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WINNING OWNERS – OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2013
MY CONQUESTADORY
Won the Alcibiades at Keeneland, October 4th, 2013 Owned by Conquest Stables Trained by Mark Casse Sire Artie Schiller Dam Golden Artemis by Malibu Moon
CONQUEST Stables consists of 63-year-old Ernie Semersky, a Porsche and Audi dealer in Chicago, and his long-time partner Dory Newell, a former model who named their star filly. Though they are both new in the industry, they have 28 horses, including 15 yearlings. A friend recommended trainer Mark Casse, and after interviewing several trainers, they hired him. “There was something about him that was correct,” Semersky told Beverly Smith in her September 15, 2013, story in Paulick Report. My Conquestadory, who was purchased for $240,000 at the 2013 OBS March sale, made an incredible debut last September at Woodbine, defeating colts by 3¼ lengths in the Grade 2 Summer Stakes before adding the Alcibiades. But she is just one of Conquest Stables’ success stories. Conquest Titan, a $475,000 purchase at the same two-year-old sale, won the Swynford Stakes by 5¼ lengths at Woodbine in a stunning debut. Their filly Conquest Whiplash, a $370,000 purchase, also defeated colts, in the Victoria Stakes at Woodbine. When My Conquestadory went to post in the Summer Stakes, Semersky sported designer sunglasses with one lens glowing orange and the other green to literally reflect their silks. Newell explained to Smith, “Ernie always sees things through rose-colored glasses.
ARTEMIS AGROTERA
Won the Frizette at Belmont Park, October 5th, 2013 Owned by Mary and Chester Broman Sr Trained by Mike Hushion Sire Roman Ruler Dam Indy Glory by A.P. Indy
AS happy as he was when his two-year-old New York-bred filly Artemis Agrotera upped her record to two-for-two by winning the Frizette at Belmont Park by a length and a quarter, trainer Mike Hushion was even happier for Chester and Mary Broman, who own and bred the filly. “Any time you win for the Bromans makes it even better,” Hushion said. “Chester and Mary are wonderful people.” And successful. The Bromans were named Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association New York Breeder of the Year in 2004 and 2005. They were the New York Thoroughbred Breeders’ Breeders of the Year in 2004 and 2012. In 2009, they were the leading owners at the Belmont Park Fall Meet with nine victories, each by a homebred who was foaled and raised at Chestertown Farm, a 300-acre spread in the foothills of the majestic Adirondacks they purchased in 1995. Previously, the property had been known as Assunta Louis Farms, whose owner, the late oral and maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Dominick DeLuke, shepherded the early growth of the New York-bred program in its infancy as president of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Inc. Chester was born in Pinelawn, New York, and became the owner, president, and CEO of Clifford Broman & Sons, Inc., a general contracting corporation in West Babylon, New York, established in 1938. The company, which specializes in trucking, now has a staff of 50. The Bromans have two sons, Chester Jr. and Christopher, and a daughter, Rachel. Chester was appointed to the New York Racing Association Board of Trustees in 1995 and has served multiple terms on the New York Thoroughbred Breeders Board of Directors. Artemis Agrotera, named for an ancient Greek temple site in Athens, was not their first Grade 1 winner. In 2004, their New York-bred Friends Lake won the Florida Derby. Artemis Agrotera’s ability was the worst-kept secret of the Saratoga meet. In her debut in a New York-bred maiden race on August 16, she was bet down to 2-5 and won by 11¾ lengths. Artemis Agrotera’s Frizette victory was a first Grade 1 winner for Mary and Chester Broman
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