STATE OF NEW YORK
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2779
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
ing
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to allowing New York sire stakes eligibility for foals sired
by New York state stallions
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of
2 section 334 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, the
3 opening paragraph of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 645 of the laws
4 of 2021 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 445 of the laws of 1997,
5 are amended and a new subdivision 3-a is added to read as follows:
6 The fund is further authorized and directed to conduct each year, at
7 the New York state exposition, with the approval of the director of the
8 exposition, or at any licensed pari-mutuel track in New York state, with
9 a preference given to any available licensed pari-mutuel track that is
10 five-eighths of a mile long or larger, colt, stake and overnight events
11 for standardbred horses to provide contests for two year old and three
12 year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing. The
13 colt, stake and overnight events so conducted for two year old and three
14 year old colts and fillies at each gait of trotting and pacing hereunder
15 shall be conditioned to admit only those colts and fillies [dropped from
16 a mare bred in this state and] sired by a stallion owned or leased and
17 permanently standing for service at and within this state at the time of
18 the said foal's conception, provided, however, that such [mare,] stal-
19 lion, and foal shall be microchipped with such microchip information
20 which the commission may request be provided and made available pursuant
21 to section two hundred twenty-five of this chapter. Such colt, stake and
22 overnight events shall be opened for nomination not earlier than the
23 first day of January in the year the event is to be held and only colts
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 and fillies and horses complying with the following standards shall be
2 eligible for such nomination:
3 2. The fund is further authorized and directed in each year, in coop-
4 eration with each licensee harness track in this state, to provide for
5 the running of stake events conditioned to admit only two year old and
6 three year old colts and fillies [dropped from a mare bred in this state
7 and] sired by a stallion owned or leased and permanently standing for
8 service at and within this state at the time of the said foal's
9 conception, at each gait of trotting and pacing, to be known as "New
10 York sire stakes" and to contribute to the purses, stakes or prizes to
11 be awarded in such "New York sire stakes", such sums as the fund shall
12 deem advisable. The fund may prescribe a starting fee for such "New
13 York-bred harness horse stakes" but in no event shall such fee be less
14 than two per centum of the estimated purse for each entry. The fee
15 prescribed shall be added to the purses awarded.
16 3-a. Subsequent to the year two thousand twenty-three, a foal shall be
17 eligible for the "New York sire stakes" if sired by a stallion owned by
18 a resident of this state or leased to a resident of this state for a
19 period of no less than one year and standing for service within the
20 state at the time of the foal's conception.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
