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News New York 12 New York Breeder | nytbreeders.org | December 2015 HIP-BY-HIP COVERAGE OF NEW YORK-BRED WEANLINGS AT KEENELAND STARTS ON PAGE 22 New York-Breds Come Up Big at BC State-breds ran well at the Oct. 30-31 Breeders' Cup World Champi- onships at Keeneland with a pair of New Yorkers running second in sev- en-fgure stakes. Lady Sheila Stable's La Verdad was caught in deep stretch by Wavell Avenue after setting the pace in the TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (gr. I) at seven furlongs just one week after coming from off the pace to romp in the Iroquois Stakes at Belmont Park. In the $5 million fnale, the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I), Dr. Russell Cohen's Tri-Bone Stables' Effnex ran a surprising race to fnish second to the frst Triple Crown winner in 37 years and picked up $900,000 for the runner-up spot. "I was happy to see him sitting second early and not being rank," said trainer James Jerkens. "American Pharoah started pulling away on the backside, but he stayed second. It was unbelievable." "He's sound as a dollar; we could enter him back this week," Cohen said Nov. 1. "He ran against perhaps the best horse to run in 100 years. For him to be in contention with Pharoah the whole way, I'm pretty proud of him. He may run again this year, but he will defnitely run again next year." State-bred Results Mirror National Figures at Keeneland November The Keeneland November sale, held Nov. 2-13 in Lexington, posted increases in gross and average, but a decline in median sig- naled a strong but selective marketplace. New York-breds ft squarely into this picture of solid results in the context of selectivity. Of 115 New York-breds offered, 86 sold resulting in a 25.2% buy-back rate, identical to that of the general population of the sale, where the cumulative buy-back percentage rose this year to 25.2% from to 21.8% in 2014. The New York-bred average of $50,716, as is typically the case for this sale, did not match the cumulative average of the sale, which was $85,033, the highest since 2007 and up 3.7% from last year's $81,966. The New York-bred median matched the sale median at $30,000. The top New York-bred weanling, a flly by Tale of the Cat—Nick's Honor, by Jump Start, that sold in the fourth session of trading, real- ized $175,000. The dark bay or brown flly bred by James Lamonica, Lee Sacks, and Soave Stables and foaled on April 5, she is a half sister to stakes winners The Lewis Dinner and Kelli Got Frosty. NYtB's aNNUal stallioN seasoN aUCtioN JaN. 18-20, 2016 Donations of stallion seasons are now being accepted for the New York Thoroughbred Breeders' annual stallion season auction to be held on Starquine.com from Monday, Jan. 18, to Wednesday, Jan. 20. The auction raises funds that enable NYTB to carry on its two-fold mission of promoting New York breed - ing and racing and protecting the welfare of industry stakeholdlers. stallioN stakes series – YearliNg NomiNatioNs dUe deC. 31 To fully nominate eligible yearlings for the Series 2016 (foals of 2014), the $1,000 payment must be made on or before Dec. 31. For more information visit http://www. nyra.com/aqueduct/horsemen/nystallionseries/ stallioN stakes series – stallioN NomiNatioNs dUe FeB. 15, 2016 For more information visit www.nyra.com NY-Bred Foal registratioN – dUe deC. 31 Foal Registration Fees—Weanlings, $75 (nomination to the Finger Lakes Futurity series is available for an additional $25); yearlings, $150; 2-year-olds, $250; 3-year-olds and older, $500. For more information visit http://www.nybreds.com/ wp-content/uploads/2014-foal-registration-application.pdf NY stallioN registratioN The fee for registering a stallion for the following season is $250 until Dec. 31. From Jan. 1-Feb. 15, 2016, which is the fnal deadline for stallion registration for the current year, the fee is $500. http://www.nybreds.com/online-forms/ La Verdad Enex mArK mAHAN ANNe m. eberHArDT