TOBA Ownership Seminar Set for April 18-19

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association is holding a two-day Thoroughbred Ownership Seminar in Lexington that will include a trip to WinStar Farm's training center, a private backstretch tour of Keeneland Race Course, and two days of live racing at Keeneland.



The seminar, sponsored by Blood-Horse, will begin Saturday, April 18 with a visit to WinStar Farm to learn how the farm's horses are trained and prepped for the racetrack. Attendees will also receive complimentary tickets to Keeneland for that's day's race card.

The Sunday, April 19 session will take place at Keeneland with a virtual ownership session on the backstretch, discussions on the owner/trainer dynamic, racehorse acquisition, public auction procedures, and Thoroughbred retirement. The seminar will wrap up with lunch in Keeneland's Phoenix Dining Room and an afternoon of racing.



Speakers include Kentucky Thoroughbred Association executive director Chauncey Morris, Sean Tugel of WinStar Farm, trainer Ian Wilkes, Ken Ramsey of Ramsey Farm, trainer Wesley Ward, Jack Wolf of Starlight Racing, Kerry Cauthen of Four Star Sales, Barry Irwin of Team Valor International, trainer Ron Moquett, Jen Shaw of Dean Dorton Allen Ford PLLC, Joel Turner of Frost Brown Todd LLC, Tom Thornbury of Keeneland, Erin Crady of Thoroughbred Charities of America, and Susan Martin of The Jockey Club. Reed Ringler of Fasig-Tipton will moderate the seminar.



The 2015 schedule and registration are available at www.toba.org. TOBA members receive a discounted rate for each clinic.



TOBA, based in Lexington, Ky., was formed in 1961 and is a national trade organization of leading Thoroughbred breeders and owners with a mission to improve the economics, integrity, and pleasure of the sport on behalf of Thoroughbred owners and breeders.



Projects managed by TOBA include the American Graded Stakes Committee, TOBA Owners Concierge, Claiming Crown, Ownership Seminars, Breeding, Conformation and Pedigree Clinics, and the Sales Integrity Program. TOBA, in collaboration with The Jockey Club, has also created a free information resource called OwnerView to provide pertinent information to new, prospective and current Thoroughbred owners. TOBA provides international representation for U.S. owners and breeders on the International Grading and Race Planning Advisory Committee, International Cataloguing Standards Committee, and International Breeders Federation. Thoroughbred Charities of America is the charitable arm of TOBA. TOBA Media Properties, a subsidiary of TOBA, owns The Horse magazine and Eclipse Press and is co-owner of The Blood-Horse LLC in a partnership with The Jockey Club Information Systems. TOBA is represented on the board of directors of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium as founding members.