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Brock Sheridan
Editor-in-Chief Florida Equine Publications
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head and we hope that you have enjoyed reading about more Florida thoroughbred breeders’ in our Florida-breds Around the Country section featuring Florida-bred winners of maiden special weight, allowance and stakes races at tracks around the country. You will also notice that The Florida Horse has been taking a more national approach to our coverage of the horse racing industry as we have more than doubled our circulation to approximately 6,500 readers throughout North America and the world. We have also welcomed such nationally acclaimed writers as Reg Lansbury, Gary West, Ed DeRosa and Caton Bredar, to name a few, to The Florida Horse team and look forward to featuring such noted contributors in issues throughout the year. to show an increase in Based on facts from the foal production in recent years and Florida stallions were the only Jockey Club, Florida has been the only state to show group among the top ten producing states and provinces in North an increase in foal production in recent years and America to produce more foals in 2012 than in 2011. Florida stallions were the The Florida Horse magazine and The Florida only group among the top ten producing states and Horse Stallion Directory useful tools for you and provinces in North America to produce more foals your entire thoroughbred operation whether you in 2012 than in 2011. During the last two years, the are a mare owner, stallion owner or farm, training Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company has shown record center operator, owner, trainer or consigner at one increases in gross sales and average sale price per or many of the thoroughbred auctions in the United horse, indicating that the thoroughbred economy is perhaps now on the road to recovery and we inStates and Canada. In a recent survey of FTBOA members, more tend to keep you informed as to how best to take than 84% replied that they rely on The Florida advantage and prosper from these promising times. We hope to feature your success in an upHorse as a main source of industry information. To this end, you will notice that we will continue coming issue of The Florida Horse or help proto publish more FTBOA membership informa- mote your business to a horse industry that is so tion and news, legislative updates and industry much an important part of the Florida and nagoings on. New features now include the 2013 tional economies. We thank you for your readership and wish all Important Dates calendar that appears on page five of each issue opposite the magazine’s mast- of you good luck at the races. ■ elcome to the 2013-14 Farm and Service Directory published by The Florida Horse and Florida Equine Publications, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association. This year we have taken special effort to clarify with the various farms and services listed in this directory to make sure that we have the most updated and inclusive thoroughbred directory in Florida. The Florida Horse Farm and Service Directory is a multiple winner of the American Horse Publications Award for excellence in editorial and design for a program or directory, of which we annually strive for such quality, distinction and merit. While we are proud of such notoriety, our main goal is to make the Farm and Service Directory,
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