Ever since Governor Murphy signed the $100 Million, five year appropriation into law on Valentine’s Day, the Harness Racing Industry has experienced a much heightened interest in New Jersey.
For example, in the last month, bookings to Lazarus N, “The Wonder from Down Under,” has increased dramatically to the point that his book is nearly full.
Additionally, Lazarus has attracted some high profile mares, including;
Worldly Beauty p, 1:49.3M ($1,900,255)
Rocklamation p, 1:48.3M ($2,277,384)
Odds On Stephanie, sister to Captaintreacherous p,1:47.1M ($3,148,657)
Artstopper, dam of Always B Miki p,1:46.0M ($2,715,368)
Shake It Miki, sister to Always B Miki
West Side Glory, dam of See You at Peelers p,1:49.2f ($1,573,260) to name just a few.
Mark Ford, President of the SBOA of New Jersey, said: “I attribute the sharply heightened interest to:
1) The announcement of our stud fee rebate program for New Jersey pacing stallions;
2) A 75% increase announced by the New Jersey sire stakes in their purses;
3) The allocation of part of that $100 million purse appropriation enacted into law for purse bonuses for both breeders and owners of New Jersey sired horses.”
Mike Klau of Southwind Farms, Pennington, reported: “All three of our stallions, namely Muscle Hill, Walner, and Tactical Landing, will have full books this year.” Mike Gulotta of Deo Volente Farms said he expects both Lazarus and Trixton to also have full books. Additionally, Dr. Richard Meirs indicated that he has added a few stallions to his roster and he would expect “Another 30 or 40 breedings.”
Indeed, breeding 700+ Mares in New Jersey in 2019 is a very significant increase over 279 breedings in 2017 and 435 in 2018.
According to Mike Gulotta, Treasurer of the SBOANJ and owner of Deo Volente Farms “For years, we have been working on a renaissance of Standardbred racing and breeding in New Jersey and the hard work over these years of the SBOA and Jeff Gural is already resulting in tremendous economic gain for the industry and for the state of New Jersey.”
For more information call Linda Petrenko at 908-782-4848.
New Jersey Registered Stallions 2018 Mares Bred List Foals of 2019 |
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STALLION |
STUD FEE |
TOTAL |
REG FOALS |
COLTS |
FILLIES |
TROTTERS |
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|
|
|
|
Muscle Hill |
private |
140 |
|
|
|
Trixton |
$12,000 |
136 |
|
|
|
Walner |
$20,000 |
140 |
|
|
|
Total Trotters |
|
416 |
|
|
|
PACERS |
|
|
|
|
|
Great Vintage |
$2,000 |
8 |
|
|
|
Lis Mara |
$2,500 |
9 |
|
|
|
Santa Fe Beachboy |
$2,000 |
0 |
|
|
|
Sunfire Bluechip |
$3,000 |
2 |
|
|
|
Total Pacers |
|
19 |
|
|
|
New Jersey Registered Stallions 2017 Mares Bred List Foals of 2018
STALLION |
STUD FEE |
TOTAL |
REG FOALS |
COLTS |
FILLIES |
TROTTERS |
|
|
|
|
|
Muscle Hill |
private |
140 |
103 |
54 |
49 |
Northern Kid |
$750 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
Trixton |
$12,000 |
122 |
45 |
16 |
29 |
Total Trotters |
|
267 |
150 |
71 |
79 |
PACERS |
|
|
|
|
|
Great Vintage |
$2,000 |
3 |
2 |
|
2 |
Lis Mara |
$2,500 |
7 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
Sunfire Bluechip |
$3,000 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total Pacers |
|
12 |
8 |
5 |
3 |