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[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/dmetzger_large.jpg'']Dan Metzger[/image] Dan Metzger was appointed president of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) in July 1999. Based in Lexington, Ky., TOBA was formed in 1961 and is a national trade organization for Thoroughbred owners and breeders. TOBA's mission is ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/tommye_large.jpg'']Tommy Eastham[/image] [image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/markt_large.jpg'']Mark Toothaker[/image] Partners Tommy Eastham and Mark Toothaker run Legacy Bloodstock, which had its first public consignment in July, 2005, with their primary focus being on ...

Byron Rogers Byron Rogers is the primary point of contact for subscribing farms and customers. He is involved with product development, sales, and marketing of the TrueNicks product line. Byron comes from a strong Australian racing background, his family having raced some outstanding racehorses in that country. Byron was, ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/brogers_large.jpg'']Byron Rogers[/image] Byron Rogers comes from an Australian racing background with his family racing some top flight gallopers in that country. He attended race meetings in his home town of Sydney, Australia with regularity. While attending university, he worked for leading ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/lpincay_large.jpg'']Laffit Pincay, III[/image] Laffit Pincay III has served as one of the primary on-air hosts for HorseRacing TV's day-to-day coverage of live racing for the past five years.  He has also filled a variety of additional roles for HRTV, including serving as host of its ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/rparra_large.jpg'']Ro Parra and Richard Migliore[/image] Former Dell senior vice president Rosendo G. ''Ro'' Parra came to the Bluegrass in 1999 and established Millennium Farms on sacred ground surrounded by such giants of the Thoroughbred breeding industry as Gainesway, Spendthrift, ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/btrussel_large.jpg'']Bobby Trussell[/image] This week's guest on a special Friday edition of Talkin' Horses is Bobby Trussell, the co-owner of Walmac Farm who recently weighed in on the current state of Thoroughbred racing as a contributor to Final Turn. Trussell, who is chief executive ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/starlight_large.jpg'']Starlight Racing[/image] Starlight Racing Team principals Jack Wolf and Donald Lucarelli visit Talkin' Horses ''live'' from the site of the 2007 Keeneland Yearling Sale as they discuss their current and past on track successes -- with such noted runners as Harlan's ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/khopkins_large.jpg'']Kathy Hopkins[/image] Among her duties as Director of Equine Operations at Lexington's Kentucky Horse Park, Kathy Hopkins counts such diverse activities as the planning, organization, management and care of all equine areas and horses at the Park, including the Hall of ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/jgallagher_large.jpg'']Jim Gallagher[/image] Nowhere in the country is the current state of Thoroughbred racing more turbulent than in the state of New York. To help sort out the issues and discuss possible outcomes, we welcome Jim Gallagher, the executive director of the New York ...