NYSS Reminds Horsemen Yearling Nominations Due May 15

ALBANY, NY (05/11/2009)(readMedia)-- The Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund today reminds horsemen that New York Sire Stakes yearling nomination payments are due Friday, May 15. The payments are $50 for each yearling you wish to nominate to the New York Sire Stakes, #50.

Payments are accepted in checks or money orders and must be postmarked by Friday, May 15, 2009. To make your nomination(s), please fill out the NYSS No. 50 Nomination Form and mail it with your payment and a copy of the USTA Registration Certificate to:

The Agriculture & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund

90 State Street, Suite 809

Albany, NY 12207

Please make checks or money orders payable to the Agriculture & NYS Horse Breeding Development Fund.

If you miss the May 15, 2009 deadline, you must pay a $500 supplemental payment, which is payable from May to February 15 of the two-year-old year.

If you us the USTA's paperless registration, please indicate so on the NYSS form.

The NYSS No. 50 Nomination Form is available for download at www.nysirstakes.com, on the "Forms and Downloads" page.

For more information, please visit www.nysirestakes.com.

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, 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 and the Harry M. Zweig Fund for Equine Research. For more information about the Fund and its programs visit www.nysirestakes.com.