New York Sire Stakes Harness Racing

Breeders Awards have been approved

Tuesday, 18 December 2012 16:23

 by the Agriculture and NYS Horse Breeding Development Fund Trustees

Checks have been mailed. 

 This year the Breeders Awards will be paid out based on a percentage of the horse’s  NYSS program earnings.

The list, provided here, is sorted by Breeder, to get total award       add Performance and Residency  Awards together.

For a list of awards:  click here 

To be eligible for a Residency Breeders Award, breeders must certify that the mare was a resident in New York State for 180 continuous days during the breeding year, and will be bred to a New York-eligible stallion resulting in a New York-bred foal. The 180-day requirement must be met within the calendar year. 

A 2012 Residency award will be paid to the first breeder of record if the 2-year-old progeny of the resident mare finishes among the top five in any NYSS race.

The total Residency Breeders Awards pool will be divided into three separate pools according to level of racing.  The Sire Stakes/State Fair residency pool will be 70%, the Excelsior will be 20% and the County Fairs will be 10% of the residency pool.  Each separate residency pool amount will be divided by the total number of resident horses who finished in the money for that race season. Breeders of a resident horse will receive a “flat” breeders award amount according to race level.

Residency awards provide an amount of $120,000 for 2-year-olds in 2012

The breakdown of Residency Awards follow:

 $84,000 for NYSS resident awards --71 horses = $1,183

$24,000 for Excelsior resident awards ---109 horses = $220

$12,000 for County Fair resident awards – 60 horses = $200

LADY RIVIERA’S 1:59:2 SETS TRACK MARK FOR 2-YEAR-OLD TROTTING FILLIES IN NYSS ACTION

Thursday, 19 July 2012 08:46

by John Manzi, Publicity Director
With the temperature hovering around 91 degrees and the race track lightning fast New York-bred freshmen trotting fillies were front and center at Monticello Raceway with five divisions of the $148,000 NYSS and three $12,800 splits in the Excelsior Series. Right out of the box in the very first $28,362 NYSS split a new track record was established by Lady Riviera when Ron Piercee  guided her to a 1:59.2 triumph. The homebred daughter of Sand Vic- La Riviera Lindy knocked one full second of the former mark of 2:00.2 set by Jezzy in 2010.

Read more: LADY RIVIERA’S 1:59:2 SETS TRACK MARK FOR 2-YEAR-OLD TROTTING FILLIES IN NYSS ACTION

Lady Riviera Smashes Track Record in NYSS Victory at Monticello Raceway

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 08:03

By Bill Heller

               Talk about a tough act to follow. In the first of five $28,000-plus divisions of the New York Sire Stakes Two-Year-Old Filly Trot at Monticello Raceway Wednesday afternoon, Richard T. Banca’s Lady Riviera, trained by Banca’s son Richard and driven by Hall of Famer Ron Pierce, obliterated the track record in a five-length victory in 1:59 2/5.

Read more: Lady Riviera Smashes Track Record in NYSS Victory at Monticello Raceway

SUMMERTIME LEA GOES FROM BARGAIN BUY TO SIRE STAKES WINNER”

Wednesday, 18 July 2012 11:22

by Justin Horowitz, Host/Executive Producer

NYSS 2 YO Pacing filly featured on this week’s “Inside Harness Racing”

NICHOLS, NY – Summertime Lea was originally purchased as a yearling last year for $2,600 and now she’s undefeated and a two-time New York Sire Stakes leg winner for the powerful Ron Burke stable.

Read more: SUMMERTIME LEA GOES FROM BARGAIN BUY TO SIRE STAKES WINNER”