Federal Legislative Advocacy
The NTRA’s federal legislative advocacy team addresses issues that have a direct and material effect on Thoroughbred industry participants and their business activities, whether those activities relate to racing, breeding or pari-mutuel wagering.
Along with other industry stakeholder groups inside and outside of racing, the NTRA also supports Congressional education programs on matters like agriculture and immigration which affect all breeds and equine disciplines.
Two programs support the NTRA’s work on Capitol Hill. The Legislative Action Campaign sustains the NTRA’s government relations and lobbying efforts. NTRA’s political action committee, Horse PAC®, supports specific candidates for re-election. Sellers and buyers at public auction, sales companies, owners, farms and horseplayers contribute to the Legislative Action Campaign. Horse PAC® contributions come from individual NTRA members.
TESTIMONIALS
For our industry, it is fundamental for us to have eyes, ears and voice monitoring the activity in Washington. NTRA has provided this leadership and for that I am most appreciative and strong support their efforts.
Our farm lives are demanding enough. It’s good to know that the NTRA is there to promote our legislative needs. They have my continued support.
It is of vital importance that every segment of this wonderful industry support the legislative efforts of the NTRA on a national scene. Things just don’t happen and we industry stakeholders need to be supportive of groups that see to it that the right things do happen. As a longtime owner/breeder, I have always found the NTRA to be responsive and always taking a leadership role. I do support their efforts and thank them.
As hard as those of us in the industry are working each day on our farms, we can’t forget how important it is to have a ‘sixth man’ like the NTRA supporting our team in Washington.
Legislative Supporters
We wish to thank the following buyers, sellers, consignors, trainers and farms who contributed to the NTRA’s 2019 Legislative Action Campaign.
| 2019 Legislative Supporters |
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| 4M Ranch |
| 5B Farm |
| A & B Stables |
| A & J Racing Stable |
| Anthony Chaudry |
| A1A Racing |
| Aaron Jones |
| Abbott Bloodstock |
| ABPR Partnership |
| Adam Rice |
| Adrian Regan |
| Al Pike |
| Alan Brodsky |
| Alan I. Kirshner |
| Alan Quartucci |
| Alejandro Gonzalez |
| Alex G. Campbell, Jr. |
| Alex Wong |
| Alifyfe Racing |
| Alison Fournogerakis |
| Alison Rakis |
| Allan Aldrich |
| Alliance Bloodstock |
| Alliance Sales |
| Altair Farms |
| Amy Bayle |
| Amy Elliott |
| Amy Jackson |
| Anderson Farms |
| Andre F. Regard |
| Andrew Andrews |
| Andrew Mckenzie |
| Andrew Motion |
| Andrew Warren |
| Andy Simoff |
| Angelinos Racing |
| Ann W. Merryman |
| Anthony J. Didier |
| Anthony J. Fontana |
| Anthony Margotta Jr |
| Anthony Pecoraro |
| Armonte Craig |
| Armstrong Thoroughbreds |
| Art DeNio |
| Ashbrook Farm |
| Ashview Farm |
| Asiel Stable |
| Audley Farm |
| August Dawn Farm |
| B. W. Austin |
| Baccari Bloodstock/Seclusive Farm |
| Bach Stables |
| Back Straight Farms |
| Backstretch Farms |
| Bakster Farms |
| Ballena Vista Farm |
| Ballysax Bloodstock |
| Bao Huang |
| Barry B. Conrad |
| Baseline Equine |
| Bell Bloodstock |
| Bernie Flint |
| Beryl J. Stokes, Jr. |
| Best A Luck Farm |
| BHMFR |
| Big Oak Farm |
| Bill Justice |
| Bill Witman |
| Billy Goodman |
| Birchwood Farm |
| Blackacre Farms |
| Blackburn Farm |
| Blackridge Stables |
| Blackstone Farm |
| Blackwood Stables |
| Blake R. Heap |
| Bloodstock Thoroughbreds |
| Bloom Racing Stable |
| Blue Transer |
| Bluegrass Thoroughbred Services |
| Bluewater Sales |
| Bo Hirsch |
| Bob Grayson |
| Bona Terra Stud |
| Bona Venture Stables |
| Bonne Chance Farm |
| Bortolazzo Stable |
| Boutte Training & Sales |
| Boyd Browning |
| Brad Hozack |
| Bradford T. Ray |
| Bradley Thoroughbred |
| Bran Jam Stable |
| Branjam |
| Breezy Knob Farm |
| Brendan Walsh |
| Bret Calhoun |
| Brian Cruz |
| Brian Doxtator |
| Brian Hille |
| Brick City Thoroughbreds |
| Bridie Harrison |
| Bridlewood Farm |
| Bristol Feeney |
| Broken Oaks Stables |
| Brookdale Farm |
| Bruce Lunsford |
| Bruce Tallisman |
| Bruno Mathias |
| Bryan Anderson |
| Bryan Rice |
| Buckland Sales / Millennium Farms |
| Buena Madera |
| Burleson Farms |
| Burning Daylight Farms |
| Burns Thoroughbred racing |
| Byron and Jennifer Schunk |
| C and C Stables |
| Candyland Farm |
| Carem Stables |
| Carl Moore Management |
| Carlos & Gloria Martin |
| Carmen Pecord |
| Carrington Holdings |
| Cary Frommer |
| Casa Farms |
| Castle Stables |
| Catnip Lane Farm |
| Cave Brook Farm |
| Centennial Farms |
| Cesar Alcala |
| Champion Racing Stable |
| Chanceland Farm |
| Charles Fipke |
| Charles Rabon |
| Cherry Run Farm |
| Chesapeake Farm |
| Chester Bishop |
| Chester and Mary Broman |
| Chestertown Farm |
| China Horse Club International |
| Choctaw Racing Stable |
| Chris Carney |
| Chris Drakos |
| Chris Ewing |
| Chris Johnson |
| Christopher Britton |
| Christopher Sterbenz |
| Cicero Farms |
| CJ Hummel Horses |
| CJZ Racing Stable |
| Claiborne Farm |
| Clarkland |
| Classic Bloodstock |
| Clear Creek Stud |
| Cleber Massey |
| Cliff Racing |
| Clover Hill Farm |
| Coffee Pot Stables |
| Colebrook Farms |
| Colonial Farms |
| Colts Neck Stables |
| Columbiana Farm |
| Columbine Stable |
| Commonwealth New Era Racing |
| Cool Hill Farm |
| Copper Penny Stables |
| Corinthian Medical |
| Coty Rosin |
| Country Life Farm |
| Covington Farm |
| Craig Aguiar |
| Cres Ran Farms |
| Crestwood Farm |
| Cromwell Bloodstock / Hat Creek Racing |
| Cross Keys Sales |
| Crown Chase Farm |
| Crowning Point Farm |
| Crupper Bloodstock |
| CTR Stables |
| Cunningham Stables |
| Cutair Racing |
| Dale Shane Long |
| Dan Kobiskie |
| Dancing Wind Stables / D & I Stables |
| Daniel Eubanks |
| Daniel Heim |
| Daniel J Yates |
| Daniel Preiss |
| Darby Dan Farm |
| Dark Hollow Farm |
| Dave Neilson |
| David Buchanan |
| David Campbell |
| David Charlton |
| David D Heim |
| David Fawkes |
| David Ingordo |
| David Meah |
| David Scanlon |
| Dawn Martin-Haught |
| Daybreak Stables |
| De Savino Stable |
| Deborah Holmes |
| Delehanty Stock Farm |
| Dell Ridge Farm |
| Denali Stud |
| Dennis Foster |
| Denny Andrews |
| Derek Lawson |
| Diamond Creek Farm |
| Dividing Ridge Farm |
| Dom Felipe II |
| Dominique Damico |
| Don Danard |
| Don Sayban |
| Don Tiger |
| Donald Cooper |
| Donald K Strickland |
| Donald Samaan |
| Donald Valpredo |
| Dorsey Jackson |
| Douglas Scharbauer |
| Down the Stretch Racing |
| Downtown Equine Investments |
| Dr. & Mrs. Ruel Cowles |
| Dr. Charles Giles |
| Dr. John R Cummins |
| Dr. Roger Spiess |
| Dr. Terry L. Morgan |
| Dreamfields |
| Dromoland Farm |
| Duncan Lloyd |
| Dundalk 5 |
| Dutch Racing Stables |
| E 5 Racing Thoroughbreds |
| Eagle Point Farm |
| Eagle Ridge Racing |
| Earle I. Mack |
| East Hickman Bloodstock |
| Eaton & Thorne |
| Eaton Sales |
| Ed Moger, Jr. |
| Eddie Kenneally |
| Eddie Woods |
| Edition Farm |
| Edward Ortiz |
| Edwin Mundo-Rios |
| Eileen Matson |
| EKQ Stables Corp |
| Eladio Acevedo |
| Elise W. Kendall |
| ELiTE |
| Elm Tree Farm |
| EMFO Racing |
| Empire Equines |
| English Range Farm |
| Epona Stables |
| Equine Farm Management |
| Eric Reed |
| Erin McElwee |
| ERJ Racing |
| Ernest M Haynes |
| Ernest W Witt |
| Ernesto Fanilla |
| Ernie Sherman |
| Eugene E. Woolsey |
| Everything's Cricket Racing |
| Exclusive Equine Investments |
| Fairview Farms |
| Falling Creek Partners |
| Farfellow Farms |
| Fleetwood Bloodstock |
| Fleming Thoroughbred Farm |
| Flying Diamond Farm |
| Flying F Stable |
| Forgotten Land Investments |
| Formal Bloodstock |
| Foundations Farm |
| Fox Ridge Farm |
| Foxglove Stable |
| Foxpointe Holdings |
| Frances Paolangeli |
| Francis Daniel III |
| Francoise Dupuis |
| Frank Bertolino |
| Frank DeMarco |
| Frank Russo |
| Frankfort Park Farm |
| Franklin Avenue Equine |
| Fred & Linda Alexander |
| Fred Allor |
| Fred Desimone |
| Fred P Schwartz |
| Freyer Bloodstock |
| Gabe Grossberg |
| Gainesway Farm |
| Garrencasey Sales |
| Gary & Angie Stevens |
| Gary & Jane Chervenell |
| Gary K. Tussey |
| Gary Mayo |
| Gateway Thoroughbreds |
| Gateway to Sanity Stables |
| Gatsas Stables |
| Gay Wynn |
| Gayle Van Leer |
| Gene & Charlene Tenbrink |
| Genesis Racing |
| Gentry Stable |
| Geocel Ranch |
| George Ruggiero, Jr. |
| George Weaver |
| Gerard Stutchberry |
| Gerwyn Jones |
| Glen "Bo" Bromagen |
| Glen Oak Farm |
| Glenangus Farm |
| Glendalough Farm |
| Glenn Sorgenstein |
| Godolphin |
| Good Luck Farm (Ky) |
| Grandview Equine |
| Grassroots Training & Sales |
| GRD Two Racing |
| Greenmount Farm |
| Greg Verderber |
| Greycross Stables |
| Grovendale Farm |
| H & E Ranch |
| Handal Racing |
| Hannah Mathiesen |
| Happy Tenth Stable |
| Hard Farm |
| Hardacre Farm |
| Hare Hill Farm |
| Harold A May |
| Harris Farms |
| Harris Training Center |
| Harry Landry Bloodstock |
| Hartwell Farm |
| Harvey A. Clarke |
| Havens Bloodstock Agency |
| Haymarket |
| Heaven Trees Farm |
| Hermitage Farm |
| Hidden Brook Farm |
| Hill ‘N Dale (Illinois) |
| Hill 'n' Dale (Kentucky) |
| Hillcrest Farm |
| Hillwood Stable |
| Hinkle Farms |
| HMA 812 |
| Hobby Horse Stables |
| Hoolie Racing Stable |
| Hoppel's Horse & Cattle |
| Horseplayers Racing Club |
| Houston Farms |
| Hronis Racing |
| Hugh H. Robertson |
| Hunter Valley Farm |
| Hurstland Farm |
| I.P. Knelman |
| Ian C. Howard |
| Imagine… |
| Ina Bond |
| Indian Creek Farm |
| Iron Sand Farm |
| Ital-Cal Horse Management |
| Ivery Sisters Racing |
| J Richard Perkins |
| J S Stables |
| J. Keith Desormeaux |
| J. Kirk & Judy Robison |
| J. R. Ward Stables |
| J.D. Business Ventures |
| J.R. Caldwell |
| Jack R. Swain |
| Jackpot Farm |
| Jacob West |
| Jagger, Inc. |
| James Anderson |
| James D Stipp |
| James F. Gilmore |
| James Jankiewicz |
| James M. Connors |
| James M. Herbener Jr. |
| James P. Abel |
| Jamie Ness |
| Janet Del Castillo |
| Jay Em Ess Stable |
| Jay Hanley |
| Jay Reese |
| JCE Racing |
| JD Farms |
| JDLP Holdings Inc |
| Jeff Bonde Racing Stables |
| Jeff Greenhill |
| Jeffrey D. Kallenberg |
| Jeffrey Treadway |
| Jennifer Evancic |
| Jeremiah Kane |
| Jeremiah O'Dwyer |
| Jerome and Kristina Russell |
| Jerry Caroom |
| Jerry Charles Laughter |
| Jerry S Brumley |
| Jim & Susan Hill |
| Jim Daniell |
| Jim Gladwell |
| Jim Smith |
| Jim Tichenor |
| Jimbo and Torie Gladwell |
| Joann Smith |
| Job Turner |
| Joe Merrick |
| Joe R. Peacock |
| John & Allegra Ernst |
| John & Breeda Hayes |
| John & Emma Krohn |
| John A. Hancock |
| John A. Stuart |
| John C Oxley |
| John C. Kimmel |
| John Ennis |
| John Erdel |
| John Gaynor |
| John Irwin |
| John Julia |
| John K Childs Sr |
| John McAllen |
| John Moirano |
| John P. Warren |
| John Parker |
| John Ropes |
| John Royer |
| John Russell |
| John Servis |
| John Sondereker |
| John T. Crane Jr. |
| Joker Racing |
| Jon Jazdzewski |
| Jonathan Maldonado |
| Jonathan Nance |
| Jonathan Thorne |
| Jorge Luis Gonzalez |
| Jorge Periban |
| Jorge V. Gonzalez |
| Jose M. Garcia-Blanco |
| Joseph Calvo |
| Joseph DiRico |
| Joseph G. Bucci |
| Joseph Lowe |
| Joseph V. Shields, Jr. |
| JP Racing Stable |
| JRita Young Thoroughbreds |
| Juddmonte Farm |
| Julianna Hawn Holt |
| Juve Stables |
| K-2 |
| Kaitar Racing |
| Kallenberg Thoroughbreds |
| Karl Seitz |
| Kate Lantaff Thoroughbreds |
| Kathleen Willier |
| Kathryn Hegedus |
| Katie Lisowski |
| KatieRich Farms |
| Keene Ridge Farm |
| Keith Lancaster |
| Kelly Lively |
| Ken Meyer |
| Kennesaw Mountain Racing |
| Kenneth Fishbein |
| Kenneth McMahan |
| Kevin Scatuorchio |
| Khalid Mishref |
| Kieron Magee |
| Kim Eshleman |
| Kim Smith |
| Kindergarten Farm |
| Kingfield Stables |
| Kingsport Farm |
| Kinross Corporation |
| Kinsman Farm |
| Kinsman Stud Farm |
| Klaravich Stables/LRK Racing |
| Konrad Wayson |
| Kretz Racing |
| Kueber Racing |
| L. G. |
| Lake Star Stable |
| Lance R and Valerie Gabriel |
| Lane's End Farm |
| Langsem Farm |
| Larry D. Williams |
| Larry Keyner Mejias |
| Late Night Stables |
| Lawrence M. Smith |
| Lazy Lane Farm |
| LC Racing |
| Lee Lewis |
| Legacy Bloodstock |
| Legacy Ranch |
| Leonard A Pelullo |
| Leonard Liberto |
| Leslie Hammond |
| Leverett & Linda Miller |
| Liebau Farms |
| Lili Kobielski |
| Linda Gaudet |
| Linda Walls |
| Lisa Wall |
| Little Man Farm |
| Little's Bloodstock |
| LNJ Foxwoods |
| Logan Farm |
| Longford Farm |
| Loooch Racing Stables |
| Lorna Gray |
| Lotts Creek Farm / Dabbs Hickman Hill & Cannon |
| LRE Racing |
| Lucas Downs |
| Lucy Y. Hamilton |
| Maccabee Farm |
| Machmer Hall / Select Sales |
| Madaket Stables |
| Magic Cap Stables |
| Mahoney Eden Manor |
| Manitou Farm |
| Marc Detampel |
| Marc McLean |
| Marcelo Polanco |
| Marefields Farm |
| Marjorie J Strieter |
| Mark & Julia Taylor |
| Mark Casse |
| Mark Grier |
| Mark Mathiesen |
| Marshall Silverman |
| Martin S. Schwartz |
| Martin Valenzuela |
| Marvin Little, Jr. Estate |
| Mashnee Stables |
| Mason Springs |
| Mat Groff |
| Mathis Stables |
| Matthew Lyons |
| Matthew Schera |
| Matties Racing Stable |
| McCarthy Racing |
| McMahon & Hill Bloodstock |
| McMahon Of Saratoga Thoroughbreds |
| McPeek Racing / Magdalena Farm |
| Me II Racing |
| Megan Kerford |
| Men's Grille Racing |
| Meritage |
| Mer-Lyn Farms |
| Merriebelle Farm |
| Merrill Roberts |
| Michael Bello |
| Michael De Broglio |
| Michael Dubb |
| Michael L Milam |
| Michael Lund Peterson |
| Michael Mellen |
| Michael R. Di Tomasso |
| Michael R. Macey |
| Michael Repole |
| Michael Schmidt |
| Michael Trombetta |
| Michael Turpen |
| Michele Castillo |
| Michelle Nevin |
| Midway Thoroughbreds |
| Miguel Carranza |
| Mike Dini |
| Mike Langford |
| Mike Pietrangelo |
| Mike Schiano Di Cola |
| Milan Kosanovich |
| Mill Ridge Farm |
| Mindy Powell-hodges |
| Monarch Stables |
| Monte Turner |
| Montesacro Farm |
| Moonestone Farm |
| Mopo Racing |
| Morrell Bloodstock |
| Morton Robbins |
| Moserwood Farm |
| Mossarosa |
| Mountmellick Farm |
| Mulholland Farm |
| Mulholland Springs |
| N W Management |
| Neal Allread |
| Neal Coulardot |
| Ned Williams |
| Needle In A Haystack |
| Newtown Anner Stud Farm / J. T. Magen & Co. |
| Niall Brennan |
| Niall Reilly |
| Niall Saville |
| Nick de Meric |
| Nick Hines |
| Nick Nosowenko |
| Nick Sanna |
| Nicky Drion |
| Nils Johnson |
| NK Racing |
| Norma Lee Stockseth |
| North American Thoroughbred / Hastings Racing Club |
| Northview Stallion Station |
| Novogratz Stables |
| Nursery Place |
| Nyala Farm / Kathleen O'Connell Racing Stable |
| O J Jauregui |
| Oak Lodge USA |
| Oakridge Farms |
| Off The Hook |
| Old Chapel Farm |
| Oliver Fortune |
| Omar Ramirez |
| Oracle Bloodstock |
| Orchard Lane Thoroughbreds |
| Oxmoor Sales |
| P J Arnold Bloodstock |
| Pamela C Ziebarth |
| Paramount Sales |
| Parkway Farm |
| Parrish Farms |
| Patrick Hoppel |
| Patrick Masson |
| Patrick Q. Maguire |
| Paul & Karen Eggert |
| Paul Aguirre |
| Paul Bryan Miller |
| Paul Mouttet |
| Paul Pompa, Jr. |
| Peachtree Farm |
| Perry Harrison |
| Pete Mattson |
| Peter A. Leidel |
| Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds |
| Peter Miller |
| Peter Shindel |
| Phil Oliver |
| Philip A Sims |
| Philip Dicosmo |
| Phillip Wright |
| Phipps Stable |
| Phoenix Farm & Racing |
| Phoenix Ladies Syndicate III |
| Phoenix Thoroughbred |
| Pick View Stables |
| Pinnacle Racing Stable |
| Pioneer Pinhooking / Wynnstay Farm |
| Pope McLean |
| Pope McLean Jr |
| Pristinus Thoroughbreds |
| Q Bar J Thoroughbreds |
| Qatar Racing / Qatar Bloodstock Ltd |
| Quarter Pole Enterprises |
| Quatrefoil Racing Stables |
| Quincy Hoppel |
| R Marie Farms |
| R.C. Cline Thoroughbreds |
| R3 Racing |
| Rags Racing Stable |
| Ralph D'Amico |
| Ralph Ebert |
| Randy Bradshaw |
| Raul Ramirez |
| Raymond & Dawn Mencio |
| Rebecca E. Maker |
| Rebecca Galbraith |
| Red Brick Farm |
| Reddam Racing |
| Redmon Farm |
| Reeves Thoroughbred Racing |
| Reineman Bloodstock |
| Respect the Valleys |
| Respite Farm |
| RGP Ocala Holdings |
| Rhapsody Farm / RF HF Bloodstock |
| Ricehorse Stables |
| Richard Ciavardone |
| Richard D Kessler |
| Richard Davis |
| Richard Jackson |
| Richard Maloouf |
| Richard Schmollinger |
| Richard Vega |
| Richard Wukich |
| Richie's World Stables |
| Rick Buckley |
| Rick Kueber |
| Rick Lopez |
| Rick Taylor |
| Ridenjac Racing |
| Rigney Racing / JCM Racing |
| River Card Stable |
| River Ridge Ranch |
| Riverknolls Farm |
| Riversedge Racing Stable |
| Robert & Erin Gorham |
| Robert & Mary Schreiber |
| Robert B. Hess, Jr. |
| Robert Bonnie |
| Robert D. Bone |
| Robert E. Hoeweler |
| Robert L. Losey |
| Robert M. Wright |
| Robert Vukovich |
| Rocco Sperrazza |
| Rock Brothers Breeding |
| Rock House Farm |
| Rocky Rashall |
| Rodrigo Nathanael Jaen |
| Roger Sterling |
| Romans Racing & Sales Agency |
| Ronald Connelly |
| Ronald James Paolucci |
| Ronald Paul Salerno |
| Ronald Zielinski |
| Ronney Brown Racing |
| Ronyld Wise |
| Rosalee C Davison |
| Rosecrest Farm |
| Royal Bloodstock Sales |
| Rudy Rodriguez |
| Ruis Racing |
| Run for Fun Racing |
| Russell Young |
| Rusty Roberts |
| Sackatoga Stables |
| Sally Thomas |
| Salt Mine Investments |
| Sam M Vogel Jr |
| Sam Semkin |
| Samantha Siegel |
| Sam-Son Farm |
| Sanford R Robertson |
| Santa |