Thoroughbred Charities of America Breaks Record with 17th Annual Charity
Equestrian News Release
The 17th Annual Thoroughbred Charities of America ("TCA") Stallion Season
and Art Auction, which began with a Season Telephone Auction and concluded
with a live auction at the Keeneland Entertainment Center on December 1, was
a record-breaking event. Fasig Tipton auctioneers conducted the auction.
"Since many seasons are still being sold, the results are not yet final. The
sales-to-date, however, are well in excess of $2,000,000, representing an
increase of more than 30% over last year" said Liz Harris, Executive
Director of TCA.
A star-studded crowd of 500 guests attended the event and the bidding was
spirited. A season to Bernardini was purchased by James B. Keogh, as agent,
for $280,000 and a no guarantee season to Unbridled's Song was purchased by
Fred Hertrich for $155,000. The Bernardini season was donated by Darley and
the Unbridled's Song season was donated by Taylor Made Farm and the
syndicate. An Andre Pater original artwork was purchased by Kitty Taylor for
$30,000 and the successful bidder at $10,000 for the Triple Crown Package
was Donna Jones.
The event honored the Barbaro Team including Roy and Gretchen Jackson and
the New Bolton Vet Team headed by Dr. Dean Richardson, head of surgery at
The George D. Widener Hospital for Large Animals at Univ. of Pennsylvania's
New Bolton Center. They were awarded the TCA 2006 Distinguished Service
Award with Joan Hendricks, V.M.D., Ph.D., The Gilbert S. Kahn Dean of
Veterinary Medicine at Penn Veterinary Medicine, accepting the award on
behalf of Dr. Richardson.
Herb Moelis, President and Founder of TCA stated that "most interesting and
gratifying to me was that this was the first time Keeneland and Fasig Tipton
have worked together on a horse-related event. This is truly a watershed
event in our industry. Hopefully, this type of cooperation will carry over
to other parts of our industry".
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