About Zilla Racing Stables
What do we do?
We are a thoroughbred racing partnership that provides a full-ownership experience while offering actual ownership (often as low as 3% minimum) in
- Auction purchases (two-year-old & yearlings)
- Claiming partnerships (both traditional and no-expenses ever format)
- Private purchases
- Pinhooking
- Breeding partnerships (coming soon)
Why Own a Racehorse with Us?
A Full Ownership Experience
- Immediate and informative updates, including full vet-work disclosure
- High-quality pictures and breeze videos
- Detailed online monthly billing & purse credits (request a check on any credit balance)
- Barn visits, owners parking, paddock, and winner’s circle access.
Results and Efficiency
- Multiple Stakes wins. Majority of horses purchased below 100K
- In 8 years, we have managed a win rate around 20% and a Top 3 rate of 50%.
- Over 4.6 million in earnings with an EPS of over $8,600
- Annually among leading owners of New York-breds
Featured News Article
Transparency the Key Ingedient to Piazza's Success with Zilla Racing Stables
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Photo: Jay Moran (Moran Photography)
June 14, 2021 by Ryan Martin / NYRA
When Mike Piazza formed racing syndicate Zilla Racing Stables in June 2012, the upstate New York native said he wanted to merge his love of horse racing with his analytical mindset.
Read more: Transparency the Key Ingedient to Piazza's Success with Zilla Racing Stables
Racing Statistics
Winning isn't easy. While the majority of racehorses lose money and many barely break even, we assure you our team prides ourselves in knowing what kind of performance we can expect our horses to deliver and we have a strong understanding of race placement. Our results have and will continue to prove that.
As of June 15, 2021
| Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | Win% | ITM% | EPS |
| 538 | 103 | 88 | 78 | $4,666,762 | 19% | 50% | $8,674 |