2023 New York Laws › PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law › Article 3 - Harness Racing and Breeding › 334 - New York-Bred Harness Horse Events.

§  334.  New  York-bred  harness horse events. 1.  The fund is further
authorized and directed to conduct each year,  at  the  New  York  state
exposition,  with  the approval of the director of the exposition, or at
any licensed pari-mutuel track in New  York  state,  with  a  preference
given  to  any available licensed pari-mutuel track that is five-eighths
of a  mile  long  or  larger,  colt,  stake  and  overnight  events  for
standardbred  horses to provide contests for two year old and three year
old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting  and  pacing.  The  colt,
stake  and overnight events so conducted for two year old and three year
old colts and fillies at each gait  of  trotting  and  pacing  hereunder
shall  be conditioned to admit only those colts and fillies dropped from
a mare bred in this state and sired by a stallion owned  or  leased  and
permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
the said foal's conception, provided, however, that such mare, stallion,
and foal shall be microchipped with such microchip information which the
commission  may  request  be  provided  and  made  available pursuant to
section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Such  colt,  stake  and
overnight  events  shall  be  opened for nomination not earlier than the
first day of January in the year the event is to be held and only  colts
and  fillies  and horses complying with the following standards shall be
eligible for such nomination:
a. All foals must be sired by a stallion registered with the  fund  or
an agent designated by it.
b.  Prior  to  December  first  of  each  year, all persons standing a
stallion at either public or private service shall file with the fund or
an agent designated by it a list of all mares bred to each stallion.
c. All persons standing a stallion in New York state must:
Register each stallion with the fund or an agent designated by it.
d. Syndicates standing a stallion in this state where the syndicate is
owned partly by non-residents of this state, must file a lease with  the
fund or an agent designated by it.
e. Stallion eligibility: Eligible stallions are those stallions:
(i) owned by a resident of New York state and standing the entire stud
season in New York state, or
(ii)  owned  by a resident of a state other than New York but standing
the entire stud season in this state and leased by a  resident  of  this
state for a term of not less than one year, or
(iii)  owned  jointly  by  a  resident  of a state other than New York
together with a resident of this state  and  standing  the  entire  stud
season  in  this state and leased by a resident of this state for a term
of not less than one year.
(1) Starting fees in such colt and filly stake  events  shall  not  be
less  than  two percent of the amount of the purse therefor and shall be
added to purses to be distributed as hereinafter provided.
(2) Purses, stakes or prizes shall be paid  to  the  winners,  second,
third, fourth and fifth place horses in the aforesaid colt and filly and
horse stake events, in amounts determined by the fund. Purses and prizes
shall  be  paid  to  the  winners, second, third, fourth and fifth place
horses in overnight events, in amounts to be determined by  the  harness
track licensees.
2.  The  fund  is  further  authorized  and  directed in each year, in
cooperation with each licensee harness track in this state,  to  provide
for  the  running of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old
and three year old colts and fillies sired by a stallion owned or leased
and permanently standing for service at and within  this  state  at  the
time of the said foal's conception, at each gait of trotting and pacing,
to  be  known as "New York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses,
stakes or prizes to be awarded in such "New York sire stakes", such sums

as the fund shall deem advisable. The fund may establish a  system  that
distinguishes  between  (a)  foals  sired by a stallion standing in this
state and bred within this state, (b) foals sired by a stallion standing
in  this  state  and  with a mare bred outside this state, and (c) foals
sired by a stallion standing in this state and dropped from a  mare  who
was  bred,  and  resided,  in this state for at least one hundred eighty
days in the year of conception. The fund shall provide bonus payments to
those foals bred within the state that meet other conditions imposed  by
the  fund. The fund may prescribe a starting fee for such "New York-bred
harness horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be  less  than  two
per  centum  of  the  estimated purse for each entry. The fee prescribed
shall be added to the purses awarded.
3. Subsequent to the year  two  thousand  fourteen  a  foal  shall  be
eligible for the "New York sire stakes" if conceived from a mare bred in
the  state  and sired by a stallion owned by a resident of this state or
leased to a resident of this state for a period of no less than one year
and standing for service within the state at  the  time  of  the  foal's
conception.
4. The fund shall have the power to prescribe rules and regulations to
determine  the  eligibility  of  entries in "New York-bred harness horse
races" and to effectuate the purposes and requirements set forth in this
section.