Katie Taylor

The new Officers and Board Members for the Consignors and Commercial Breeders Association (CBA) were appointed at its most recent meeting. Rob Tribbett of Watercress Farm will move from Vice President to become President, Scott Mallory has been named Vice President and Lakota Gibson will serve as Treasurer. Outgoing President Walker Hancock of Claiborne Farm will continue to serve the organization as Past President. The Board consists of 15 members: eight from the Top 20 consignors and seven from other consignors and commercial breeders. Each year a portion of the...

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association announced the roster of speakers for its Pedigree & Conformation Clinic at Fasig-Tipton, held Monday, Oct. 24, in Lexington during the Kentucky October Yearlings sale. The event, sponsored by Lexington Equine Medical Group and the Retired Racehorse Project, offers insight on different aspects of Thoroughbred auctions, including bloodstock, pedigree and conformation analysis, and more from industry professionals. The topics and speakers at the clinic include: Horse Selection & Working with your Bloodstock Agent, presented by Chad Schumer (Bloodstock Agent) The Role of an Auction...

Taylor had worked Saratoga one summer for the pioneering Lee Eaton and, as early as 1978, dipped a toe in the same water. A first seven-yearling consignment at Keeneland included a first stakes winner—since followed by 126 Grade I winners raised or sold, including 10 last year alone. "It was a natural extension of what we were already doing: a lot of customers you boarded for needed to sell," Taylor says. "And I thought, well, if Lee Eaton could sell a horse for $100,000 and make $5,000, that's more than...