The Harness Horse Breeders of New York State are pleased to offer the organization’s members a unique incentive to purchase a New York-bred at the Goshen Yearling Sale and the Morrisville Yearling Sale.

The Harness Horse Breeders of NYS has been overwhelmed by the support of old and new members. To show its appreciation, the HHBNYS will make both sustaining payments due in 2018 for two 2017 New York Sire Stakes eligible yearlings that are sold in New York. The total value of those payments is $1,100 each. Any member that purchases a yearling at either sale will automatically be entered in the drawing.

New York sales are a great place to purchase a yearling and we hope members attend and purchase a yearling to support the sales companies and the New York breeders who consign to them.

The rules for the payment opportunity are:

1. To be entered into the drawing, you must be a member of Harness Horse Breeders of NYS, or join before the respective sale begins. In addition, you must have your name listed as purchaser on the sales slip of at least one New York-Bred yearling at one of the designated sales.

2. The Harness Horse Breeders will make the payment directly to the NYSS office.

3. The drawing will pull one member name after each sale. If the first name does not correspond with the name on the sales results for a yearling, drawing will continue until a match is made.

4. To be eligible, the yearling chosen by the winner of the drawing must be from a verified sale as certified by the sale company. No ‘bid-in’s or buy-backs will be eligible for the drawing prize.

5. The drawing prize is non-transferable between HHBNYS members. HHBNYS Board of Directors and staff are not eligible.

6. Winners have ten days after notification to assign the prize to a specific yearling if multiples were purchased, and to notify HHBNYS of that name. If the specified yearling is subsequently sold before the NYSS payment is due to be made, the award will follow the yearling. It will be owner of record’s responsibility to notify the HHBNY to sustain that horse ten days in advance of the staking deadline.

7. Any HHBNYS member in a partnership will also be eligible to enter the drawing.

8. If the decision is made not to sustain the horse at the time of either of the two payments, there is no cash equivalent and a donation in the amount of the payments will be made to the Morrisville Standardbred Aftercare.

9. A yearling must be paid for in full for the winner to be assigned the prize.

The drawing for Goshen Yearling will take place on Saturday, September 16, at Morrisville and the drawing for Morrisville Yearling will take place Saturday, September 23. This will allow for membership verification and payments in full to be processed.

If you have any questions please call Betty at 518-785-5858.

(HHBNYS)