NY A09234

Removes the requirement that horses must be "dropped from a mare bred in this state" to participate in New York Sire Stakes events, now requiring only that they be sired by a stallion owned or leased and permanently standing for service in New York at conception

Requires mares, stallions, and foals to be microchipped with information made available to the commission

Eliminates the three-tiered system that previously distinguished between foals based on where the mare was bred or resided

Directs the fund to provide bonus payments to foals conceived within New York and out of mares that reside in the state for a time period defined by the fund

Renames eligibility references from "New York sire stakes" to "New York-bred harness horse events" and simplifies the eligibility standard to require only that the stallion be owned or leased by a New York resident and standing for service in the state at conception