Each month KTTC honors a member who has performed distinguished work in the field of Thoroughbred racing. The honoree receives a commemorative plaque from KTTC and gifts that have been contributed to the organization from various sectors of the Thoroughbred racing community.

KTTC Member of the Month December 2000

Amelia Baldree

Amelia Baldree, from Waterloo, IL, read about KTTC in The Blood Horse Magazine and couldn't wait to get involved in the action. She began by organizing KTTC's links page on the web site. Then, she entered the Race to the Breeders' Cup contest and won a trip to Churchill Downs. Baldree sent a letter to the editor of The Blood Horse to thank them for running the original article on KTTC. Her letter was so well-written that it was printed in the Letters to the Editor section of the magazine.

Laddie Dance, one of the owner's of Lemon Drop Kids, read the letter and went to great lengths to contact Amelia and to invite her and the rest of the KTTC group to visit Lemon Drop Kid at the Breeders' Cup. There the group was treated to hats, lemon drops and a first-class view of one of the favorites for the BC Classic.

The morning after the race, Amelia led a charge back to the barn, and she and her KTTC compadres watched as Lemon Drop Kid loaded onto a van to take him to stud duty. Amelia, who always went by the screen name of Lemon Drop Chick, got to say farewell to her 'big horse'.

Recently, Amelia and two other KTTC members who made the trip to the Breeders' Cup formed an e-mail club designed to keep other kids involved in current racing events

Amelia Baldree personifies the spirit, talent and love for the game KTTC hopes to develop in each member. She is our KTTC Member of the Month for December.