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Trudy McCaffery, who lost a battle with cancer in 2007, was a dedicated owner, breeder and enthusiastic supporter of the Thoroughbred Industry. Her advice and support was invaluable to the development of Equine Prep in its early years. She was not only a business partner, but also a wonderful friend and she will be missed greatly. Her successful racehorses, owned in partnership with John Toffan, included Free House, Bien Bien, Came Home, A.P. Assay, Mane Minister, Pacific Squall, Nice Assay, Visible Gold, Del Mar Dennis, and Bienamado. She was a founder and president of Kids to the Cup, a non-profit organization that promoted the education and involvement of young people in the sport of horse racing. Equine Prep was a proud supporter of this worthy non-profit. Ms. McCaffery also served on the Board of Directors of many of racing’s most influential organizations: the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, the Breeders’ Cup, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, the California Thoroughbred Breeder's Association, the Oak Tree Racing Association, the Thoroughbred Owners of California, and the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management School.
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Insight and experience from varied backgrounds provide unique advantages in the sales, racing and breeding sectors of the Industry. | |
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Director John O'Hara is Director of Operations for Equine Prep. With nearly 30 years of experience and success with Thoroughbred Racehorses, O’Hara's broad background combines expertise from the Racing, Breeding and Sales segments.
During his early career as an assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg, O'Hara oversaw the careers of many notable race horses including Kentucky Derby Winner, Alysheba (above). His career as a trainer in the early '90's included back-to-back years with a winning percentage of nearly 20%, and his niche was selecting undervalued horses. O'Hara soon entered the Sales segment of the industry, where he began purchasing profitable young horses for clients such as distinguished racehorse owners, Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan. O'Hara also supervised the breaking and early training of horses such as Freehouse, with over $3,000,000 in earnings, and Came Home with over $1,800,000 earnings for McCaffery and Toffan. In 1995, O'Hara started Equine Prep, now a
well-known and highly respected pinhooking business. Involved in
purchasing everything from weanlings and yearlings to broodmares and
stallions, Equine Prep quickly grew into one of the top sales-achieving
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Advisory Board Members
Mike Siboni, a partner in Siboni, Hamer & Buchanan, PA is a civil trial lawyer whose practice encompasses all facets of the Thoroughbred industry. His representation of owners, breeders, pinhookers, commercial farms and racing partnerships includes commercial transactions and litigation. Siboni represented the connections of Kentucky Derby winner, Smarty Jones regarding the sale of 50% of the popular colt prior to the start of his stud career at Three Chimneys Farm. Since 1992, Mike has served as Board Member, Secretary, Parliamentarian and Vice-President of The Florida Thoroughbred Farm Managers, Inc. He has lectured before various horse industry groups and published several articles on legal topics affecting horsemen. He and his wife, Barbara, reside in Ocala, Florida where they have been involved as farm owners – breeding, boarding, selling and racing Thoroughbreds.
Widely recognized as a leader in the Thoroughbred Industry, Dr. Priest is a respected Veterinarian who is a partner in the highly-regarded Harthill and Priest Veterinary Clinic. An active and devoted Thoroughbred Industry supporter, Dr. Priest serves actively on the Sales Arbitration Board for the prestigious Keeneland Sales Agency. A long-time Kentucky Breeder, Dr. Priest and his wife Kathy own and operate Woodspring Farm in Versailles, Kentucky, where they board, breed and raise Thoroughbreds.
David
Hofmans
is a successful
Thoroughbred trainer with over 40 years of experience on the tough Southern
California circuit.
He is among the very few who have trained a Belmont Stakes winner and
two Breeders’ Cup winners along with over 70 other Stakes winners. In 1996, he sent out Alphabet Soup to win the G1 Breeders' Cup Classic over two-time Horse of the Year, Cigar. In 1997, he saddled Touch Gold to win the Belmont Stakes (G1). Key wins also include the G1 Blue Grass Stakes and the G1 Hollywood Futurity with Millennium Wind, and the G2 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity Stakes with Siphonic. Hofmans also trained Adoration, who won the 2003 G1 Breeders' Cup Distaff.
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Michael C. Siboni, Esq.
Dr. Gary Priest, D.V.M.
