ftboa.com • Thursday • August 23, 2018 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION Live Oak, Win Approval CLICK HERE TO Recognized by TOBA SUBSCRIBE! BY BROCK SHERIDAN _______ In This Issue: OCALA, FLA. – The Thoroughbred Owners and Florida Stallion Progeny List Breeders Assoc. announced that Charlotte Weber’s Live Florida Breeders’ List Oak Stud has been named as the Florida Breeder of the Year Wire to Wire Business Place for 2017 and her Win Approval as the TOBA National Broodmare of the Year. Poll Shows Putnam, DeSantis The TOBA National in Tight Race Owner of the Year, National Breeder of the Year, National UF/IFAS a Trusted Source of Small Breeder of the Year, Agricultural-Related Claiming Crown Horse of the Information Year and the top breeders from 23 states and Canada Awesome Banner Retired will be recognized at the TOBA National Awards Charlotte Weber and Win Approval/ SERITA HULT PHOTO The Jockey Club Elects Six Dinner, which will be held on Sept. 8 at the Woodford Reserve Club at winner Holding Gold, Grade 3 stakes-win - New Members Kroger Field in Lexington, Ky. ners Awesome Slew and Souper Tapit and In 2017, Live Oak horses amassed stakes winner We Deer You. All five raced Summer Association $4,092,225 in earnings to rank as the top under the name of Weber’s Live Oak Internships Provides Industry breeder in Florida and as the 11th-ranked Plantation. Experience breeder nationally by earnings. During the Her star during the year was champion year, Weber saw five of her Florida-breds turf horse World Approval, who finished win 10 black type stakes of which eight 2017 with five wins from six starts and Featured Advertisers were graded-stakes. The quintet included earnings of $2,043,600. The 5-year-old multiple Grade 1-winner and champion gray/roan gelding by Northern Afleet won Ocala Stud turf horse World Approval, Grade 2 stakes- LIVE OAK See on page 3 Double Diamond Florida Department of Agriculture Dear FTBOA Members, On August 17, the Board of Directors FTBOA met and nominated candidates for the five Woodford Thoroughbreds vacancies on the Board coming up in the Seminole Feed fall of 2018. These Board-nominated can - didates are: Paul Bulmahn, Nick de Meric, Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply Laurine Mae Fuller-Vargas, and FTBOA Journeyman Stud past president George Russell, as well as Equine Performance Center current Board member Richard Kent, who is eligible to serve another term. Florida Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation See PRESIDENT’S REMARKS on page 4 Back to Top Page 3 Live Oak Continued from COVER four graded stakes at four different tracks including the Breeders’ the inception of the Breeders’ Cup to produce two Breeders’ Cup Cup Mile (G1) at Del Mar, the Woodbine Mile (G1) at Woodbine, winners. Like World Approval, Miesque’s Approval was also named the Fourstardave Handicap (G1) at Saratoga, the Grade 2 Dixie the Eclipse Award winner as the champion turf horse. Stakes at Pimlico and the Turf Classic Stakes at Tampa Bay “I would like to thank the TOBA committee for recognizing Downs. He was also named the Florida-bred Horse of the Year, Win Approval as the broodmare of the year. She is certainly champion older male, champion turf horse and champion sprinter deserving and I wish her a long healthy life,” Weber said of her by the FTBOA. 26-year-old Win Approval. “She has had a wonderful career as Owned and bred by Charlotte Weber’s Live Oak Stud located in a broodmare, producing four millionaires and I’m very proud Ocala, Win Approval also produced millionaires Revved Up, of her. Miesque’s Approval and Za Approval in addition to World Approval. Win Approval is by With Approval out of Negotiator, by Hoist Both Miesque’s Approval and World Approval won the Breeders’ the Flag and she was bred in Florida by Weber under the Live Oak Cup Mile (G1), making Win Approval one of only four mares since Stud banner. Poll Shows Putnam, DeSantis in Tight Race BY LLOYD DUNKELBERGER _______ Jeff Greene, who both had 11 percent. The survey also showed 60 percent of Reprinted with permission from News Chris King, a Winter Park businessman, voters favored stricter gun-control laws, Service of Florida had 10 percent. while 40 percent said the restrictions should The FAU poll included 239 likely be left as they are or made less strict. TALLAHASSEE —- The race between Adam Putnam and Ron DeSantis for the Democratic primary voters and had a 6.3 The overall FAU poll included 800 reg - Republican nomination for governor is percentage-point margin of error. Some 19 istered voters and had a margin of error of tightening, according to a poll released percent of the voters were undecided. 3.4 percentage points. Tuesday by Florida Atlantic University. Monica Escaleras, director of the FAU With a week left before the Aug. 28 pri - polling group, said Graham, who is the mary, a survey from the FAU Business and daughter of former Gov. B ob Graham, is being helped by support among women HELP Economics Polling Initiative showed DeSantis, a three-term congressman from voters. “As the only female candidate, she leads Northeast Florida, with 32 percent of the WANTED vote to 31 percent for Putnam, a two-term the field with 32 percent of the female vote. Males also support her, but to a lesser state agriculture commissioner. The poll, conducted from Thursday to degree at 25 percent,” Escaleras said. GROOMS In the state’s other highest-profile race, Monday, surveyed 222 likely voters, with a 6.5 percentage-point margin of error. Some Republican Gov. Rick Scott leads 22 percent of the voters were undecided. Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson by a mar - Full or part time grooms gin of 45 perc ent to 39 percent in their con - The new poll showed an improvement needed for yearling sales prep for Putnam, who trailed DeSantis by 9 per - test for Nelson’s Senate seat, with 16 percent of voters undecided, the poll showed. It’s a centage points in an FAU poll released in until the end of September. slight improvement for Scott, who led late July. Located in “Adam Putnam appears to have Nelson 44-40 percent in the July su rvey. regained some of his footing in the guber - On other topics, the FAU survey found NW Marion County. natorial race,” said Kevin Wagner, an FAU 88 percent of voters were “very” or “some - English Preferred. political science professor. “The difference what” concerned about the physical safety may be which candidate is better able to of students, as school started this month 352-528-4432 turn out their supporters in the next week.” for nearly 2.9 million public-school stu - But a factor in favor of DeSantis is his dents following a mass shooting in endorsement by President Donald Trump, February at a Broward County high school. with the FAU poll showing the president has an 80 percent approval rating among Florida Republican voters. Overall, Florida Trainer at Classic Mile voters disapprove of Trump by a 45-43 per - cent margin. can prep your 2 yr. old In the Democratic primary for gover - nor, former U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham of and older horses. No yearlings. Tallahassee leads the field with 29 percent of the vote in FAU poll. Former Miami Exceptional attention. $55 day rate. Beach Mayor Philip Levine had 17 per - cent, followed by Tallahassee Mayor 352-615-5059 Andrew Gillum and Palm Beach investor Back to Top Page 4 Presidents Remarks Continued from COVER nity events, including hosting the Ocala Symphony at the farm and Prior to the Board’s nominations, all regular members in good a Florida Horse Park fundraiser which featured speaker Kate standing had the opportunity to self-nominate and run for one of Chenery Tweedy. He has also contributed a positive industry voice these open Board seats, with applications available starting on to video and television interviews and at present is producing a June 20 and due by July 20, accompanied by a petition signed by documentary movie about the living Triple Crown jockeys. 25 members supporting the individual’s candidacy. One member He presently serves on the Texas State University Board of submitted an application to run for a Board position this year, Directors of the College of Business Foundation and also on the Laurine Mae Fuller-Vargas. The Board of Directors subsequently Skywave Network LLC board. Paul earned a B.A. from decided to include Ms. Fuller-Vargas on the Board’s slate of nom - Valparaiso University; J.D. from University of Texas School of inations. As provided in the Association’s Bylaws, because there Law; and an M.B.A. from the Graduate School of Business, Texas are only five candidates for the five Board vacancies, members State University, which in 2000 named him a Distinguished will not be required to cast ballots, and these five candidates will Alumnus. be deemed elected to office upon the presiding officer calling the FTBOA’s Annual Meeting to order. Nick de Meric, Ocala In making its nominations, the Board strives to select candi - Nick de Meric owns Manuden dates that represent the diversity of our membership: small breed - Farm, Eclipse Training Center and de ers, large breeders, stallion stations, foal and mare operations, lay- Meric Thoroughbreds. up farms, sales prep operations, and others. The Board also must Nick grew up in England, showing be conscientious about putting forth candidates who have played ponies as a youngster and graduating an active role in this organization and are deeply involved and to three day eventing and point to committed to the health of our industry.