit and Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack.

To view the current list of stallions available, visit here[5]. *Please note that additional stallions may be entered through the start of the NYTB auction on Jan. 3.

Current Stallions as of 12/28/2024 *Please note this list will be updated through the start of the NYTB auction on Jan. 3. Click here.[6]

Stallion	Standing At	State
Americanrevolution	Rockridge Stud	NY
Bee Jersey	Darby Dan	KY
Bucchero	Bucchero Stallion LLC	NY
Chewing Gum	Rockridge Stud	NY
Country House	Darby Dan	KY
Dialed In	Darby Dan	KY
Disco Partner	Rockridge Stud	NY
Honest Mischief	Sequel New York	NY
Keepmeinmind	Sequel New York	NY
Fire At Will	Sequel New York	NY
Galilean	Hidden Lake Farm	NY
Gufo	Darby Dan	KY
Higher Power	Darby Dan	KY
King for a Day	Irish HIll Dutchess Views	NY
Leofric	Darby Dan	KY
Lookin At Lee	Irish HIll Dutchess Views	NY
Messier	Rockridge Stud	NY
Mind Control	Rockridge Stud	NY
Modernist	Darby Dan	KY
Mo Donegal	Spendthrift Farm	KY
Mystic Guide	Darley Stallions	KY
Petulante	Irish HIll Dutchess Views	NY
Proxy	Darley Stallions	KY
Shirl’s Speight	Darby Dan	KY
Slumber	Rockridge Stud	NY
Speaker’s Corner	Darley Stallions	KY
Tale of Ekati	Darby Dan	KY
Tale of Silence	Darby Dan	KY
Title Ready	Darby Dan	KY
Vino Rosso	Spendthrift Farm	KY
Warrior’s Charge	Irish HIll Dutchess Views	NY
War Dancer	Rockridge Stud	NY
Waiting	Irish HIll Dutchess Views	NY
Cloud Compputing	Pin Oak Lane Farm	PA
Flameaway	Darby Dan	KY
Higher Power	Darby Dan	KY
Maximus Mischief	Darby Dan	KY
Modernist	Darby Dan	KY
Rock Your World	Spendthrift Farfm	KY
Drain The Clock	Gainesway Farm	KY
Courageous Cat	Questroyal North	NY
Central Banker	McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds	NY
Solomini	McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds	NY
Provocateur	McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds	NY
Audible	Winstar Farm	KY
Gift Box	Lane’s End Farm	KY
Known Agenda	Spendthrift Farm	KY
Temple City	Spendthrift Farm	KY

 

 

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2024/12/23/nytb-stallion-auction-returns-jan-3rd-7th-on-thoroughlybred-com/

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McMahon of Saratoga Holiday Stallion show Today!

 

 

McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds will hold its annual holiday stallion show from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, December 14.

All stallions including multiple New York leading sire Central Banker, national ranked second-crop sire Solomini, and multiple stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Provocateur will be available for inspection.

By the record-setting sire of the 21st century Into Mischief, Provocatuer is from the sire producing family of Daredevil, Albertus Maximus, King Charlemagne, Meshaheer and others. A $600,000 purchase out of the 2020 Keeneland September yearling sale, Provocateur is out of the winning Cherokee Run mare Cayala.

Provocateur was a multiple stakes winner at 3, taking Gulfstream Park’s $100,000 Hutcheson Stakes in 1:09.60 for 6 furlongs and Monmouth Park’s $104,000 Jersey Shore Stakes in 1:09.81. He also finished second in the Pasco Stakes at Tampa, Gold Fever Stakes at Belmont Park and the Grade 1, $400,000 Woody Stephens Stakes on the Belmont Stakes Day undercard.

He joins multiple New York leading sire and New York’s leading sire of 2024 stakes winners, Central Banker, and national ranked second-crop sire Solomini.

The farm will hold its annual holiday stallion show from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, December 14. All three stallions will be available for inspection.

The McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds stud fees for 2025:

Central Banker $7,500
Provocateur $5,000
Solomini $7,500

All fees are live foal, stands and nurses.

For more information on the stallions or details on the holiday stallion show, please call the McMahon of Saratoga farm office at (518) 587-3426.

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2024/12/14/mcmahon-of-saratoga-adds-provocateur-announces-2025-stud-fees/

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Peace And Justice to stand at Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions for 2025

Peace and Justice, a brilliant miler by War Front and sire of multiple stakes winners, will relocate from Pennsylvania to stand the 2025 season at Irish Hill & Dutchess Views Stallions in Stillwater.

The 14-year-old out of the winning Smart Strike mare Strike the Sky will stand for an advertised fee of $7,500 S&N.

“We are very excited to bring a proven stallion like Peace and Justice with his credentials and numbers to New York,” said Steven W. Young. “With the advent of a third racing surface, combined with the purse parity coming to the state, Peace and Justice should do very well.”

Peace and Justice ran three 95+ Beyer Speed Figures. He captured a Santa Anita Park allowance contest in dominant fashion by 5 1/4 lengths, and another 1-mile contest going wire-to-wire in a swift 1:32.36. Throughout his career, Peace and Justice defeated multiple graded stakes winners, including Grade 1 winner Drill. He earned “TDN Rising Star” status and ran 3/5 seconds off Horse of the Year Wise Dan’s course record at Santa Anita with a wire-to-wire mile victory in 1:32.36 (22.47, 44.55, 1:08.05, 1:20.20).

Peace and Justice is a half-brother to Grade 2 winner Hudson Steele and the dam of Grade 1-placed dirt runner My Man Sam. He is bred on the same proven Grade 1 cross as Peace and War, winner of the Grade 1 Darley Alcibiades and third in the Grade 1 Cotillion Stakes.

Like his sire War Front, Peace and Justice has proven himself as a sire with a high strike rate, evidenced by nearly 70% winners from starters lifetime. Among his last 100 starters, 47% finished in-the-money, with 18% winners and $8,250 average earnings per start.

Peace and Justice’s top runners include Dontlookbackatall, winner of the Grade 3 Caress Stakes at Saratoga Race Course, Power by Far Stakes at Parx Racing and the License Fee Stakes at the Belmont at the Big A meeting this year.

He has also sired Like a Saltshaker, winner of the 202 Fitz Dixon Jr. Memorial Stakes at Presque Isle Downs; and Capo, winner of the 2023 Pennsylvania Nursery Stakes at Parx.

Peace and Justice’s 2024 stakes horses also include Calabrian Queen, placed in the Orleans Stakes at Delta Downs; and 2-year-old Beyondexpectations, who placed in the Whistle Pig Stakes at Parx.

For breeding inquiries, contact Moe Scavullo (518) 398-5666, Steven W. Young (323) 646-5663 or Rick Burke and Bill Leak (518) 584-1515.

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2024/12/03/peace-and-justice-to-stand-at-irish-hill-dutchess-views-stallions-for-2025/

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Rockridge Stud announces 2025 fees, stallion shows

Rockridge Stud in Hudson has announced its stud fees for 2025 and unveiled a pair of opportunities to see stallions in advance of the breeding season.

Rockridge will give breeders the opportunity to see the two new stallions, Chewing Gum and Messier, at Mill Creek Farm in Stillwater from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, December 14. Light refreshments will be served.

The annual Rockridge Stud stallion show will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, January 25. A full lunch buffet will be served, and drawings for free seasons to each stallion will be held at the show.

The 2025 Rockridge stud fees:

Americanrevolution* – $12,500 LFSN
Chewing Gum – Private
Disco Partner – Private
Messier – $5,000 LFSN
Mind Control** – $8,000 LFSN
Slumber – $7,500 LFSN
War Dancer – $7,500 LFSN

*partnership with WinStar Farm, Taylor Made Stallions, Fortune Farm and Mill Creek Farm
**partnership with Irish Hill/Dutchess View Stallions, Waldorf Farm and Hidden Lake Farm

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2024/12/03/rockridge-stud-announces-2025-fees-stallion-shows/

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Messier to stand at Rockridge Stud in 2025

Multiple graded stakes winner and Grade 1-placed Messier will take up stud duties in 2025 at Rockridge Stud in Hudson through a deal brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock.

The 5-year-old son of Empire Maker out of the Smart Strike mare Checkered Past will stand for $5,000 LFSN and a limited number of shares are available.

The Sam-Son Farm homebred was purchased at the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearling Showcase by Donato Lanni on behalf of SF Bloodstock, Madaket Stables and Starlight Racing for $470,000 – the highest-priced Empire Maker sold that year.

Second in his debut at 2, he broke his maiden in his second start in a maiden special weight, winning by 6 1/2 lengths. Messier’s next start was the Grade 3 Bob Hope, where he bested Forbidden Kingdom by 3 1/2 lengths, followed by a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity

Messier’s best race came in his 3-year-old debut – a resounding victory in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis by 15 lengths to earn a 103 Beyer. He secured his place in the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby with a second-place finish behind Taiba in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby. Messier returned to top form with a runner-up finish in this year’s Excelsior Stakes at Aqueduct in March, followed up a few weeks later with a win in the Grade 3 Westchester at the Belmont at the Big A meeting.

Messier retired with a record of 4-5-1 in 15 starts and earnings of $593,690.

“Messier was an exceptionally athletic colt with a very high cruising speed,” said SF Racing’s Tom Ryan. “He won graded stakes races at ages 2 and 3 and again at age 5. His performance in the Bob Lewis was outstanding, stopping the clock at 1:42.4 and winning by 15 lengths with a 103 Beyer. He is an exciting addition to the stallion ranks in New York.”

Messier joins Americanrevolution, Chewing Gum, Disco Partner, Mind Control, Slumber and War Dancer for the 2025 season at Rockridge Stud.

For more information, contact Erin Robinson (859) 421-7531.

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2024/11/22/messier-to-stand-at-rockridge-stud-in-2025/

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Tourist sold to stand in Turkey

Multiple Grade 1 and Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Tourist has been sold to Fazli Yurdabak of Turkey in a deal brokered by Matt Bowling of Bowling Bloodstock and Murat Sancal.

The 13-year-old son of Tiznow will stand at Izmit Stallion Complex in Turkey in 2025, once he completes quarantine at Sancal Racing at Elmendorf Farm in Lexington, Kentucky.

Tourist started his stud career at WinStar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, before he relocated to New York to stand at Rockridge Stud in Hudson for the 2023 season.

Tourist is the sire of 190 winners, including nine black-type winners, according to BloodHorse statistics. He’s the sire of Grade 3 winner Wentru, American Derby winner Tango Tango Tango and Grade 3-placed stakes winner Carpenters Call. Tourist is the sire of the earners of nearly $12 million through Monday.

Campaigned by WinStar, Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber, Tourist won six of 18 starts and earned $2,170,340 over three seasons. A stakes winner at 3, 4 and 5, Tourist ran in three consecutive editions of the Breeders’ Cup Mile and won the $2 million event in his final start in 2016 at Santa Anita Park.

Tourist also won the Grade 1 Fourstardave Handicap in 2016 at Saratoga Race Course, More Than Ready Mile Stakes in 2015 at Kentucky Downs and Sir Cat Stakes in 2014 at Saratoga.

Tourist is out of the winning Unbridled’s Song mare Unbridled Melody, the dam of New York-bred stakes winner Mountain Music Man (by Bluegrass Cat) and New York-bred winner Tether to Reality (by Harlan’s Holiday), along with stakes winner Harlan’s Harmony (by Spring At Last) and Grade 3-placed $198,118-earner Michael With Us.

Source URL: https://www.nytbreeders.org/news/2024/11/18/tourist-sold-to-stand-in-turkey/

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