Chief Officer

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

Hey, I wanted to ask you a quick question. Do you still have the pictures of your barn and foals on the NY Breds website? I would like to go back and look at them, but I don't remember exactly how to get to that page.

KyRose,
If you click on the foaling barn (the one with the stork), then scroll down to Harper Farm, Harper Hill Farm, they're there.
They were brand new then.
I'll be taking better pics to send you if the rains and clouds go away.
DTS

[SentToStud]

All the reading I've done about state breeding programs tells me if you own a "State Bred" that can run a little bit, NY is the place to be, with NJ a close second.

The purses NY and NJ put up for ther state breds are phenomenal.

If you own a Florida bred, there are very, very few restricted races and none, I believe, for older horses. The incentive for Florida-breds is a 15% or so purse supplement.

[Pedigree Ann]

The designation of where a horse is 'bred' is the location where it was foaled. Mares in foal are sold all the time and taken to locations different from where they were serviced. For horses to be eligible for state-bred programs, some states have further restrictions to qualify for state-bred races, breed-back to local stallions or somesuch, but they are still bred wherever they are foaled.

Chief Officer is by Gainesway (Ky) stallion Officer out of a KY-bred mare by Pine Bluff - the second dam won the Beaumont S at Keeneland before it was graded. Chief Officer's year older half-sister, Ky-bred Ready to Please, won the G2 Fantasy S this spring. This is a high-quality pedigree, no matter where she was foaled.

P.S. One of the greatest runners in North American racing history was foaled in New York. He upheld the honor of the North in a famous match with the pride of the South. He later became leading sire twice, and his best son was also a leading sire. Can you name him? And then tell me why the NYRA hasn't named a stakes race after him?

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

The designation of where a horse is 'bred' is the location where it was foaled. Mares in foal are sold all the time and taken to locations different from where they were serviced. For horses to be eligible for state-bred programs, some states have further restrictions to qualify for state-bred races, breed-back to local stallions or somesuch, but they are still bred wherever they are foaled.

Chief Officer is by Gainesway (Ky) stallion Officer out of a KY-bred mare by Pine Bluff - the second dam won the Beaumont S at Keeneland before it was graded. Chief Officer's year older half-sister, Ky-bred Ready to Please, won the G2 Fantasy S this spring. This is a high-quality pedigree, no matter where she was foaled.

P.S. One of the greatest runners in North American racing history was foaled in New York. He upheld the honor of the North in a famous match with the pride of the South. He later became leading sire twice, and his best son was also a leading sire. Can you name him? And then tell me why the NYRA hasn't named a stakes race after him?

Ped Anne,
I have no clue as to the answer for your P.S.
Answer please.
DTS