RUTGERS Equine Science CENTER Offers
Podcast Series AS Dynamic Way to Learn
The Equine Science Center has created a series of podcasts based on the popular print-version Fact Sheets produced by Rutgers Cooperative Extension faculty and posted on the Equine Science Center website. Podcast subjects currently include:
- The Basics of Equine Nutrition (in two parts)
- Care for the Older Horse: Diet and Health
- The Basics of Equine Behavior
- Horse Trailer Maintenance and Trailering Safety (in two parts)
The running time for the podcasts ranges from five to seven minutes. They are available for listening or downloading on the Rutgers podcast site at http://iTunes.rutgers.edu and via a link on the home page of the Equine Science Center website, www.esc.rutgers.edu.
The source material for the podcasts – Rutgers Cooperative Extension Fact Sheets – consists of original research by Extension and Equine Science Center-affiliated faculty as well as summaries of research and publications produced by other prominent scholars and experts. More than 40 Fact Sheets address topics of interest to horse and horse farm owners and individuals involved in the horse industry. On the Equine Science Center website, these are linked to frequently asked questions and a dynamic search engine, which make finding answers a very simple task.
According to Dr. Karyn Malinowski, director of the Equine Science Center, the podcast series is just one more way of sharing the knowledge and research of the Center with the public.
“Our mantra is ‘better horse care through research and education,’” she notes. “The Equine Science Center offers a wide variety of ways to learn – from seminars and conferences to peer-reviewed Fact Sheets to newsletters to our highly interactive website. Audio recordings in the form of the latest podcast technology are just one more way to make learning as convenient and effective as possible,” she says.
Additional podcasts are under development. Future topics will include a series on farm and barn safety, the care and feeding of the older horse, nutrition for foals and growing horses, descriptions of equine metabolic issues, causes and prevention of equine stress, manure management and pasture management.
Talkin About Love Honored
as
New Jersey Horse of the Year
 Talkin About Love, a winner of five of her seven starts last year, has been named New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for 2007. Talkin About Love also garnered honors as champion three-year-old filly.
Talkin About Love began her championship campaign by winning consecutive allowance races against restricted New Jersey-bred fillies and mares by a combined 9 lengths. She then won two open company races in her next two starts including a 10 length triumph at one mile. In her fifth win of the year the Not For Love filly made history by becoming the first New Jersey-bred to win the $200,000 Monmouth Breeders’ Cup Oaks (Gr. III.) First contested in 1871, the Monmouth Oaks is the oldest Oaks run in North America. The Kevin Sleeter homebred won the Oaks by 1 ¾ lengths.
In her next two starts after the Monmouth Oaks, Talkin About Love finished third in the Fitz Dixon Cotillion Handicap (Gr. III) at Philadelphia Park and third in the Inside Information Breeders’ Cup Handicap at Monmouth Park.
Talkin About Love finished the year with over $375,000 in earnings bringing her lifetime total to $418,183.
Kathleen Willier’s Love For Not is the champion two-year-old filly after capturing t hree of her four starts including the $142,000 Maryland Million Lassie Stakes and the $53,000 filly division of the New Jersey Futurity. Love for Not was bred in New Jersey by Golden Dome Stable and is trained by Kevin Sleeter.
Roseland Farm Stable’s Rough Road Ahead was named champion two-year-old colt or gelding after winning two of his six starts including the $57,000 colt division of the New Jersey Futurity. Bred by John Bowers, Jr. Rough Road Ahead is by Horse Chestnut-Teenage Queen, by Regal  Classic. The two-year-old champion is trained by John Tammaro III.
Black Diamond Racing LLC & Gary Stute’s Frank the Barber was named champion three-year-old colt or gelding after winning four of his twelve starts in both California and New Jersey. The son of Malibu Moon broke his maiden on the turf at Hollywood on June 3. Frank the Barber finished second in the $112,000 El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar before winning the $99,000 Pomona Derby on September 22.
The Gary Stute trainee then came to New Jersey and captured his second stakes victory of the year in the $75,000 Garden State Handicap during Breeders’ Cup Week at Monmouth Park. Bred in New Jersey by Trident Stables, Frank the Barber finished the year with $214,686 in earnings.
 Pure Disco, a homebred for Patricia Generazio, was named champion handicap mare after a successful campaign that saw her win five stake races in ten starts. The daughter of Disco Rico won the Goldfinch Handicap, Queen Lib Handicap, Seton Hall Stakes, Revidere Stakes and the Montclair State University Stakes en route to $285,050 in earnings. The Tony Wilson trainee has earned over $472,000 in her career.
John Petrini’s Joey P. captured multiple honors as champion handicap horse and sprinter of the year after winning four stake races. The five-year-old son of New Jersey stallion Close Up won the Decathlon Stakes, Colts Neck Handicap, Friendly  Lover Handicap, and Eillo Stakes. Joey P. also finished second in the Monmouth University Stakes, Fall Highweight Handicap, and the Gravesend Handicap (Gr. III). Trained by Ben Perkins, Jr., Joey P. has career earnings of $701,918.
Teenage Queen, a daughter of Regal Classic-Waltzing Empress, by Tyrant is the 2007 recipient of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey Broodmare of the Year. Teenage Queen has produced six foals, four of which have raced. Her top two foals to date are the multiple stakes winner Smart N Classy and the 2007 New Jersey champion two-year-old colt or gelding Rough Road Ahead.
Smart N Classy won seven races including the Eatontown Handicap (Gr. III) and April Run Stakes and finished second in four other stake races. The daughter of Smart Strike finished her career with $464,409 in earnings.
Private Interview has been named the 2007 recipient of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey Stallion of the Year. A bay colt by Nureyev-Sophisticated Girl, by Stop the Music, Private Interview has been represented by six blacktype horses in his career.
From 9 crops, Private interview is represented by 213 foals and 63% of his starters are winners. Through March 24, Private Interview’s progeny have averaged $47,912 per starter and has lifetime progeny earnings of over $6 million. Private Interview’s top earner is Dixie Two Thousand who has nine wins including the Friendly Lover Handicap and career earnings of $337,132.
Private Interview stands at Colonial Farms in Colts Neck, New Jersey.
The Jockey Club Now Offering Microchips for Thoroughbreds
The Jockey Club has begun offering microchips for sale to interested owners and breeders for use in Thoroughbreds residing within the United States and all U.S. territories, the organization announced today.
Microchips are not currently a requirement for Thoroughbred registration and participation is voluntary.
“In the U.S., a number of industry groups and trade associations are realizing the value of microchips as a means to support genetic testing and traditional markings-based procedures and provide an additional layer of confidence in identification at horse farms, veterinary clinics, transportation centers, horse sales and racetracks,” explained Matt Iuliano, The Jockey Club’s vice president of registration services. “After a careful and comprehensive study, we thought the time had come to offer microchips to owners and breeders.”
The Jockey Club offers LifeChip® microchips, which are ISO 11784-compliant and manufactured by Digital Angel Corporation. Each microchip contains a unique 15-number sequence beginning with 840 (the country code for the United States). These microchips comply with the USDA’s National Animal Identification System and are consistent with those utilized by international Thoroughbred stud book authorities.
Microchips are available for $20 each (Kentucky and New York residents should add applicable sales tax). Microchips can be ordered by logging on to The Jockey Club’s Interactive RegistrationTM (IR) website at http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com.
The Jockey Club will ship microchips only to addresses associated with a premises identification number (PIN) issued by the appropriate state or tribal animal health authority. To receive a PIN, Thoroughbred farm owners/operators may visit http://animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/premises_id/index.shtml.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners has determined that the implantation of a microchip is a veterinary procedure. An instructional video on microchip implantation is available at http://www.aaep.org/microchip_video.htm.
In order to be an effective identification tool, once the microchip is implanted the microchip number must be reported to The Jockey Club through the Microchip Requesting, Reporting and Lookup area of IR. Microchip reporting and lookup are provided at no charge.
Additional information about microchipping, including a fact sheet and Q&A, is available on the Registry’s website at http://www.registry.jockeyclub.com.
Deal Reached to Renew Horse Racing Purse Subsidies from Atlantic City Casinos
The agreement, announced by Gov. Corzine, would restrain racing officials from seeking the addition of video lottery terminals at the tracks for the next three years, thereby protecting the casinos from in-state competition.
Casinos have agreed to provide $90 million over three years to the horse racing industry, largely to supplement racing purses but also to support equine breeding. The casinos provided $86 million to the horse racing industry over the last four years.
Corzine in a statement said: "Both the equine industry and the casino industry play important roles in New Jersey, from preserving open space to attracting visitors, and it was essential to strike a balance that will allow both industries to thrive."
He said the agreement involves no taxpayer dollars and will not cut casino tax revenues for the state.
The influx of cash will allow Monmouth Park and the other state-operated racetrack, the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, to continue with their 2008 plans. Monmouth Park officials recently announced a $3.85 million schedule of graded stakes races this summer. The meet ends Sept. 28.
Monmouth's biggest race will be the $1 million Haskell Invitational on Aug. 3. Dennis Dowd, senior vice president of racing for the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority, which owns and operates Monmouth Park, said the stakes races "have always attracted the top horses in all divisions and we look forward to presenting racing fans in New Jersey with talent-filled, competitive fields this summer."
Sleeter Farm Announces Complimentary Season to Unbridled Jet
Sleeter Farm in Clementon has announced that they will be offering a complimentary season to approved stakes winners or producers and approved allowance winners for the 2008 breeding season.
Unbridled Jet is the sire of 62 winners in his first three crops and over $2.8 million in progeny earnings including stakes winners Jet Away Jane ($242,473) Scheing E Jet ($157,590), Jet Set Citi ($102,290) and First Class Guy ($100,513).
For more information please contact Sleeter Farm at 856-227-2080 or 856-979-8086.
New Jersey Racing Commission Approves 2008 Dates
Atlantic City Race Course
April 23, 24, 25, 30, May 1 & 2 6 Dates
Monmouth Park
May 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31
June 1 through September 28 99 Dates
Dark: Mondays & Tuesdays
Meadowlands Racetrack
September 9, 16, 23, 30
October 1 through November 15
Dark: Sundays during in October
Sundays and Wednesdays during November 42 Dates
Total Thoroughbred Dates 147 Dates
Four Winds Farm Seeking to Raise Money for Employee
To All NJ Breeders;
As many of you already know, long time Four Winds Farm employee, Mary Zalinsky, has been diagnosed with breast, liver and bone cancer. Each year I have donated stallion seasons to the various stallion auctions and fundraisers to raise money for their many charities. This year I decided Mo Mon would work to help raise money for Mary’s many expenses while she is undergoing chemotherapy. If anyone would like to gift money towards Mary’s medical bills, I in turn will donate a free stallion service back to them for 2008. Since she does not have tax-free status, checks must be made out to Mary Zalinsky fundraiser and will not be tax deductable.
If you wish to make a tax deductible donation please make your donation payable to the Racetrack Chaplaincy of America with a note that the donation is for Mary Zalinsky. Donations made through the Racetrack Chaplaincy of America can be mailed to P.O. Box 91640 Los Angeles, CA 90009
Dianne Boyken
Four Winds Farm
732 462-1223
Monmouth Coaching Invitational
 The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey partnered with the Monmouth Conservation Foundation, the National Four-In-Hand Club, The New York Coaching Club, Rerun and Monmouth Park to bring a historic three-day coaching drive, The Monmouth Coaching Invitational. The invitational, held from August 24-26 featured 12 antique road coaches that were originally built in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s and were used as a means of transportation during that time period.
In 1875 prominent members of society started the New York Coaching Club whose members were also interested in horse racing. The club's members in 1894 formed the New York Jockey Club, the forerunner of the jockey club that regulates horse racing today. Participants during the Monmouth Coaching Invitational came from far away as Florida to enjoy their three day weekend that helped to raise awareness to the importance of land preservation in Monmouth County.
The Friday drive through Rumson was followed by a benefit luncheon for the Monmouth Conservation Foundation and an evening concert at the Two Rivers Theatre by the John Pizzarelli Quartet. On Saturday, the coaches drove through Midddletown en route to the 30th annual Monmouth Conservation Foundation Dinner Dance and the newly preserved Ellis Horse Farm. The weekend capped off with the Rumson/Little Silver/Oceanport drive which ended up with a parade of the coaches at Monmouth Park in celebration of the New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival.
The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey would like to thank all the participants in the Monmouth Coaching Invitational for helping to make the three-day event a tremendous success.
Graded Stakes Winner Don Six to Greenfields
Don Six, who registered one of the highest Beyer Speed Figure in one of his six stakes wins, will stand in 2008 at Frances Purdey's Greenfields Farm near Colts Neck, N.J.
A 7-year-old son of Wild Escapade, Don Six recorded the fourth-fastest Beyer in 2005 in the sprint category in winning the Paumonok Handicap at six furlongs in 1:08.86. That triumph came right after a score in the Gravesend Handicap (gr. III) in 1:08.97.
Don Six, who raced as a homebred for Patricia A. Generazio and is still owned by her, won 10 of 29 races and earned $612, 123. He is out of multiple stakes producer Concorde's Beauty (by Concorde Bound).
Don Six will stand the 2008 season for $2,500
TBA Announces Changes to Foal Eligibility Requirements
The Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey on approval of the New Jersey Racing Commission has amended its rules to redefine a non-resident mare. The changes to the eligibility requirements affect mares that did not enter New Jersey by the September 1 deadline. The new rules state the following:
“A non-resident New Jersey mare is a mare that has not returned to New Jersey by September 1 of the year prior to foaling. The resulting foal can still be registered as a New Jersey-bred provided the mare is bred to a registered New Jersey stallion the season of the birth of said foal and remain in New Jersey for a continuous period of 90 days after foaling.”
“The amended rules will help out mare owners who would like to take advantage of the exceptional opportunities available in the New Jersey breeding and racing programs,” said Mike Campbell, Executive Director of the Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association of New Jersey. “We are looking forward to the expansion of our foal crop which will enhance the already competitive nature of the New Jersey-bred racing product.”
The complete eligibility requirements for the registration of a New Jersey foal can be found on our registration form.
NTRA Purchasing Benefits TBA Members
For substantial savings on products and services, you need look no further than than NTRA Purchasing. NTRA Purchasing, a subsidiary of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), focuses on core products used every day at farms, race tracks and training facilities. Whether you are looking for new farm equipment, paint for the barns or fences, or supplies for you office NTRA Purchasing can help.
NTRA Purchasing arranges discounts on its product lines from participating vendors at the national level, which are delivered through local dealers. Your regional suppliers provide customized, value-added services such as financing options, use analyses, on-site surveys and employee training that can save you up to an additional 15 percent on the products you buy. Current vendors include Dodge, John Deere, Office Max, Sherwin Williams, Budget and UPS.
When you participate in NTRA Purchasing, you help support the NTRA’s programs to increase the popularity of Thoroughbred racing and improve economic conditions in our industry.
Only NTRA Purchasing offers the benefits of lower costs on products and services and direct support for the business of Thoroughbred racing and breeding. Increased revenue helps the NTRA increase their promotions and have access to more TV time. More promotions and TV time means more fans attending the races. More fans equal bigger pari-mutual handles. Bigger handles equal larger purses. Larger purses equal a healthier industry for everyone. By supporting NTRA Purchasing and their participating vendors you are supporting the thoroughbred industry.
The NTRA Purchasing program is available to current NTRA dues-paying organizations and their members, current-year stallion and foal nominators for Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships and individuals, corporations and farms participating in the NTRA’s voluntary contribution programs.
For more information the full line of vendors available to you call NTRA Purchasing toll- free at 866-678-4289 or visit www.ntrapurchasing.com |
