Pacesetter FUTURE LOOKING BRIGHT FOR 2019 NJ RACING. Mark Ford

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1 Pacesetter Nov. - Dec Volume 44 Issue ssue 6 FUTURE LOOKING BRIGHT FOR 2019 NJ RACING Dear Members, We delayed the release of this edition of the Pacesetter so we could provide the most up-to-date information regarding the state legislature s proposal to enhance purses for Standardbred and Thoroughbred racing. On Dec. 10, the New Jersey Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee advanced legislation (S2992) to provide $20 million annually for five years beginning with the current fiscal year. The committee voted 13-0 in favor of the legislation, which was then put before the full Senate for a vote on Dec. 17. The Senate unanimously voted in favor of the legislation The legislation still requires approval from the State Assembly. An identical bill (A4810) was introduced and referred to the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee on Dec. 10. It is hoped the bill will advance from committee for a full Assembly vote no later than January. If accepted, the legislation would go to Gov. Phil Murphy for his approval. If possible, please contact your state Assembly members and urge their support for this legislation. Under the legislation, funding will be allocated by the New Jersey Racing Commission equally between the Thoroughbred industry and the Standardbred industry, $10 million each. Of the funds allocated to the Thoroughbred industry, 100 percent will be allocated to Monmouth Park overnight purses. Of the funds allocated to the Standardbred industry, 60 percent will be allocated to Meadowlands overnight purses; 16 percent to Freehold overnight purses; 12 percent to the New Jersey Sire Stakes purses; 6 percent to purse bonuses WHAT S INSIDE NJ SUCCESS AT HARRISBURG...2 NEW JERSEY 2019 RACING DATES...3 VENDOR DISCOUNTS...4 for New Jersey-sired horses; and 6 percent for breeders awards purses. We are grateful to Sens. Vin Gopal, Paul Sarlo, Steven Oroho, Richard Codey, and Nilsa Cruz-Perez for sponsoring the legislation and recognizing the importance of the equine industry to New Jersey. We also are thankful to Assembly members John Burzichelli, Eric Houghtaling, and Joann Downey for sponsoring the Assembly bill. This legislation will not only benefit breeders, owners, trainers, and drivers, but everyone involved in our sport at every level. Additionally, we are very appreciative of the work done by numerous members of the SBOANJ board, TrotPac, and our lobbyist AJ Sabath. These people have put in countless hours promoting our industry and our cause. We would not be in the position we are today without their efforts. In conjunction with the state legislation, we are happy to have reached a revenue-sharing agreement with the Meadowlands for the next 10 years that will add a minimum of $1 million annually from sports betting to the track s purse account. If you wager on sporting events, please make sure to place you bets with FanDuel at the Meadowlands or use the FanDuel app. Thank you again to everyone for their hard work this year. Our efforts are producing results and ensuring the future of our industry. Let s continue to push forward in Mark Ford SBOANJ RACES...5 NJ BREEDER & HORSE OF YEAR...6 TROTPAC...7

2 2 NEW JERSEY SUCCESS AT HARRISBURG SALE One year after nearly reaching the $10-million mark at the Standardbred Horse Sale, yearlings raised at New Jersey farms exceeded that figure at November s auction. Yearlings raised in the Garden State sold for more than $10.1 million at the sale, which was held at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg. Fair Winds Farm led all consignors in yearling sales average for the second consecutive year. Fair Winds averaged $95,667 for 15 horses, an increase of nearly 4 percent over its $92,000 average for 19 horses in Fifty Cent Piece was acquired for $500,000 by Lennart Agren s SRF Stables. Mark Hall photo. Concord Stud Farm was No. 2 on the list of consignors, with an average of $86,393 for 56 horses. It was a 48-percent hike from 2017, when Concord sold 55 horses for an average of $58,345. The two Cream Ridge-based farms were the only consignors to top $57,000 in average this year. Overall, the average price for New Jersey-raised yearlings was $59,582, an increase of 13.8 percent compared to last year. The average for all yearlings sold at the auction was $42,675. Concord Stud Farm sold the yearling auction s top-priced horse, filly trotter Fifty Cent Piece (by Muscle Hill out of Thatsnotmyname) for $500,000. Concord also sold the second-highest-priced yearling, filly trotter Krickan (by Trixton out of Solveig) for $415,000 and the sixth-highest-seller, trotting colt Swiss House Onfire (by Muscle Hill out of Brooklyn) for $335,000. Fair Winds Farm s filly trotter Hello Tomorrow (by Muscle Hill out of Armbro Deja Vu) was No. 4 on the top-sellers list, going for $380,000. Cream Ridge s Stephen Dey III co-bred the 10th-best-seller, filly trotter Queentrix (by Trixton out of The Ice Queen) for $260,000. She was raised at Heritage Hill Farm near Allentown and is a three-quarter sister to The Ice Dutchess, who sold for $320,000 in 2017 and was a multiple-stakes-winner in Krickan and Queentrix are both New Jersey-eligible. The sale s 26 New Jersey-eligible yearlings sold for an average of $55,615, an increase of 7.6 percent from 2017 when 27 sold for an average of $51,667. New Jersey residents also were active in spending, with 17 of the yearling auction s top 50 sellers being signed for by state-based owners or trainers. In the Standardbred Horse Sale s mixed sale, Concord Stud Farm was the consignor of two best-sellers, 3-yearold filly pacer Come See The Show at $425,000 and 3-year-old colt pacer Nutcracker Sweet at $300,000. Nutcracker Sweet was purchased by New Jersey s John Cancelliere. The state s breeders also were active in reinvesting their yearling sales money in broodmare prospects and stallion shares.

3 NEW JERSEY 2019 RACING DATES The dates listed below from both Freehold Raceway and the Meadowlands have been approved, however there will be a meeting in mid January to revisit these dates. Depending on supplemental income provided by the state we are optimistic that the dates will be revised for both tracks. At this time Freehold Raceway is scheduled to race a total of 76 days in The 2019 racing season will begin on January 4th and go until May 18th with two race days a week, Friday and Saturday afternoons. Then Freehold will break for the summer and resume racing on August 30th and race until December 28th, with the same Friday and Saturday race schedule. Freehold Raceway s request for 76 days is a direct result of lack of purse money, lack of horses and difficultly filling race cards. They were forced to cancel their Labor Day race card this year for those reasons. This contract was negotiated with the horsemen s best interest to create a binding agreement at this time, the SBOANJ is very optimistic that this contract will be revised. The New Meadowlands Racetrack, LLC plans to race a total of 90 live racing dates beginning on January 4, The Meadowlands will race Friday and Saturday from January 4 through August 3. Then they will resume their Friday and Saturday live racing schedule on October 11 through November 30. In the month of December they will add Thursday night racing to their normal Friday and Saturday schedule. SBOANJ CONTINUES CARETAKER CARE PROGRAM The program will continue to offer clean, gently used, clothing to caretakers and horsemen at no charge. The donated clothing will be located on a rack between the doors of the drivers lounge and medical office in the paddock. Recipients are asked to neatly look through the clothing on LAZARUS N TO STAND IN NEW JERSEY IN 2019 Lazarus N, the son of Bettor s Delight, will stand stud at Deo Volente Farms in Flemington, NJ for the 2019 breeding season. Owner of Lazarus N Duncan Taylor of Taylor Made Sales and Stallions made the announcement with Mike Gulotta of Deo Volente Farms. Current racing calendars are posted on the SBOANJ website. the rack, leave hangers, and keep the area clean. Anyone wishing to donate clothing for the Caretaker Care program can drop off clean, gently used, items at the SBOANJ office at the Meadowlands Racetrack or at the SBOANJ office on Route 33 in Manalapan. Lazarus N has won 37 races with a purse total of over $3 million lifetime, with a mark of 1:48.3 at the Meadowlands Racetrack. His short career in North America he has earned over $400,000 in just 6 starts. Winning the Hoosier Park Pacing Derby and the Dan Patch. Lazarus N will no doubt bring more breeders to the New Jersey Pacing Stakes Program. Lazarus N capturing the 2018 Dan Patch at Hoosier Park. Photo Dean Gillette The syndication will go for $50,000 a share, which includes two breedings the first four years and one each subsequent year. 3

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5 HURRIKANE EMPEROR 2018 SBOA HORSE OF THE YEAR Hurrikane Emperor was unanimously chosen as the SBOA Horse of the Year by the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey. Hurrikane Emperor is the two-year-old Hurrikane Kingcole pacing colt out of the Somebeachsomewhere mare Hurrikane Schmumma. In just nine career starts Hurrikane Emperor has seven wins, earned $226,900 and a mark of 1:49.3. With his dominating performance in all the legs and the final of the New Jersey Sires Stakes at the Meadowlands, and then his 1:49.3 mile in the $250,000 Kentucky Sires Stakes Final at the Red Mile he has made himself the first known dual sire stakes champion. In his final start of the year he was also winner of the SBOANJ sponsored Homegrown Pace at Freehold Raceway. John McDermott Jr. performs the duty of training the talented colt for owners: Jonathan Klee Racing, Kuhen Racing LLC, Pegasis Investment Group and George Vierno. John McDermott and the partners in Hurrikane Emperor continue to support the New Jersey breeding program with their New Jersey-sired horses including full sister Hurrikane Empress who swept the New Jersey Stakes and won the Renaissance final and New Jersey Futurity as a two-year-old. In 2018, Hurrikane Empress won the NJSDF final, a leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes and has career earnings of $219,902 with a career mark of 1:52.0 at the Meadowlands. Hurrikane Emperor s connections will be honored at the 62nd annual Breeder Awards Luncheon on Jan. 27, 2019 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, N.J. THE FIRST ANNUAL GARDEN STATE TROT AT THE MEADOWLANDS The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey debuted it s Garden State Trot for 2-year-olds on Saturday (Nov 10) night at the Meadowlands. Driver Andrew McCarthy and Princess Deo. Photo Lisa Photo Driver Corey Callahan and Battenberg. Photo Lisa Photo Battenberg started the night off winning the $50,000 purse in the first race for 2-year-old colts and geldings. Driver Corey Callahan left from post position six to take the lead for every call of the mile. The Joe Holloway trainee nosed out a strong charging Hudson River to stop the clock in 1:56.1. This marks lifetime win number two for the son of Trixton. Owners Crawford Farms Racing and Val D Or Farms have enjoyed earnings of $66,446 from the New Jersey Bred colt. Hudson River finished a close second with No Drama Please coming in third. The filly trotters took over the stakes action in the third race, battling it out for the $55,000 purse. Andrew McCarthy and Noel Daley teamed up to upset the odds on favorite with Princess Deo. The Trixton filly took the lead in the stretch and held off the competition to win in 1:56.2. This is the fillies third lifetime win earning $173,046 for her owners Deo Volente Farms LLC, Noel Daley, Thomas Pontone and John Fodera. Princess Deo was also bred by Deo Volente Farms LLC of Flemington, NJ. Evident Beauty finished second and Golden Tricks rounded out the trifecta. The SBOANJ applauds its Board of Directors Mike Gulotta, owner of Deo Volente Farms, and Thomas Pontone for their continued support and dedication to New Jersey racing. Wishing them them much success in the future. 5

6 WHITE BIRCH 2018 NJ BREEDER OF THE YEAR The Breeders Committee of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey has selected White Birch Farm of Allentown, N.J. as the 2018 New Jersey Standardbred Breeder of the Year. White Birch Farm will be among the honorees at the 62nd annual Breeder Awards Luncheon on Jan. 27, 2019 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, N.J. The 600-acre Standardbred breeding farm was founded by Joe and Marie Parisi. Their son Michael ran the farm in the years following Joe s passing. Michael passed away in 2015 and, sadly, long-serving farm manager Steve Williams also passed this year. We want to honor their memories and all their contributions to harness racing and breeding. This will be the fourth time White Birch Farm has collected the New Jersey Breeder of the Year award, having also won in 2004, 2011 and In addition, White Birch Farm was honored as the 2012 and 2013 Breeder of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association. The 2-year-old White Birch-bred Trixton filly Evident Beauty earned $248,192 in nine starts, winning three times and finishing in the money eight times. She posted her mark of 1:54.4 capturing the $93,000 Bluegrass Stakes at the Red Mile. The Western Ideal 2-year-old pacing colt Mangogh earned $172,646 and posted a lifetime mark of 1:50.3 in winning the $63,000 International Stallion Stakes at the Red Mile. Take A Wish has been selected as the New Jersey Sire Stakes Horse of the Year for Go West Go Fast and Sidewalk Dancer each had a successful 3-year-old season. Go West Go Fast, a son of Western Ideal, earned $90,067 in his sophomore season with a mark of 1:50.4. The A Rocknroll Dance pacing filly Sidewalk Dancer banked $148,939 this season with a mark of 1:50.3 White Birch Farm s offspring for 2018 accounted for 384 wins and earnings of $4,992,792 to rank among the top breeders in North America. Broodmares Beehive [dam of Hambletonian Oaks and Breeders Crown winner Bee A Magician, who banked $1.54 million in 2013] and Worldly Treasure [dam of 2013 Meadowlands Pace, North America Cup and Breeders Crown winner and double millionaire Captaintreacherous] help to serve as the foundation of the White Birch success story. This year at the Lexington Selected sale Treasure Trove, full brother to Captaintreacherous, sold for $360,000. Past champions were Year-Old Pacer of the Year and Meadowlands Pace winner Hot Lead, Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year Island Fantasy, Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year Worldly Beauty, Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year My Little Dragon and Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year Darlin s Delight. The famed Captaintreacherous was named Pacer of the Year as a 2-year-old in 2012 and again as a 3-year-old in Also in 2013, Bee A Magician took several major titles including 2013 Horse of the Year in both the U.S. and Canada and 2013 Trotter of the Year in the U.S. Previous New Jersey Breeder of the Year winners include Deo Volente Farm, Southwind Farms and Fair Wind Farm. TAKE A WISH NJ STANDARDBRED OF THE YEAR all her races this season. The award, which is voted annually by the New Jersey Sire Stakes Board of Trustees, is based solely on performances in races for New Jersey-sired horses, including NJSS-sponsored races and other major stakes for NJ-sired or bred horses. Take A Wish, by Wishing Stone out of the SJ s Caviar mare Take A Taste, was the only horse to score double finals wins with victories in the finals of the Sire Stakes Premier Division at The Meadowlands and the Standardbred Development Fund at Freehold Raceway. A winner of $87,395 in 2018 the 3-year-old filly trotter was on the board in five out of the six Sire Stakes races that she 6 entered. Regular driver Steve Smith handled Take A Wish in With a record of 1:55.2 which she took in winning the Premier Division final at The Meadowlands, Take A Wish is owned by Dawn Anderson and Mark Schullstrom of Colts Neck, N.J. Anderson also performs double duty as the trainer of the filly. She was bred by Rivers Stable of Flemington, N.J. Take A Wish s connections will be honored at the 62nd annual Breeder Awards Luncheon on Jan. 27, 2019 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, N.J.

7 TrotPAC trustees have been working hard on the behalf of New Jersey horsemen and women to bring the New Jersey horse racing industry s need for state support to the attention of our state representatives. Both TrotPAC trustees and SBOANJ directors have met and spoke to Recently SBOANJ Directors Mark Mullen, Robert Boni, Julie Miller and Al Ochsner along with TrotPAC trustee Anthony Perretti attend function for Senator Paul Sarlo. Governor Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, and Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald while attending various events listed below. The group also attended both the Democratic and Republican committee functions. SENATE EVENTS ASSEMBLY EVENTS Joseph A Lagana Dan Benson Richard J Codey Eliana Pintor Marin Dawn Marie Addiego Ronald S Dancer Loretta Weinberg John Burzichelli Steven V Oroho Eliana Pintor Marin Kip Bateman Raj Mukherji Anthony R Bucco John F Mckeon Jim Beach Lisa Swain Houghtaling New Jersey State Ralph R Caputo Democratic Committee Paul Sarlo Vin Gopal SBOANJ ELECTION RESULTS The board of director election results were announced at the SBOANJ s Annual annual board of director s meeting on Friday (Oct 19) at Freehold Raceway. A total of 360 ballots were received. Mike Gulotta and Richard Meirs were each re-elected in the breeder category as they ran unopposed. Thomas Pontone and Dennis Lane were both running for one spot in the owner category. Incumbent Thomas Pontone will continue to represent the owners as board of director. The driver/trainer category had two open seats available this election. The nominees were incumbents Chris Ryder and Thomas Luchento, and new comers Linda Toscano and Ray Baynes. Chris Ryder and Linda Toscano were elected to fill the two positions. The SBOANJ would like to thank all members who ran and voted in this year s election. It is important to have members involved in all aspects of the election. 7

8 64 Business Route 33 Manalapan, NJ Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey 64 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ Phone: Fax: Website: Officers Mark Ford President Robert Boni First Vice President Mark Mullen Second Vice President Christopher Ryder Third Vice President Michael Gulotta Treasurer Anthony Romano Secretary Alfred Ochsner Jr. Executive Administrator Directors Stephen P. Dey III, VMD Yannick Gingras Michael Klau Sam Landy Richard Meirs, VMD Julie Miller Anthony Perretti Thomas Pontone Linda Toscano Racetrack Rep Linda Goss Bookkeeper Marie Lauer Insurance Coordinator Important Phone Numbers New Jersey Sire Stakes Harness Horsemen International Maritsa Quijada License/Fingerprint NJ Racing Commission Publicity Consultant Trenton: Freehold: Courtney Stafford Meadowlands: NJ Trailer Ban: NJTP