West Point Thoroughbreds

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2009 Record: (232-49-32-34)

2009 Earnings: $3,013,275

2009 Win %: 21% In-The-Money %: 49%

Owner(s): Terry Finley (founder and president)
Born: Jan. 3, 1964
Family: wife, Debbie; children, Ryan and Erin
Web site: www.westpointtb.com
Breeding/Racing Operation: Began developing racing partnerships in 1991 after acquiring a $5,000 claimer from Philadelphia Park named Sunbelt. That gelding debuted for West Point Thoroughbreds two weeks later and won for a $6,500 claiming tag in the third race at Philadelphia Park on Aug. 27, 1991 … West Point Thoroughbreds is a certified S corporation incorporated in the state of New Jersey in 1991 and it organizes a limited liability company (LLC) for each individual horse venture … Has since syndicated some 200 horses worth more than $20 million … Currently manages the portfolios for nearly 400 investors and a stable of approximately 80 horses at various stages of training … Maintains offices in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California and Kentucky, and opened a new office in Saratoga Springs, NY in August 2009. ... . Also utilizes newsletters, e-mails and a comprehensive web site to keep investors directly involved in the progress and status of the stable’s runners … Races primarily in New York, New Jersey, Kentucky, Florida, Louisiana, and California … Employs a number of trainers including Craig Dollase, Bill Mott, Guadalupe Preciado, Dale Romans, and Dallas Stewart ... Ended a successful relationship with trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, who trained G1 Stephen Foster winner Flashy Bull and G1 Gazelle winner Lear's Princess among many others for West Point, following the '09 Saratoga meet. McLaughlin sited the need to reduce the number of horses in his care as the reason for the split ... First stakes winner was Big City Bound, who won the Miss Liberty Stakes at the Meadowlands on Sept. 22, 1995 … Initial graded stakes winners have been Ethan Man, winner of the G3 Swale Stakes in 2002, and Seattle Fitz, who won the G2 Brooklyn and G3 Aqueduct handicaps in 2004 ... West Point Thoroughbreds has started eight horses in the Breeders’ Cup, including five in 2007: Dream Rush (in partnership) was fifth in Filly and Mare Sprint, High Finance was eighth in Mile, Irish Smoke (in partnership) was 12th in Juvenile Fillies, Lear’s Princess was 10th in Distaff, and Awesome Gem was third in Classic. ... Ethan Man finished 10th in the 2003 Sprint and Yolanda B. Too was 12th in the 2005 Distaff. ... Awesome Gem finished sixth in the 2008 Breeders' Cup Mile… The stable enjoyed a breakout year in 2007 – won five Grade 1 races with four different horses, ranked fifth nationally in purse earnings with $4.5-million, was fourth in Eclipse Award voting for outstanding owner, and sold Dream Rush for $3.3-million at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky’s November sale … Finley partly attributed the stable’s high success rate in recent years to increasing its capital at auctions ... Leading bloodstock agent Buzz Chace advises West Point at the sales ... Recent top performers for the stable included three-year-old filly Justwhisledixie, winner of the 2009 G2 Bonnie Miss and G2 Davona Dale Stakes at Gulfstream Park and Macho Again winner of the 2009 G1 Stephen Foster and second in both the Whitney Handicap and Woodward Stakes at Saratoga. In 2008, he won the G2 Jim Dandy Stakes and was runner up to Big Brown in the Preakness Stakes ... Craig Dollase-trained Awesome Gem traveled to Hong Kong for the 2008 Hong Kong Mile (G1), but had a bad trip and finished 12th. He finished second in the 2009 Eddie Read (G1) and Longacres Mile (G3). ... Other top West Point runners in 2009 are 3-year-old Flat Bold, and promising 2-year-olds Encore Saritta and Successful Score. ... El Gato Malo, winner of the 2008 G3 Lone Star Derby and G3 San Felipe, made a winning return to the races after a five month break on Sept. 9 and is being pointed toward the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile ... West Point is heavily involved in Thoroughbred racing related charities ... Through Sept. 1, the stable has earned $2,514,742 with 37 wins. They currently manage about 70 horses. ...

Breeders' Cup Record

Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
1	0	0	0	$0

2008

Mile

Awesome Gem

6th