Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Jump Start Remains On Top By Stallion Incentive Earnings

Pennsylvania's stallion ranks have seen one name dominate the top of the list over the past decade, and that hasn't changed for the late stalwart Jump Start in 2021.

Jump Start sits atop the standings by Pennsylvania stallion incentive earnings through July 31 with $91,829, well ahead of second-place Weigelia at $68,601.

Pennsylvania stallion awards are generated from 10 percent of the purse share earned when a registered Pennsylvania-bred and -sired runner finishes first, second, or third in any pari-mutuel race in the state. Over $615,000 in stallion awards had been awarded through July 2021.

What makes Jump Start's leading margin so impressive is that he's done it so far with a consistent group of runners, as opposed to one standout doing most of the heavy lifting.

Jump Start's leading earner of stallion awards through July 31 was Hey Mamaluke, whose $7,275 in awards for his sire was the eighth-most in the state.

The 5-year-old jumped to the top of the list for his sire in his seasonal debut on June 22, a visually impressive triumph in the Power By Far Stakes at Parx Racing. Hey Mamaluke races as a homebred for Joe Capriglione, and he's trained by Patricia Farro.

Jump Start's second-highest stallion award earner, and his top filly, was Amen Sylvia, who made $5,761 for her stallion in the time frame.

A 5-year-old homebred for Lydee D. Shea, Amen Sylvia finished in the top three in five races at Penn National through the end of July, including a maiden special weight victory in May, and an allowance score in July.

Jump Start, a Grade 2-winning son of A.P. Indy, began his stallion career at Overbrook Farm in Kentucky, then 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 was euthanized in 2019 due to complications from colitis.

If Jump Start can hold on to the lead by stallion earnings for the rest of the year, it will be his seventh consecutive year at the top of the chart, and his eighth in a row finishing second or better.

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Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Ninetypercentbrynn Didn’t Need Stakes Starts To Earn Awards

On the board in each of her first seven starts this year, 3-year-old filly Ninetypercentbrynn is putting together an impressive resume among her fellow Pennsylvania-breds.

The 3-year-old daughter of Weigelia collected a total of $69,700 for her connections via her state-bred and state-sired status through the end of June, in addition to the $117,700 she earned on the racetrack, all without ever starting in a stakes race in that span of time.

Racing for owner-breeder LC Racing, Ninetypercentbrynn's 2021 campaign has improved with every passing month. The Robert Reid, Jr. trainee broke her maiden in her sixth start of the year, seventh overall, and immediately wheeled back to win a first-level allowance race by six lengths.

Ninetypercentbrynn's incentive earning potential was multi-pronged, as a horse both bred in the state and sired by one of its residents.

She earned $39,950 in breeder's awards, which in her case paid out 50 percent of purse earnings for her initial six top-three finishes, then 40 percent for her allowance victory. Ninetypercentbrynn also earned $21,760 in owner's bonuses, a 40 percent bonus based on her races occurring at Parx in Bensalem, Penn.

The $7,990 Ninetypercentbrynn earned in stallion awards contributed to Weigelia's total of $50,896 on the year, good for second overall in the standings. The stallion's primary earner, Beren, earned $15,349 of Weigelia's total through the end of June.

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Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: Beren Back On Top By Incentive Earnings

Beren started the year as the leader by Pennsylvania incentive earnings, and the colt regained that position at the end of June after coming home to conquer stakes competition.

The 3-year-old Weigelia colt has compiled $163,256 in incentive money for his connections through a combination of Pennsylvania-bred stakes purses, breeder's awards, stallion awards, and owner bonuses.

He jumped out to an early lead in the standings through the first two months of 2021 with a trio of starts at Parx Racing, including a maiden win and an allowance optional claiming score, before leaving the state for New York for a spring campaign. He performed well out-of-state, taking a pair of stakes races at Belmont Park, but his absence allowed fellow Pennsylvania-born star Wait For It to usurp the lead by incentive earnings.

Beren returned to Pennsylvania in June for the Crowd Pleaser Stakes at Parx on June 22, where he drew away effortlessly under jockey Frankie Pennington to win the 1 1/16-mile race by 9 1/2 lengths.

Most recently, Beren came back to the Keystone State once again to dominate the Parx Summer Sprint Stakes by a front-running 6 1/2 lengths.

Robert Reid Jr. trains Beren for Christopher Feifarek and the St. Omer's Farm of Susan Quick.

Beren's $65,876 in breeder's awards through the end of June was comfortably the most earned by a Pennsylvania-bred. Breeders Quick and Feifarek earned a 50 percent bonus on the purse for Beren's maiden special weight score on Feb. 10 at Parx, and a 40 percent bonus for his other in-state wins.

The $15,349 Beren earned in stallion awards for Weigelia's owner Wyn Oaks Farm was also the most of any Pennsylvania horse at the cutoff point. Stallions earn a 10 percent purse share of all top-three finishes in the state, giving Beren four races where he generated stallion awards through the end of June.

Weigelia a 21-year-old son of Safely's Mark, sat in second by Pennsylvania stallion awards through the end of June, with $50,896. He trails only the late Pennsylvania stalwart Jump Start, who had $73,763 in awards at the same point in the year.

Wait For It, a son of Uptowncharlybrown, held on to second in the incentive earnings standings by a slim margin over Trolley Ride, a Flashy Bull mare whose most notable effort this season was a victory in the Lyphard Stakes at Penn National on May 28.

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PR Back Ring Book 2, Keeneland September: The Best On A Budget

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The latest issue of the PR Back Ring is now online, looking ahead to Book 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale.

The PR Back Ring is the Paulick Report's bloodstock newsletter, released ahead of, and during, every major North American Thoroughbred auction. Seeking to expand beyond the usual pdf presentation, the Back Ring offers a dynamic experience for bloodstock content, heavy on visual elements and statistics to appeal to readers on all platforms, especially mobile devices.

Here is what's inside this issue…

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  • Lead Feature presented by Gainesway: Bloodstock editor Joe Nevills ranks the best bargain-priced graduates of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale since 2010 by on-track performance.
  • Stallion Spotlight Presented By New York Thoroughbred Breeders, Inc.: Erin Robinson of Rockridge Stud discusses Grade 1 winner Combatant, who retires to New York for the 2022 breeding season.
  • Indiana Yearling Spotlight Presented By Indiana Thoroughbred Alliance: A rundown of the Indiana-bred entries in this year's Keeneland September sale, and the benefits of buying them.
  • Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: A check-in on the top Pennsylvania incentive earners through the end of June, including a tight race between Beren and Wait For It.
  • Third-Crop Sire Watch: Stallions whose third crops of yearlings are represented in the Keeneland September catalog, including the number of horses cataloged and the farm where the stallion is currently advertised.

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