Where a horse is born....

[saucon17]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I believe that a horse is considered "Delaware certified" if it spends 60 or 90 days as a yearling/2yo in a farm located in Delaware regardless of where it was foaled or where their sire stands.

Chuck you are correct it is 90 days at a farm in Delaware to be Del Certified. Has to be done prior of March 31 of its 2yo year. Our 2yo filly is a registered Pa. Bred., Del Certified and Maryland Million Nominated so we cover most of the bases in the Mid-Atlantic. Del Certified owner and breeder will receive 15% bonus for each of the purse share if the horse finishes first, second or third in any race. So you get a 15% bonus of the winners share

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pmacdaddy

Is it possible for a horse to be eligible to race against State Breds in more than one state? Can a horse be "NY Bred" and "Delaware certified"?

In that case I believe so. Delaware is too small to support a full scale breeding program so they put this program in to get business for the local farms.

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by pmayjr

You're right about bloodlines, but I'm pretty sure Wisconsin, and where I'm from, Minnesota, doesn't have any A.P. Indy babies born and bred in the state. All the good ones seem to be in KY, Florida, Cali, the UK, but not in Minnesota lol.

I was looking at the Midwest sires issue of the DRF that came about a month ago with the Sunday DRFs, and I was shocked to see Minnesota that had a Sire that made the 2 year old sire rankings. His name was Thatsusintheolebean. His sire was El Prado, and he was horse of the year at Canterbury back in the 90s. Eventhough his dad was El Prado, I think he won more on dirt than turf. He died last year, but still had about 20-25 horses that made it to the track last year. In that mix he got enough winners to make the bottom of the list. MINNESOTA REPRESENT LOL!

But that example right there is the reason why in the end, states do matter. Because most states don't get the horses with the big-time bloodlines to be a major player against KY, FL, etc etc etc.

The Minnesota breds are about as popular as the Massachusetts breds

[paisjpq]

Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers

The Minnesota breds are about as popular as the Massachusetts breds

easy now...i own a minnesota bred...course he couldn't run worth a damn...