Contact: Meredith Downey
Director of Marketing and Education
(859) 276-6793
mdowney@toba.org
TOBA Names Finalists for National Owner of the Year
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced today that Juddmonte Farm, Hronis Racing, Klaravich Stable, Rockingham Ranch and Peter M. Brant have been selected as finalists for the TOBA National Owner of the Year.
The TOBA National Owner of the Year will be announced live at the TOBA National Awards Dinner presented by Red Brand, which will be held on Saturday, September 7 at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, Ky.
TOBA will also honor breeders from 22 states and Canada. The National Breeder of the Year and the National Small Breeder of the Year will also be revealed at the TOBA National Awards Dinner. James E. “Ted” Bassett will be presented with the TOBA Industry Service Award and John D. Gunther will receive the prestigious Triple Crown Breeders Trophy for homebred Justify.
Other TOBA national award winners include Stage Magic, dam of Justify, who has been named as the National Broodmare of the Year and Aztec Sense, who will be honored as Claiming Crown Horse of the Year, presented by the National HBPA.
The Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of the Year will go to Archie Rocks, owned by Maya Simmons and Wayne and Susie Chatfield-Taylor will receive the Robert N. Clay Award, which recognizes a member of the Thoroughbred community who has made an outstanding contribution to preserving land for equine use.
“It is a great honor and privilege for TOBA to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of these owners, breeders and horses,” said Dan Metzger, president of TOBA. “They achieved remarkable success in 2018 and we look forward to celebrating with them in what promises to be a memorable evening at Fasig-Tipton.”
Tickets to the TOBA National Awards Dinner can be purchased at www.toba.org or by calling Meredith Downey at (859) 276-6793.
A complete list of state winners is as follows:
State Breeders of the Year:
| Arkansas: Bill McDowell
California: Premier Thoroughbreds Canada: Cam Ziprick and Arnason Farms Florida: Ocala Stud Indiana: Michael E. and Penny S. Lauer Iowa: Allen Poindexter Kansas: Jerry Johnson Kentucky: Godolphin Louisiana: Bill and Al Ulwelling Maryland: Richard Golden Massachusetts: George Brown (posthumously) Minnesota: Joel and Kris Zamzow
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New Jersey: Sam Fieramosca
New Mexico: R.D. Hubbard New York: Chester and Mary Broman North Carolina: Dr. Frank Batten Ohio: Steve DeMaiolo Oregon: Paul Hagemann Pennsylvania co-breeder: Elizabeth Moran Pennsylvania co-breeder: Thomas and Lori Fackler South Carolina: Franklin Smith Sr. Texas: W.S. Farish Virginia: William M. Backer Trust Washington: Delores Christianson |
TOBA National Awards Dinner sponsors include Red Brand Fence, Jackson Family Wines (Official Wine Sponsor of the 2018 TOBA National Awards Dinner), Fasig-Tipton, NTRA Advantage and John Deere, Stoll Keenon Ogden, National HBPA The Stronach Group, H.E. “Tex” Sutton Forwarding Company, Buffalo Trace, Plusvital, Equineline.com, The Horse and BloodHorse LLC.