Please welcome our newest TOBA members!
Gary Bagliebter
Dennis Bartos
Steven Bertrando
Mike & Linda Carpenter
Sherry Chung
Michael Gentry
Guang Xun Jiang
Woonmi Gina Kim
Tae Suck Kwon
Guangyi Li
F. Jack Liebae, Sr.
Roger McDaniel
Wesley Melcher
Brenda Miley
Delmar Pearson
William S. Reightler, Jr.
Reid & Associates Equine Clinic
George Richards
Chloe Shin
Laura Stack
Lee Ullman
Karyn White
As of November 21, 2014
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Thank you to our long-standing members
TOBA recognizes some of its loyal members who have been with the association for 20 years!
John Kerr III
Carol Lowry
C. R. McGaughey III
Ronald McKay
Tim McMurry
Marion Montanari
Michael Palenscar
John Phillips
Robert Rosenthal
Margaret Smith
Check back in next month’s eNewsletter for more 20-year members.
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Member Benefits |
These are just some of TOBA’s membership benefits that all members can enjoy:
Involvement in a nation-wide community of Thoroughbred owners and breeders
$10-$25 Sam’s Club gift card
$25 off National Racing License
Discounts on TOBA’s educational seminars
Check out all of our membership benefits.
Refer a member today and receive a special gift and discount on your membership!
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Continue your education
with TOBA’s Ownership Seminar videos
Experts from all aspects of the Thoroughbred industry discuss how to build a racing stable, the owner and trainer relationship, common veterinary concerns, accounting and insurance issues, understanding racing partnerships, Thoroughbred retirement and much more.
Purchase your videos today!
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Welcome to our monthly eNewsletter featuring our TOBA Member of the Month. Each month, we profile a TOBA member, describe their involvement in the Thoroughbred industry and explain how TOBA has assisted them along the way. |
Member of the Month
Robin Murphy

With the recent addition of slots to Ohio, the Buckeye State has grown into a regional powerhouse in the Midwest racing scene. At the same time, its breeding program is blossoming. Leading the pack of Ohio breeders is Robin L. Murphy, who stands nearly a dozen stallions at her 80-acre Poplar Creek Horse Center in Bethel, Ohio. Her very first racehorse, stakes winner Tidal Volume, has just returned home to round out her stallion roster.
Murphy showed Quarter Horses for years, but that changed in 2009. At that time, Art Preston of Preston Stables regularly sent the experienced horsewoman horses to condition over her half-mile track. One of those was Tidal Volume, an injured son of Tapit who had yet to race. “Art Preston gave him to me after he had fractured a knee in training as a late two-year old,” said Murphy. She rehabbed Tidal Volume for two years, then, placing him in the barn of trainer Tom Amoss, she “ran him from the farm the first time and he broke his maiden.” As a five-year-old in 2011, Tidal Volume won the Temperance Hill Stakes at Louisiana Downs en route to earnings of $231,476. Read more.
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Last Chance to
Expand your Education at the
Thoroughbred Ownership Seminar!
TOBA’s last educational event of the year, Thoroughbred Ownership Seminar, will be held on December 6 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla. Industry professionals such as Kathy Ritvo, Nick and Alex Zito, Robb Levinsky, David Fawkes, Cruz Gonzalez and Amanda Simons Luby will educate participants on the various aspects of ownership like the owner/trainer relationship, acquiring horses, business issues and Thoroughbred retirement. Kathy Ritvo, Mucho Macho Man’s trainer, will conduct a special morning workout segment track-side early in the morning. Seminar participants will enjoy an afternoon of racing at Gulfstream following the seminar. Listen to Trackside on Radio’s piece about the event.
Click here to register online or call 888-606-TOBA to register over the phone. Check out what attendees are saying about TOBA’s seminars and clinics!
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Record of 314 Nominations
for Eight-Race Showcase
A record 314 horses were nominated to the 16th annual Claiming Crown, the $1 million showcase for the country’s top claiming horses being hosted by Gulfstream Park for the third consecutive year on December 6.
Created in 1999 to honor the blue-collar horses that are the foundation of the racing industry nationwide, the eight-race Claiming Crown will help launch Gulfstream Park’s 76th Championship Meet and will feature nominations from 128 trainers throughout the East Coast and Midwest.
Entry day is Wednesday, December 3. Visit www.claimingcrown.com for more information.
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Congrats Corner
Congratulations to the following TOBA members who own or bred a recent winner!
Chocolate Cherries broke her maiden at Indiana Downs for owner Eric Kordsmeier on 10/22/14.
Bayern won the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park for breeder Helen Alexander on 11/1/14.
Basmati won an allowance race at Remington Park for breeder John J. Greely IV on 11/7/14.
Day Six broke his maiden at Aqueduct for breeder J. Bonner Young on 11/12/14.
Divine Fortune won the Colonial Cup Stakes (gr. I) at Camden for owner/breeder Jonathan E. Sheppard on 11/15/14.
Irish Whisper won an allowance race at Aqueduct for owners/breeders John P. Hicks and Blue Sky Farm (Howard Nolan) on 11/19/14.
*This list is randomly selected and is not all-inclusive. If you are a TOBA member and own or bred a recent winner, please email toba@toba.org and we will include you in the next eNewsletter!
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News
25th Annual TCA Stallion Season Auction
January 5 – 10, 2015
Help us celebrate 25 years of TCA by participating in the annual Stallion Season Auction! TCA’s largest annual fundraiser consists of an online, telephone and a live auction of select seasons and other items. Most seasons sell during the online and telephone auction; however, 10 to 15 select seasons and other items such as trips and tickets to sporting events, will be sold during the live auction.
TCA to Honor Graham & Anita Motion and CANTER USA
Thoroughbred Charities of America will honor Graham & Anita Motion with the Allaire duPont Leadership Award and the Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses (CANTER) with the TCA Industry Service Award at the 25th Annual Select Stallion Season Auction on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington, Ky. Read more.
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Give the Gift of Membership
This Holiday Season!
Give your special Thoroughbred enthusiast the gift of a TOBA membership! Annual memberships include:
- Subscription to The Blood-Horse magazine and its two key supplements, The Source and the Stallion Register
- Inclusion in and access to annual membership directory
- TOBA member card and pin, which gives members free access to most North American racetracks
- Equine, travel and insurance discounts, and more!
Most importantly, your membership will help support TOBA’s programs that work on behalf of Thoroughbred owners and breeders. Gift wrapping available. Get your gift membership here.
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Top Owners and Breeders
Congratulations to the following top owners and breeders by race earnings in the United States! Bolded and italicized names depict TOBA members.
**The above lists were last updated on 11/21/14.
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2015 Trips Announced
June 11-18: Royal Ascot
Racing at Ascot, Windsor and Sandown; training in and around Lambourn; special sightseeing in Windsor and to the West
June 22-29: Ireland
Six nights in County Kildare; racing at The Curragh, Leopardstown and Naas; farm and training visits in Kildare and Tipperary
September 28 – October 5: Arc Week in France
Racing at Longchamp and other French racecourses; training visit in Chantilly; attend the Arc-eve sale of horses-in-training
Racing-Europe trips include premium seating at the racecourses, as well as farm and training visits. Go to www.racing-europe.com or call (800) 261-0499 for more information.
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2014 Seminar & Clinic Schedule
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Saturday, December 6 |
Gulfstream Park Hallandale Beach, Fla. |
Thoroughbred Ownership Seminar |
Click here for clinic details and agenda. Agendas and schedule are subject to change without notice. The 2015 schedule will be available online later this winter. |
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Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau Integrity Hotline
Help protect our sport’s integrity. Anonymously contact the TRPB’s Integrity Hotline at 1-866-TIP-TRPB.
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Thank you for your continued membership in TOBA. Your membership ensures the voices of owners and breeders are heard!
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