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The quickest and easiest way to reap the benefits of the Pennsylvania-bred and -sired is to run in, and win, stakes races. However, it is far from the only way to bring in generous rewards.

Miss Dillingham brought in $82,210 in rewards for her various connections through the end of July without a single stakes start in 2022.

The 6-year-old Jump Start mare won four of six races through the end of July, all at Parx Racing, for owners Jagger Inc. and Madison Avenue Racing Stable, and trainer Jamie Ness.

The majority of Miss Dillingham's Pennsylvania incentive earnings have come through breeder awards to breeder Thomas McClay, totaling $47,816 through the first seven months of the year.

As a Pennsylvania-bred and -sired runner, Miss Dillingham's is eligible for a breeders' award of 40 percent bonus on purse earnings at races within the state.

Miss Dillingham kicked off the year by prevailing in a prolonged battle over 1 1/16 miles to win a starter allowance by a nose on Feb. 9. After a runner-up effort in a starter handicap, she came back to win three straight starter allowances, all around two turns.

The standout effort during that winning streak was a front-running 11 1/4-length drubbing of her competition going one mile and 70 yards on April 12.

For her on-track connections, Miss Dillingham brought in $22,440 in owner bonuses through the end of July. For races at Parx, horses bred and sired in Pennsylvania qualify for a 40 percent bonus on purse.

Miss Dillingham also generated $11,954 in stallion awards for Northview Stallion Station, which stood the late Jump Start.

A perennial leader among stallion award earners, Jump Start accounted for $126,023 in award money through the end of August.

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The incentive structure for breeders in Pennsylvania is among the strongest in North America, and few farms have taken advantage of it over the past few years quite like Blackstone Farm.

Through the end of July, the Pine Grove, Pa.-based operation led the state by breeder's awards compiled by their runners in 2022, with $231,527.

It has been an eventful year for the Blackstone Farm operation, which has not only seen plenty of on-track success by its graduates. In August, a Blackstone-bred colt by Triple Crown winner Justify sold for $1.1 million at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale.

Blackstone Farm, along with any breeder in Pennsylvania, is eligible for a 50 percent bonus on purse earnings for a horse bred and sired in the state that runs in a maiden race within the state, and 40 percent for all other races.

For maidens bred in Pennsylvania but sired out-of-state, that bonus is 25 percent of the purse, while all other races are eligible for a 20 percent bonus.

The Blackstone-bred runners were led through the end of July by Divine Miracle, a Distorted Humor gelding who earned $29,824 in breeder's awards through the first seven months of the year.

Divine Miracle, who is trained by Jamie Ness for the partnership of his Jagger Inc., Morris Kernan Jr., and Yo Berbs Racing, was never worse than third in seven starts at Parx Racing through the end of July.

He started the season on a three-race winning streak, starting with a pair of seven-furlong heats: a Jan. 18 starter optional claimer that he won by 1 1/2 lengths, followed by a Feb. 16 starter allowance where he quickly established the lead and held on to win by a half-length. Divine Miracle then stretched out to 1 1/8 miles for a starter handicap, where he battled gamely for the lead throughout the race and held on by a neck.

The gelding picked up three more wins through the end of July, all at a mile or longer. Though he's raced primarily on the dirt, he was scheduled to run on the turf on July 9, but the race was put back on the main track. Divine Miracle responded by leading at every point of call in the 1 1/16-mile starter optional claimer and winning by 9 1/4 lengths.

Nice Ace also racked up awards for Blackstone Farm, bringing in $20,756 through the end of July.

The 4-year-old Noble Mission gelding started the year at Gulfstream Park for owner Robert Bone and trainer Tim Girten, then he moved to Presque Isle Downs in May, where he has spent the rest of the season.

His time at Presque Isle during the 2022 meet has been highlighted by victories in a 6 1/2-furlong allowance race, and a dominant 5 1/2-length score in the Hard Spun Stakes on July 26. Later in the year, Nice Ace added a victory in the Dobbins Landing Stakes to his resume, as well.

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Whether it's on the Triple Crown trail or the state-bred circuit, a Thoroughbred's 3-year-old season is often among their highest-earning campaigns on the racetrack.

In Pennsylvania, that high-earning season can lead to high earnings for several horsemen and women involved with the horse, if that horse was born and sired in the Keystone State.

Through the end of July, Nimitz Class leads all 3-year-olds by combined Pennsylvania incentive earnings, bringing in a total of $87,714 for a variety of connections.

The Munnings colt has been remarkably consistent during his 2022 campaign, winning four races at Penn National for owner Tom Coulter and trainer Bruce Kravets.

Nimitz Class started his 2022 campaign winning four of five, started by a six-length maiden special weight score on Jan. 4. After a fourth-place effort in his allowance debut, he got back on the winning track on March 22 with a front-running 3 1/2-length victory in the allowance ranks.

That was followed by another allowance score on April 21, where colt was once again never far from the front and drew off to win by 3 1/4 lengths.

From there, Nimitz Class made a successful leap to stakes competition in the Danzig Stakes on June 3. The colt had to employ different tactics in the Danzig, settling in seventh early on, and having early attempts to advance stalled by traffic. Under jockey Tyler Conner, Nimitz Class split horses and got up just in the nick of time to prevail by three-quarters of a lengths.

The Danzig Stakes is restricted to Pennsylvania-breds, providing a clear benefit to the racetrack connections of Nimitz Class for investing in a horse born in the state. However, the state's various awards ensured that Coulter saw additional rewards for investing in the Pennsylvania program.

Nimitz Class was bred by Coulter's Arrowwood Farm, out of the stakes-winning Flatter mare Five Diamonds.

Because Nimitz Class was bred in Pennsylvania, but his sire, Munnings, is a resident of Kentucky, the colt was eligible for a breeder's award of 25 percent on purse earnings for a maiden race run in the state, which he promptly cashed. After that, he was eligible for a 20 percent bonus on purse earnings for all other races.

In total, Nimitz Class brought in $24,102 in breeder's awards through the end of July.

Coulter saw further awards through the state's owner bonus program, which offers a 20 percent bonus on purse earnings for Pennsylvania-sired runners bred out-of-state that run at Penn National. With four wins at the track, that meant an extra $6,612 in bonuses from this category.

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The Pennsylvania breeding program offers one of the country's most generous state-bred incentive structures, meaning a breeder can find plenty of money in their mailbox with a few good runners born in the Keystone State.

Through the first four months of 2022, Richard Miller of Mountain Springs Stable experienced this first hand, finishing at the top of the list by Pennsylvania breeder's awards earned, with $110,721.

Breeders of horses born and sired in Pennsylvania are eligible for a 50 percent bonus on purse earnings for maiden races run in the state, and a 40 percent bonus for all other races within the state lines. Pennsylvania-bred runners by an out-of-state sire can earn their breeders a 25 percent bonus for maiden races and a 20 percent bonus for other races.

Miller's graduates were led through the end of April by Empress Irene, who had racked up $24,528 in breeder awards.

Empress Irene is a daughter of Emperor Tiberius, who stands at Miller's Mountain Springs Stable in Palmyra, Pa. In addition to the breeder's awards the filly has generated for Miller, she has also accumulated $6,312 in stallion awards.

The bulk of that award money came from the three-race winning streak that kicked off Empress Irene's 2022 campaign.

Trained by Michael Catalano Jr., for Just In Time Racing, Empress Irene started her season in a 5 1/2-furlong claiming race at Parx Racing on Jan. 12, where she led at every point of call and kicked away to win by a dominant six lengths.

On Feb. 9, she stretched out to six furlongs, and went wire-to-wire again with a bit more competition, en route to a three-quarter-length score.

A few weeks later on Feb. 28, Empress Irene prevailed on the lead at six furlongs once again, this time by 5 3/4 lengths.

Miller's breeding operation has also been represented well this year by Alpha's Candy Man, a son of Pennsylvania stallion Red Vine who has earned $24,528 in breeder's awards through April.

The gelding, owned and trained by J. Guadalupe Guerrero and campaigned in partnership with Elmer Orantes, had an active spring at Parx Racing and Penn National.

Alpha's Candy Man raced seven times through the end of April, including four maiden claiming races to start the season. He graduated on March 8, after taking a seven-furlong sprint at Parx by two lengths. Two starts later on April 6, he won a 5 1/2-furlong Parx claiming race by a nose.

In addition to his victories, Alpha's Candy Man finished second in a pair of maiden claiming races, which took advantage of the 50 percent bonus on the runner-up shares of solid purses.

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