Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) announced on Tuesday the appointment
of Graham Motion and Ned Toffey to its Board of Directors.
“We are thrilled to welcome Graham Motion and Ned Toffey to the TCA board. I
look forward to working alongside them as we work to advance the mission of
Thoroughbred Charities of America,” TCA President Dan Rosenberg said.
Motion, a native of Cambridge, England, began his career with Hall of Fame
trainer Jonathan Sheppard followed by employment with trainer Jonathan Pease in
Chantilly, France. In 1990, Graham went to work as assistant to Bernie Bond and,
in 1993, obtained his trainer’s license and began his own operation. Motion’s
stable won 21 races, three of them stakes, in his first year. He has gone on to
train a Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, who also won the World Cup, along
with several Breeders’ Cup winners and numerous graded stakes winners.
Toffey, a native of Massachusetts, began his career at Kinderhill Farm in New
York and later went on to work for Kentucky-based farms including Brookdale
Farm, Dixiana Farm and Three Chimneys Farm. In 2004, Toffey was named the
general manager of B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm. Toffey oversees all farm
operations including the management of the farm’s equine portfolio. In recent
years, Spendthift has campaigned successful runners, Medal Count, Beholder,
Court Vision and Into Mischief. Spendthrift also bred and stands Malibu Moon and
14 other stallions.
Motion and Toffey join current board members Amy Adkins, Shannon Arvin, Eric
Hamelback, Braxton Lynch, Bob Manfuso, Pope McLean Jr., Mike McMahon, Ellen
Moelis, Herb Moelis, Dr. Jim Orsini, Dr. Scott Palmer, Josh Pons, Dan Rosenberg,
Bo Smith and Peter Willmott.
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