Mind Your Biscuits, who recently became the highest-earning New York-bred of all time, was named the state’s 2017 Horse of the Year by New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. for the second straight year on Monday.
The 5-year-old son of Posse also took home champion older dirt male and champion male sprinter honors during the NYTB’s annual awards banquet at the Saratoga National Golf Club in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Mind Your Biscuits is owned by the partnership of J Stables, Head of Plains Partners, M. Scott Summers, Hope Summers, and Daniel Summers. Chad Summers, son of M. Scott Summers, trains Mind Your Biscuits, and the horse was bred by Samantha Will Baccari’s Jumping Jack Racing.
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Mind Your Biscuits began his 2017 campaign with a runner-up effort in the Grade 3 Gulfstream Park Sprint Stakes, which served as a prep for his victory in the Group 1 Dubai Golden Shaheen on the Dubai World Cup undercard. He returned to the U.S. to win the Grade 2 Belmont Sprint Championship Stakes and finish sixth in the Grade 1 Forego Stakes at Saragota. The campaign finished with a third in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Del Mar and a runner-up effort in the Cigar Mile Handicap at Aqueduct. He was an Eclipse Award finalist for champion male sprinter.
The horse returned to the U.A.E. this spring to win the Dubai Golden Shaheen for a second year in a row, which boosted his earnings to a New York-bred record $3,719,286. The figure surpassed the previous titleholder Funny Cide at $3,529,412.
Jazzmane, the dam of Mind Your Biscuits, was named New York’s broodmare of the year. The Toccet mare out of Stop the Music mare Alljazz was sold to Korean interests at the 2013 Keeneland November breeding stock sale.
Chester and Mary Broman were named New York’s breeders of the year for a second straight year, and for the fifth time overall. The Bromans previously took home the honors in 2004, 2011, 2014, and 2016.
Their breeding operation was led by homebred Bar of Gold, who was the upset winner of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint, and earned the NYTB’s female sprinter and older dirt female honors on Monday.
Other notable runners bred by the Bromans included Grade 2 winner Highway Star and stakes winner Held Accountable. In total, horses bred by the Bromans won 71 races with their New York-breds, and earned $3,746,914.
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Linda Rice was named outstanding trainer of New York-breds, with 72 statebred wins, three stakes victories, and earnings of $3,520,844. It was her sixth time winning the award, having previously won in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Irad Ortiz Jr. was named the top jockey aboard New York-breds, winning 139 races, 11 stakes races, and compiling earnings of $8,725,595. He also won the award in 2013 and 2016.
Following is a complete list of winners from the New York Thoroughbred Breeders’ year-end awards.
Horse of the Year, Champion Older Dirt Male, Champion Male Sprinter: Mind Your Biscuits
Ch. c., 2013, Posse – Jazzmane, by Toccet
Breeder: Jumping Jack Racing LLC
Owner: J Stables LLC, Head of Plains Partners, Summers et al
Trainer: Chad Summers
Champion Female Sprinter, Champion Older Dirt Female: Bar of Gold
Dk. b. or br. m., 2012, Medaglia d'Oro - Khancord Kid, by Lemon Drop Kid
Breeder/Owner: Chester Broman & Mary R. Broman
Trainer: John C. Kimmel
Champion 2-Year-Old Male: Therapist
Ch. c., 2015, Freud - Lady Renaissance, by Smart Strike
Breeder: Oak Bluff Stable, LLC & C. Clement
Owner: Oak Bluff Stables
Trainer: Christophe Clement
Champion 2-Year-Old Filly: Pure Silver
Gr. or ro. f., 2015, Mission Impazible - Jehan, by Forest Wildcat
Breeder: Twin Creeks Farm
Owner: Twin Creeks Racing Stables, LLC
Trainer: Todd A. Pletcher
Champion 3-Year-Old Male: Twisted Tom
Ch. g., 2014, Creative Cause - Tiffany Twisted, by Thunder Gulch
Breeder: Dr. William B. Wilmot & Dr. Joan M. Taylor
Owner: Cobra Farm, Inc., R R Partners and Head of Plains Partners LLC
Trainer: Chad C. Brown
Champion 3-Year-Old Filly: Fifty Five
B, f., 2014, Get Stormy - Soave, by Brahms
Breeder: Empire Equines, LLC
Owner: Peter M. Brant
Trainer: Chad C. Brown
Champion Turf Male: Disco Partner
Gr. or ro. h., 2012 (Disco Rico - Lulu's Number, by Numerous)
Breeder: Patricia Generazio
Owner: Patricia Generazio
Trainer: Christophe Clement
Champion Turf Female: Fourstar Crook
B. m., 2012, Freud - Avril a Portugal, by D'Accord
Breeder: Kathleen M. Feron
Owner: Dubb, Michael, Bethlehem Stables LLC and Aisquith, Gary
Trainer: Chad C. Brown
Broodmare of the Year: Jazzmane (Toccet – Alljazz, by Stop the Music), dam of Mind Your Biscuits
Breeder of the Year: Chester and Mary Broman
Trainer of the Year: Linda Rice
Jockey of the Year: Irad Ortiz Jr.