Media Advisory

The Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund Board of Trustees will meet on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 2PM at the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, New York. (240 Main Street Goshen, NY) The meeting will take place in the Club House.

Access to the webcast will be available at www.nysirestakes.com following the meeting. Go to "About the Fund" and select "Meeting Minutes."

This meeting is subject to the public notification requirements of the Open Meetings Law.

For more information about this meeting, please contact Peter Goold, executive director at 518-436-8713.

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The Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund (the Fund) is a public benefit corporation established in 1965 by the Laverne Law (Laws of New York, Chapter 567 of the Laws of 1965). The mission of the Fund is to promote the breeding of standardbred horses and the conduct of equine research within the State. To carry out its legislative mission, the Fund administers the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) Harness Racing Program. Today the NYSS offers approximately $15 million in purses and $1 million in Breeders' Awards, holding races at all of New York State's harness tracks and 22 county fairs and providing unmatched racing and money-earning opportunities for the many horsemen in the Empire State. Additionally, the Fund provides monetary assistance to equine related organizations, including county agriculture societies, the statewide 4-H program the Harry M. Zweig Fund for Equine Research. For more information about the Fund and its programs visit www.nysirestakes.com.