Dan Metzger

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association will honor breeders selected from 18 states and Canada during the TOBA National Awards Saturday, Sept. 11. State Breeders of the Year: Arkansas: Bill and Mary McDowell; California: George Krikorian; Canada: Ivan Dalos; Canada: Lawrence P. Cordes; Florida: Charlotte Weber/ Live Oak Stud; Indiana: Greg Baer DVM and Deann Baer; Iowa: Allen Poindexter; Kentucky: Godolphin; Louisiana: Tri-Star Racing LLC; Maryland: Angie and Sabrina Moore; Minnesota: Lorie Michaels; New Jersey: John Bowers Jr.; New Mexico: R.D. Hubbard; New York: Twin Creeks Farm; Oregon: Janet and...

The 35th annual Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) National Awards will be held Sept. 26 in a virtual ceremony hosted by Gabby Gaudet at Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa. The TOBA National Awards recognize breeders from 20 states and Canada. Also recognized are the National Owner of the Year and National Owner Finalists, National Breeder of the Year, Small Breeder of the Year, National Broodmare of the Year, Racing Partnership of the Year, Rood & Riddle Sport Horse of the Year, Claiming Crown Horse of the Year, Industry Service...

Breeders' Cup in conjunction with The Jockey Club announced Thursday a new national advertising campaign called 'Still. Running. Strong.' to promote Thoroughbred racing as spectator-free racing resumes in various markets around the country during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. KTA and TOBA issued the following joint statement late Thursday evening. "KTA and TOBA have made contributions to support to a newly created national advertising campaign titled "Still. Running. Strong." The campaign was announced [Thursday] by The Jockey Club and Breeders' Cup Limited. As representatives of Thoroughbred owners and breeders...

DAN METZGER, PRESIDENT, TOBA The top priority for our sport in 2020 is the enhancement of equine health and safety. We are facing other important challenges, but none nearly as critical as the health and safety of the Thoroughbred racehorse. We must reduce the number of fatal injuries of horses at the racetrack and demonstrate that the industry can work together to implement the needed reforms. We need to embrace new and existing technologies and policies that will significantly reduce the number of equine injuries on the racetrack.