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March 2015 | nytbreeders.org | New York Breeder 35 Raw Beauty, Stolen Beauty's Rahy flly of 1997, with friend Waverly THE BLOOD-HORSE LIBRARY After stumbling at the start, Apollo Eleven raced on the lead and lost by a neck, but two seconds and a third add up to a pretty good day at the breeding offce in New York. Pensioned in 2008, Stolen Beauty remained on Fried's Buttonwood Farm until her death from the infrmities of old age last October, at age 25. Known affectionately as "grandma" at Button - wood, she was often an equine babysit- ter for the farm's weanlings. Her daughters Moonlightandbeau - ty and Raw Beauty are part of Fried's broodmare band. Raw Beauty is in foal to Posse; Moonlightandbeauty is expecting a Street Cry foal and will be bred in 2015 to Tiznow. Three of Fried's others broodmares will be retired this year and stay on his farm in the Hudson Valley. "We have a paddock for them, and they still have a job; we use them with some of the babies and some of the kids," he said. Fried's involvement with New York racing doesn't end with racing and breeding; he has served on the board of directors of the New York Racing Asso - ciation and is president emeritus of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. "I was young," he said, wryly, of his involvement. "I thought I could be helpful, and hopefully I was." Though Fried can take a cynical pose, his optimism hasn't been soft - ened by his years in the racing busi- ness. He said he never doubted that the New York breeding program would de - velop despite the challenges of the last decade, the economic downturn and the long wait for governmental approval for a video lottery terminal operator at Aq - ueduct. He had confdence, he said, in the people in charge, both at NYRA and in New York state government. And on the brink of this year's foaling season, he looks forward to seeing the fruits of his planning and his research into his mares' breeding. "I like being successful at it," said Fried. "I don't always expect it, but I'm always hopeful." BOYS AT TOSCONOVA • COURAGEOUS CAT • SANTIVA G2 Winner & Grade 1-Placed 2YO At 2, SANTIVA broke his maiden in the KENTUCKY JOCKEY CLUB S-G2 and finished second in his third start in the DIXIANA BREEDERS' FUTURITY-G1 At 3, he was second in the RISEN STAR S-G2 to BC Classic winner Mucho Macho Man In the KENTUCKY DERBY-G1, SANTIVA came from 11th to miss hitting the board by 1 3/4 lengths in a field of 19. BY THREE-TIME CHAMPION SIRE & 2014 LEADING 2YO SIRE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY Out of the Smarten mare Slide - half-sister to Champion Sprinter SAFELY KEPT (G1, $2,194,206) Giant's Causeway — Slide, by Smarten Fee: $2,500 LF/SN 58 Dunn Road • Stillwater, NY 12170 • visit us at questroyalnorth.com ~ Just minutes from Saratoga Race Course ~ Midge Hawver (518) 828-0777 Email: qrstud@mhcable.com Jay Ryan, Farm Manager (518) 441-1005 Email: questroyalnorth@gmail.com INQUIRIES TO: