Pennsylvania Leaderboard Presented By Pennsylvania Horse Breeders Association: For The Dreamers Paces State’s Juveniles

Pennsylvania's crop of 2-year-olds has begun to stretch its legs on the racetrack, and they've proved that a precocious starter can provide a fast and bountiful return on investment through state incentive programs.

In just two career starts, the juvenile For the Dreamers has earned $41,664 in incentive money based on his status as a Pennsylvania-bred and -sired runner, leading his class through the end of August.

For the Dreamers, a gelding by Talent Search out of the Uptowncharlybrown mare Avery's Smile, emerged as one of Pennsylvania's fastest-starting 2-year-olds, after running second by a neck on debut in a 4 1/2-furlong Parx maiden special weight on June 28. He then graduated in impressive fashion with a drawing-away 4 1/4-length score in a five-furlong July 21 maiden special weight at the same track.

For the Dreamers races as a homebred for Uptowncharlybrown Stud, and he is trained by Edward Coletti Jr.

The majority of For the Dreamers' Pennsylvania incentive earnings have come in the form of breeders' awards, of which he has made $23,520 in just two starts.

In the case of For the Dreamers, being both Pennsylvania-bred and -sired meant breeder Uptowncharlybrown Stud received a 50 percent bonus on the purse earnings for races run in the Keystone State. With a win and a second in maiden special weight company, both with purses of about $55,000, For the Dreamers' breeder stood to benefit nicely, even if the gelding wasn't a first-out winner.

Uptowncharlybrown Stud also picked up $13,440 in owner bonuses through For the Dreamers, in which the owner of a registered Pennsylvania-bred picks up a 40 percent purse bonus through the racetrack for running at Parx.

Rounding out the bonus money generated by For the Dreamers was the $4,704 that went to Glenn Brok of Diamond B Farm in stallion awards as the owner of sire Talent Search. Through the end of July, Talent Search had brought in $44,487 in stallion awards, the fifth most among Pennsylvania stallions up to that point.

Dance Code, the horse that beat For the Dreamers in his debut start, sat in third on the incentive earnings list through Aug. 31, with $18,900 in Pennsylvania-connected earnings for his connections. The Honor Code colt races for owner Richie's World Stables, and he was bred in Pennsylvania by Blackstone Farm.

Dance Code has raced once in Pennsylvania, winning on debut before venturing out to the East Coast, where he finished third in the Grade 3 Sanford Stakes in Saratoga. For his first win at Parx, Dance Code picked up $10,080 in owners bonuses and $8,820 in breeders' awards.

Dr. Steve made just one start before the end of August, but he made it count, finishing second on the list with $21,600 in incentive earnings.

The Jump Start colt won a 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight on debut at Parx as a homebred for Dr. Stephen Morrone, Dan Kimball and John Spendolini.

The partnership that owns and bred Dr. Steve brought in $18,000 in breeders' awards, while Northview Stallion Station, which stood the late Jump Start, earned $3,600 in stallion awards.

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The Friday Show Presented By Uptowncharlybrown Stud: FAQs From Readers

Google Analytics confirms something we already knew. May has been a very busy month for horse racing news. With a few days remaining until we turn the calendar page, the Paulick Report has had over 600,000 unique visitors and 1.1 million user sessions since May 1.

Many of those readers have questions.

Such as … “Why haven't you reported on the status of the split sample from Medina Spirit's post-race test from the Kentucky Derby?”  “Why isn't everyone doing hair testing? And our all-time favorite: “Why do you only report negative news?”

Paulick Report editor-in-chief Natalie Voss and publisher Ray Paulick run through some of the most frequently asked questions about how and why we report what we do (and sometimes what we don't or can't).

Joe Nevills then joins Paulick to talk about the Wisconsin connections behind our Star of the Week.

Watch this week's show, presented by Uptowncharlybrown Stud, below:

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The Friday Show Presented By Uptowncharlybrown Stud: Florida’s Gambling Gold Rush

Joe Nevills is going to miss his annual visits to Dania Jai Alai in South Florida. Ray Paulick will soon be longing for the majesty and bucolic beauty of “racing” at Oxford Downs south of Ocala. And the Seminole Tribe of Florida will be making money hand over fist like there's no tomorrow.

In this week's edition of the Friday Show, bloodstock editor Nevills and publisher Paulick discuss the new landscape for racing and gaming in Florida following the state legislature's approval of three bills that strengthen the Seminole tribe's grip over sports and casino gambling and allow non-Thoroughbred pari-mutuel businesses to keep their casinos or card rooms open while ending racing or jai alai operations. The net result puts Gulfstream Park and Florida horsemen in a more challenging position than ever before, especially if purse subsidies from the Calder Casino end in the coming months.

By contrast, the story that accompanies the Star of the Week is a welcome respite from the stormy waters the sport has navigated since revelations about the Kentucky Derby winner's failed drug test.

Watch this week's show, presented by Uptowncharlybrown Stud, below:

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The Friday Show Presented By Uptowncharlybrown Stud: The Lowdown On Betamethasone

Dr. Kate Papp is an equine veterinarian in Pennsylvania who, in 2012, told a Congressional hearing that “the overuse and abuse of medication is rampant at our Thoroughbred racetracks and training centers.”

Her testimony was prescient. One year later, the FBI arrested a number of trainers, veterinarians and racing officials in a federal probe into doping and corruption at Penn National race course in Grantville, Pa.

Dr. Papp, who operates Hillcrest Meadow Equine and devotes considerable time and resources to the paracehorse.org rehoming, rehabilitation and rescue aftercare program, joins Paulick Report publisher Ray Paulick and editor-in-chief Natalie Voss to discuss the topic of the week – betamethasone, the drug found in the post-race sample of Medina Spirit after his first-place finish in the May 1 Kentucky Derby.

Bloodstock editor Joe Nevills drops by for his weekly Toast to Vino Rosso, a look at one of the first-crop foals by Spendthrift Farm's Breeders' Cup Classic-winning son of Curlin.

Watch this week's show, presented by Uptowncharlybrown Stud, below:

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