MANALAPAN,
NJ – January 14, 2014 – The Breeders Committee of the Standardbred Breeders
& Owners Association of New Jersey has selected Michael Parisi’s White
Birch Farm of Allentown, NJ as the 2013 New Jersey Standardbred Breeder of the
Year.
White Birch Farm [whitebirchfarmnj.com] will be among the
honorees at the 57th Annual New Jersey Breeders Awards Luncheon at 1 p.m. on
January 26, 2014 at Charley’s Other Brother in Eastampton Township, NJ.
This will be the third time in the last 10 years that White Birch
Farm, under the management of owner and general manager Michael Parisi, has
collected New Jersey Breeder of the Year, having also won in 2004 and 2011.
Additionally, White Birch will be honored as the US Harness
Writers Association’s Breeder of the Year for the second consecutive year at
its Dan Patch Awards Banquet on February 23, 2014 at Dover Downs.
This year, the 800-acre breeding farm and training center not only
enjoyed success with its New Jersey-breds such as Wake Up Peter [Rocknroll
Hanover-Lovely Lady; $307,091 in 2013 earnings], I Fought Dalaw [Western
Ideal-In For Life; $151,320], Ideal Champ [Western Ideal-Female Champs;
$130,185] and In The Clear [Western Ideal-Orchid Island; $52,140] but also
produced the two leading contenders for 2013 Horse of the Year --
three-year-old pacing colt Captaintreacherous and three-year-old trotting filly
Bee A Magician.
Broodmares Beehive [dam of Hambletonian Oaks and Breeders Crown
winner Bee A Magician, who banked $1.5 million in 2013] and Worldly Treasure
[dam of Meadowlands Pace, North America Cup and Breeders Crown winner and
double millionaire Captaintreacherous] help to serve as the foundation of the
White Birch success story.
The 2013 productivity of White Birch Farm’s offspring is
exemplified by 152 starters accounting for 418 wins and earnings of
$8,657,995. The earnings are third only to Hanover Shoe and Winback which
had more than 1,000 starters each.
Past champions produced by the farm founded by Joseph and Marie
Parisi, were 1996 Three-Year-Old Pacer of the Year and Meadowlands Pace winner
Hot Lead, 1998 Two-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year Island Fantasy, 2002
Three-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year Worldly Beauty, 2005 Two-Year-Old Filly
Pacer of the Year My Little Dragon and 2006 Three-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the
Year Darlin's Delight.
Previous New Jersey Breeder of the Year winners include Perretti
Farms [a two-time winner, 2003 and 2010], Valley High Stables, Southwind Farms,
Kentuckiana Farms, Fair Winds Farm, Walnridge Farm and Heritage Hill Farms.
For
tickets to the awards luncheon [$35 per person], contact the New Jersey
Department of Agriculture, Division of Markets & Development, Horse
Industry, PO Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625 or call at 609-984-4389.
--Submitted
by Carol Hodes for SBOANJ
