| Thursday, September 11, 2025 | Contact: Shannon Luce 859.224.2716 |
| The Jockey Club and TOBA Announce State Breeders Workshop | |
The Jockey Club and The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) will host a state breeder organization workshop to share current programs to help identify best practices and areas of growth. The workshop will be held at Churchill Downs on Wednesday, November 12. “We are honored to cohost this workshop to help grow our sport by encouraging collaboration among the state breeding programs and sharing best practices from around the country,” said James L. Gagliano, president and COO of The Jockey Club. “I believe it is vital for us to unify our industry at every level to ensure it thrives.” The workshop will begin at 9 a.m. ET in the Oaks Room at Churchill Downs and will end at the first post. An overview of national trends will be followed by a presentation from Douglas Reed, former University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program director and longtime racing executive, now principal of Racing, Gaming & Entertainment LLC, on his work in Iowa and New Mexico. Other topics include a perspective from Maryland and Virginia tracks and discussions of various breeder programs, such as mare reimbursement programs in California, Maryland, and Indiana, and other breeder incentives. “This is a wonderful opportunity for dialogue and cooperation between state-bred programs,” said Dan Metzger, president of TOBA. “We hope this evolves into programs and initiatives that can benefit the state breeders and racing programs across the country.” Materials summarizing the state-bred programs will be provided by BloodHorse and are available to anyone interested. For more information, please contact Jamie Haydon at jhaydon@jockeyclub.com or 859.224.2750. The Jockey Club, founded in 1894 and dedicated to the improvement of Thoroughbred breeding and racing, is the breed registry for Thoroughbreds in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. A New York non-profit organization governed by a board of stewards, The Jockey Club has offices in New York and Kentucky. Profits from the commercial subsidiaries of The Jockey Club support investments in initiatives to improve the health, safety, and welfare of Thoroughbreds and to market and grow the sport. Among its many supported initiatives are America’s Best Racing (americasbestracing.net), OwnerView (ownerview.com), and the Thoroughbred Incentive Program (tjctip.com). Additional information is available at jockeyclub.com. The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA), based in Lexington, Ky., was formed in 1961 and is a national trade organization of leading Thoroughbred owners and breeders. TOBA’s mission is 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, Claiming Crown, Ownership Seminars, Breeding, Conformation & Pedigree Clinics, US-Bred, TOBA Owners Concierge, OwnerView and the Sales Integrity Program. 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 Thoroughbred Breeders Federation. Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) is the charitable arm of TOBA. TOBA Media Properties, a subsidiary of TOBA, is the co-owner of BloodHorse LLC. TOBA is represented on the board of directors of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium as founding members. | |