Keith brought Newsday racing columnist Paul Moran, handicapper Stuie Rubin, and some great New Jersey racing fans into the partnership. In her first race for Castle Village Farm, at Saratoga, she came in second. We are located near Saratoga Springs, a heartland of American horseracing tradition, where the love of thoroughbreds is in our blood. For a time, Jamie Jones ran the office for us, and did a great job of keeping us, the horses and the partners organized. We’re forming a new partnership to purchase or claim a horse for this year’s castle Village Farm Partnership. Charlie won second time out for us, at Hialeah. The result was that, for almost the first time, people with ordinary incomes could experience the thrill of owning race horses. And he was right. That all changed with the arrival of jockey Leah Gyarmati. We are located near Saratoga Springs, a heartland of American horseracing tradition, where the love of thoroughbreds is in our blood. “Bagavond was the first horse I owned. We will also try to have an annual dinner party downstate in the spring or winter. In 1998, We joined Cyberspace Racing Team, a national internet syndicate, which gave us a small share in a two-year-old colt named Aloha Sunrise. No charges were tacked on for lawyers or bookkeepers or accountants, let alone for management. Last time we were in Florida, he was still there, taking the young ones to the gate. We will hold the annual Funky Munky Stable party at Saratoga Springs, N.Y. in August.

Funky Munky Stable, LLC invites you to join our racing family and get a Thoroughbred or Harness [or both] Partnership starting as low as $1000.

Funky Munky Stable prides ourself on having excellent communication with our partners. We felt like kids whose Christmas candy had been snatched away by a stranger. That’s unusual in horse racing, even today. CRT hired P.G. Privacy PolicyWebsite Design and Hosting by:Business Automation Services, Inc (BAS), (518) 366-8999info@zillaracingstables.com, (Photo: Chelsea Durand/Conlianese Photos/NYRA). For information on our current offerings, please call (845) 381-1154, or go to our “NEW OFFERINGS” page, and fill out the brief information request form. Our results have and will continue to prove that. The stable normally owns 25-50% of each horse in the offering and pre-structures the remaining ownership in the horse to other stables, partnerships and owners. After much thought, we decided not to keep endlessly adding partners to the original Castle Village Farm, which would have had the effect of making everybody’s shares smaller and smaller.

We race primarily at New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania racetracks. When I got into racing about 13 years ago, the first day at the track I remember thinking "I want to own one of these". As a partner, you can go to the backstretch in the mornings and watch your horse work out on the track. (Photo: Chelsea Durand/Conlianese Photos/NYRA)July 26, 2020 by Christine Oser Effinity the First Winner for Late Sire Effinex The New York-bred colt won by four lengths July 26 at Saratoga Race Course. We all lived in an apartment complex named Castle Village in northern Manhattan. Others prefer to own just one or two horses at a time, joining up for shares in new horses as their current ones are claimed away or retired. As we expanded the number of our horses, we also involved additional trainers in caring for them. And, once they had a taste of ownership, most people wanted to keep on with it. That part of the game was no longer the exclusive preserve of the well-to-do.

He was a Florida sprinter with the unlikely name Warwhatisitgoodfor. Partnerships are quickly becoming the premiere way of racehorse ownership! At least 80% of racehorses lose money every year, because of the training expenses that eat away from the purses earned. But even while Charlie was thrilling us at Monmouth, we wanted to own horses closer to home.

The partners agreed that, since the name Castle Village Farm already existed, and even had some local connotations, we’d stick with it. That gave us just enough money to make our first claim.

But, he has so far refused to add to the partners’ costs by taking a salary for himself. We called that partnership Snowbird. With Diane Nelson in the irons, Stormy would take the lead, and never give it up, no matter how long the race. Winning isn't easy. Great fun for your family and friends as well. Funky Munky Stable does not commingle the partnership accounts with one another. Be part of the excitement! When a partner owns at least 5% of a Harness horse or at least 3% of a Thoroughbred, he or she must be licensed as an owner with the State Wagering Board. However, we take into account how much in purse earnings the partnership’s horse earned in the previous quarter, to determine how much is needed for the next quarter. Our first trainer was Keith Sirota. For most of CRT New York partners, it was the first horse we’d lost to a claim. He was named after a rock song but he quickly became Charlie to all of us. Managing Partner Richard Munk will contact you within 24 hours. Flippy Diane’s next race was in the Maryland Million Distaff. Although most of our early purchases were by way of the claim box, we also have bought a number of yearlings and two-year-olds at auction, mostly New York-breds. It is a fact that whether one owns 1% or 100% of a racehorse, the pure adrenalin one feels when your horse comes rumbling down the stretch to win the race is the same. And some were satisfied, once they had the thrills, to put their win pictures up on the wall and return to civilian life. If the horse earned more than is necessary for the next quarter, then the partners will receive a check for their percentage of the overage. All the thrills of thoroughbred ownership for as little as $1000 a share. When your horse wins, you get to go to the winners circle and get your picture taken with your horse.

The new expanded New York version of Castle Village Farm was nearly ready to go. The fun, excitement and experiences my family, friends and I have had with Bagavond have been second to none….thank you, Steve, and Jean and Bill and Pat, for taking such good care of this horse and supplying so many thrills for the extended Preskenis family.” Steve didn’t take a fee.