One leading breeding farm and two venerable stakes will be linked in 2008 as Shadwell Farm becomes the presenting sponsor for the New York Racing Association’s Travers Stakes (G1) and Suburban Handicap (G1) through 2009. With 259 runnings between them, the two events boast stakes histories crowded with champions, classic winners and Hall of Fame horses.

“Shadwell Farm is proud to announce its partnership with the New York Racing Association by sponsoring both the Grade 1 Suburban Handicap and the Grade 1 Travers Stakes. Shadwell has been supportive of New York racing and anxiously look forward to our involvement both at Belmont Park and Saratoga Race Course as a wonderful honor and an exciting new experience,” said Rick Nichols, Shadwell Farm Vice President and General Manager.

Gavin Landry, NYRA Senior Vice President, Sales and Market Development, said, “Beyond the seven-figure investment that Shadwell has made in New York racing, what is most important is Shadwell’s commitment to a partnership with NYRA and the desire to associate with the NYRA brand, representing the best racing in the world.”

Oldest of the country’s three-year-old races and centerpiece of the prestigious Saratoga Race Course season, the $1 million, mile-and-a-quarter Travers Stakes presented by Shadwell Farm, will be run for the 139th time on Saturday, August 23 and be televised nationwide on ESPN.

First run in 1884, the Suburban Handicap has long been one of the signature handicap races in America and figured prominently in the resume of Shadwell Stable’s 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor. The 122nd running of the $400,000, mile-and-a-quarter Suburban Handicap presented by Shadwell Farm will be at Belmont Park on Saturday, June 28.

Located in the limestone rich soil of the Bluegrass Region of Central Kentucky, Shadwell Farm has produced a remarkable array of talented runners, including winners of nine classic races, as a result of assembling all the necessary ingredients for a top-notch program worldwide. Shadwell is home to many of the world's top broodmares as well as a roster of leading stallions at its nearby Nashwan Stud. Last year Shadwell Stable’s Daaher won the Hill ‘n’ Dale Cigar Mile, the final Grade 1 stake on the NYRA calendar.

The New York Racing Association operates New York’s three major thoroughbred tracks--Saratoga Race Course, Belmont Park and Aqueduct Racetrack.