| The National Thoroughbred Racing Association today Friday that Thoroughbred owner and breeder Trudy McCaffery and Keeneland president and CEO Nick Nicholson have joined the board of directors of NTRA Charities. McCaffery joins the board as an independent director and Nicholson joins as a representative of the NTRA board.
McCaffery, recently named to the board of directors of Oak Tree Racing Association, also sits on the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Board and has raced such successful runners as Came Home, Free House, and Bien Bien with partner John Toffan. In 1999, she founded Kids to the Cup (KTTC) to attract, educate and develop racing fans ages 8-16.
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Prior to
joining Keeneland in February 2000, Nicholson was executive
vice president and executive director of The Jockey Club. He
also served as the first chief operating officer of the NTRA
and is a member of the executive committee of the American Horse
Council; past president of the Thoroughbred Club of America;
and a director for the University of Kentucky's Equine Research
Foundation.
In addition
to commissioner Tim Smith, the NTRA Charities board of directors
now includes John Amerman, Craig Fravel, Terry Meyocks, Nick
Nicholson and John Roark as NTRA board representatives, and
Gary Biszantz, Robert Clay, Trudy McCaffery, and Herb Moelis
as independent directors.
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