ftboa.com • Thursday • January 9, 2020 FEC/FTBOA PUBLICATION FOR ADVERTISING information or to subscribe, please call Antoinette at 352-732-8858 or As a small breeder, I would like to take email: [email protected] this opportunity to introduce myself to many of you within our Association. As a second generation Florida native, my Florida roots go back some 100 years. My wife, Donna, and I are both physical ther- In This Issue: apists but I have quite a diverse back- ground. I worked cattle and broke mus- Heart Attack Claims X Y Jet tangs out West as a teenager. I rode hors- Gump, Baby I’m Perfect Go in Friday This past October, I was elected presi- es as a young adult and I worked for a dent of the Florida Thoroughbred movie production company in Orlando Feature at Gulfstream Breeders’ and Owners’ Association by my training animals. I was a securities broker First Foal is a Filly for Ocala Stud’s Girvin fellow board members, for which I am out of college and I was then managing truly grateful. As president, I would like partner of a successful restaurant. Chance It ‘Bellys Down’ to win Mucho to welcome our recently elected board Through all of this, I have always had a Macho Man members Marilyn Campbell, Joe special love in my heart for horse racing O’Farrell, Valerie Dailey, Brent Fernung, and I seem to have an innate ability to Glitter Woman Victory in Miami for and Dr. Phil Matthews, as we work to find a local track wherever my travels Sound Machine move our Association and our industry have taken me. forward. It is truly an honor and I am Donna and I, along with our daughter Shivaree Extends Streak to Three humbled. Dana, moved to Ocala from Ft. Myers Tampa Bay Downs to Race Jan. 23 Our diverse board of directors repre- almost 17 years ago. We were looking for sents members of our Association across some farmland and a community with Gulfstream Park Charts all spectrums of the industry. We have rep- that “hometown” feel where Dana could resentation from the large, historically sig- ride her two horses, one of which was an Tampa Bay Downs Charts nificant “anchor” farms. We have repre- OTTB that she had re-purposed for show- Florida Stallion Progeny List sentation from those who breed for sales ing. Ocala fit the bill. As soon as we and those who breed to race. We have rep- moved here, I developed a three-year Florida Breeders’ List resentation from breeders who are also plan to purchase a racing thoroughbred consignors. We have representation from but Donna said no way. But just four Wire to Wire Business Place the small farm and backyard breeders as months later, Donna called me from OBS well as the larger commercial operations. to let me know we had just purchased a This board literally encompasses the con- short yearling! We did well selling that Featured Advertisers cerns and ideas of a new generation all the colt off the farm through Ian Brennan and way through the most long-established Ocala Stud Florida breeders and owners. See PRESIDENT’S REMARKS on page 3 Baoma Corporation FTBOA Reminder: FSS 2 year-old payment Florida Department of Agriculture deadline Jan. 15 for $250 or Feb. 28 Journeyman Stud Ocala Breeders’ Feed & Supply for $500. See ad on page 6 for details. Seminole Feed Florida Thoroughbred Farm Mgrs. Back to Top Page 3 President’s Remarks Continued from COVER that set the wheels in motion for us to continue moving forward with our new venture. When this business is in your blood, there’s no use fighting it. We established a small breeding operation with just a handful of mares and did well with some early success at the sales and at the track. We bred Jordy Y out of the first crop of Congrats. She was a stakes winner and graded-stakes-placed. She went on to run in the Breeder’s Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), won that year by Florida-bred Awesome Feather. However, the recession hit and with it came the pitfalls of being a small breeder. We strug- gled mightily, but I’m proud to say that we survived. It is through those experiences that I developed an intimate under- standing of the unique concerns and difficulties of being a small breeder. Adding to those challenges is the fact that, like many of you, I am not originally from here and wasn’t born into the industry. We work full-time as physical therapists and run the farm by ourselves. When it comes right down to it, I’m a small breeder with a modicum of business success and some very diverse real world experience. We’ve made some wonderful friends and connections that have carried us along to this day. One thing I have quickly learned is that all my colleagues on the FTBOA board are likewise committed to devoting their time and talents to further the goals of the Association and to advance the Florida thoroughbred industry. They each realize that it’s nec- essary to do your homework in order to understand the issues and meaningfully contribute to possible solutions. I will certainly rely heavily on the talents and experience of the FTBOA board, management, and advisers as we work to move the Florida thor- oughbred industry forward at the track and on the farm. It’s amazing to reflect on the fact that the FTBOA, which is young compared to Kentucky’s industry establishment, is enter- ing its 75th year in 2020! Our industry in this short time has enjoyed many significant accomplishments, and we have over- come many hurdles in the recent past. I want to continue this work and make our 75th anniversary year our best yet! As always, we are continuing to work hard in Tallahassee as we gear up for the 2020 legislative session, which starts on Jan. 14. Personally, I will also be working to raise funds for the Thoroughbred Political Action Committee by encouraging breeders, both individually and through their various breeding entities, to voluntarily contribute a small portion (5%) of their breeder awards to TPAC. Up to this point, TPAC has been able to help the industry get big results with relatively small amounts of money, but this won’t last forever. One thing I have learned is that a number of breeders are giving to TPAC through only one of their many breeding entities. For example, my farm (BridleOaks Farm, Inc.) may be signed up to give to TPAC, but perhaps I did not sign up to contribute to TPAC from breeder awards earned by Greg and Donna Wheeler or even Donna and Greg Wheeler. If you want to support TPAC, it’s crucial to ensure that all possible combina- tions of breeders and breeding entities listed on your awards checks are signed up. Matt Bryan’s office in Tallahassee administers TPAC. They can check to see how you and your various breeding entities are signed up to make TPAC contributions, and they can also help sign up those entities that are not. The fastest way to accomplish this task is by calling (850) 224-5081 and asking Debbie Wysocki to check. I hope all breeders will make this a See PRESIDENT’S REMARKS on page 5 Back to Top Tunwoo Medaglia d’Oro – Sea Gift, by A.P. Indy 2020 Fee: $2,500 | S & N $775,000 Fasig-Tipton select yearling; first foals in 2020. Chitu Henny Hughes–Sea Gift, by A.P. Indy 2020 Fee: $4,500 | S & N Winner of $800,000 Sunland Derby 2 Y.O.’s sold for $200,000 and $150,000 at 2019 OBS April Valiant Minister Candy Ride (Arg)–Spooky Minister by Deputy Minister 2020 Fee: $3,000 | S & N Freaky Talented Son of Candy Ride (Arg) “Probably the fastest first-time starter Standing at Bridlewood Farm I ever trained.” –Bob Baffert 8318 NW 90th Terrace, Ocala, Fla. 34482 | George Isaacs, General Manager 352-622-5319 Office | 352-804-5568 Cell | A BAOMA Corp. Stallion | www.baomacorp.com SERITA HULT PHOTOS HULT SERITA Back to Top Page 5 Heart Attack Claims X Y Jet BY BROCK SHERIDAN ______________ X Y Jet was trained by Jorge Navarro for Rockingham Ranch, Gelfenstein Farm and According to a report in Horse Racing David A. Bernsen LLC. He was bred in Florida Nation Wednesday morning, Florida-bred by Didier Plasencia. millionaire X Y Jet died Wednesday morn- “Since his arrival at my stable at the end of ing after a routine gallop at Palm Meadows 2014, I immediately felt that connection with Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla. him, which remained until today and will surely A winner of 12 of 26 starts with remain with me until the day of my departure,” $3,096,513 in career earnings, X Y Jet’s Navarro told Horse Racing Nation. “I owe X Y most prominent win came in March when Jet so much, that I’m sure there are no words the son of Kantharos won the Group 1, $2.5 that can specify my thanks to his nobility and million Dubai Golden Shaheen sponsored class. by Gulf News ahead of second-place finish- “I do not say goodbye to a horse. I say good- er Matera Sky and fellow Florida-bred bye to a friend that I will carry forever in my Imperial Hint in third. heart. The 8-year-old X Y Jet also counts on his “Keep running fast to your next destination resume, two victories in the Grade 3 Mr.