Tag: Pennsylvania Leaderboard

The race for leading sire by Pennsylvania stallion award earnings looked through the end of March like it often does at the end of the year, featuring the stalwart Jump Start with a comfortable lead.

However, the race percolating below the surface showcased a young stallion on the rise.

Uncle Lino, who joined Jump Start at Northview PA before moving to the operation's Maryland branch, is firmly in second place by 2022 incentive earnings, making his owner $39,341 through March 31.

A Grade 1-placed stakes-winning son of Uncle Mo, Uncle Lino's oldest runners are just four years old, but he has quickly amassed a solid resume with his runners in the Keystone State. Though he is still seeking his first stakes winner, he boasted seven stakes-placed runners at the time.

In Pennsylvania, stallion owners earn a 10 percent share of purse earnings earned by a runner bred and sired in the state when they finish in the top three at a Pennsylvania racetrack.

By that metric, Uncle Lino was most supported through the first three months of 2022 by Far Mo Power, a 4-year-old gelding who generated $3,528 in stallion awards.

Far Mo Power went two-for-two through the end of March, taking a pair of optional claiming races at Parx Racing.

His first start of the year on Jan. 26 was an eventful one, stumbling out of the gate, settling wide in the middle of the pack, and getting up at the wire to prevail by a head in a seven-furlong race. The gelding then followed up with a far easier trip on March 8, staying within striking distance of the leader and kicking free to win another seven-furlong sprint by 4 1/2 lengths.

Far Mo Power is owned by Joseph Sutton and trained by Louis Linder Jr. He was bred by Peter Giangiulio, out of the stakes-placed Power By Far mare J.D. Safari.

Burano, a 3-year-old filly, was a close second among Uncle Lino's stallion award earners, making the Northview operation $3,300 through the end of March.

The filly started the season with a bang, crushing a one-mile Parx maiden special weight field by 6 1/2 lengths in a near wire-to-wire effort on Jan. 3. She then finished second in a Jan. 19 allowance optional claiming race at Parx, going one mile and 70 yards.

Burano is trained by John Servis, and she runs as a homebred for S.M.D. Ltd. She is out of the winning Sir Cat mare Catsuit.

The post Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Jump Start, Uncle Lino Racked Up Stallion Awards In Early 2022 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

Fortheluvofbourbon has been one of Pennsylvania's best around one turn over the past few years, and his success has proven lucrative for several connections tied to the horse in 2022.

The 5-year-old gelding by Bourbon Courage was Pennsylvania's leading earner of state-bred incentives through the end of April, raking in a combined $94,512 due to his status as a Pennsylvania-bred.

The bulk of that money went to owner Smart Angle LLP in the form of earnings from Pennsylvania-bred stakes races. Fortheluvofbourbon took home the winner's share of the purse in the Page McKenney Handicap on April 25 at Parx Racing, giving the gelding his second career stakes victory.

In the Page McKenney, jockey Kendrick Carmouche engaged in a wire-to-wire duel with prominent Pennsylvania-bred Beren, eventually taking command in the stretch of the seven-furlong race and holding on by a neck.

Fortheluvofbourbon has also brought in $15,360 in owner bonuses, a 40 percent bonus on overnight purses at Parx for Pennsylvania-breds, through the end of April.

The Michael Pino trainee has raced his entire 2022 campaign at Parx, beginning with a narrow runner-up effort in a seven-furlong allowance on Feb. 1. He followed that up with a 4 1/2-length score in a six-furlong allowance on Feb. 16, before notching his only out-of-the-money effort three weeks later in the Fishtown Stakes, where he ran sixth. The gelding bounced back a month later to win the Page McKenney.

Fortheluvofbourbon was bred by Hidden Acres 4-D Farm, out of the Not For Love mare Nosubstituteforluv. He is the first foal out of the dam, who produced another colt by Bourbon Courage in 2021. Nosubstituteforluv most recently had a colt by Bold Thunder.

Hidden Acres 4-D Farm has made $22,152 in breeder awards from Fortheluvofbourbon this year through April.

As a Pennsylvania-bred non-maiden by an out-of-state sire, Fortheluvofbourbon is eligible for a breeder's award of 20 percent of purse earnings from in-state races.

The post Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Fortheluvofbourbon Posting A Lucrative Campaign In 2022 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

It doesn't take long for a Pennsylvania-bred to generate serious money for their connections in the state's incentive program, as evidenced by Empress Irene's early bonus earnings through the first two months of the year.

The 4-year-old daughter of Emperor Tiberius went unbeaten in three starts in January and February of this year, taking home a trio of claiming races at Parx Racing that would eventually vault her into allowance company later in the season.

Owned by Just In Time Racing and trained by Michael Catalano Jr., Empress Irene kicked off her season with a six-length bludgeoning of a 5 1/2-furlong sprint field on Jan. 12, where she led at every point of call.

The filly once again led every step of the way in a six-furlong race on Feb. 9, hanging on to win by three-quarters of a length. She finished the month with another resounding victory, this time besting the field in a six-furlong race by 5 3/4 lengths on Feb. 28.

Empress Irene was bred in Pennsylvania by Richard N. Miller, and her three victories in the first two months of the year generated $24,528 in breeder's awards. Runners bred and sired in Pennsylvania earn a 40 percent bonus on purse earnings for their breeders for non-maiden races.

For owner Just In Time Racing, the filly earned $17,520 in owner bonuses, a purse boost paid by the track for Pennsylvania-sired Pennsylvania-breds. Because her three races came at Parx, Empress Irene was eligible for a 40 percent purse bonus.

Empress Irene is by Emperor Tiberius, a winning son of Storm Cat who is owned by Miller, the filly's breeder. Her early-season exploits brought in $6,132 in stallion awards for Miller, which are earned when a Pennsylvania-bred and -sired runner finishes in the top three at a racetrack within the state.

The post Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Empress Irene Sets The Early Pace Among Incentive Earners In 2022 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post

The dominance of the late Jump Start in Pennsylvania's sire ranks has made his presence at the top of the year-end list practically an inevitability, and his returns have only improved with time.

In 2021, Jump Start led all sires by Pennsylvania stallion award earnings for a seventh consecutive season, and it was his eighth in a row finishing second or better. He finished the year making $206,579 for owner Northview Stallion Station, which was nearly $57,000 more than runner-up Weigelia at $149,591.

Perhaps even more impressive, Jump Start improved upon his 2020 incentive earnings, when he also comfortably led his contemporaries with $172,796.

Though there are no more Jump Start foals being produced, that does not mean his reign at the top of the list is set to end anytime soon. Jump Start died from complications related to colitis in 2019, meaning his final crop of foals will be 2-year-olds of 2022.

The owner of a Pennsylvania-based stallion at the time of a foal's conception is eligible for stallion awards generated by that foal. Stallion owners receive 10 percent of the purse earned when a registered Pennsylvania-bred and- sired runner finishes in the top three in any pari-mutuel race within the state.

The leading contributor to Jump Start's stallion award earnings was Miss Dillingham, a mare whose blue-collar 5-year-old campaign brought in $11,329. Owned by Madison Avenue Racing Stable and Jagger Inc., Miss Dillingham was a durable campaigner in 2021, winning five of 15 starts. Her season began at Penn National, where she notched a victory in the claiming ranks before moving to Parx Racing in June, where she became a regular in the starter allowance ranks.

Also making a large contribution to Jump Start's stallion award total in 2021 was Start Meee, a gelding who brought in $10,756 in stallion award money during his 5-year-old season.

Start Meee raced the entire season at Parx, winning four of 11 starts, many coming in starter allowance and starter optional claiming company. He is owned and trained by Melecio Saldana Guerrero.

In total, Jump Start had four runners finish in the top 20 by stallion award earners in 2021, which tied him with Weigelia for the most last year.

Jump Start, a Grade 2-winning son of A.P. Indy, began his stallion career at Overbrook Farm in Kentucky, then he relocated to Ghost Ridge Farm in Felton, Pa., for the 2010 breeding season. He was moved to Northview PA in Peach Bottom, Pa., in 2012, all the while also establishing himself as a top sire in Argentina during the Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons, and he resided at Northview PA until his death.

The post Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Jump Start Led Stallion Award Earners Once Again In 2021 appeared first on Horse Racing News | Paulick Report.

Source of original post