TCA to conduct 24th annual Stallion Season Auction

The 24th annual Thoroughbred Charities of America (TCA) Stallion Season

Auction will be held January 2-4 and will offer a wide variety of seasons,

trips, tickets, unique experiences and other auction items. The three-day

fundraiser consists of a telephone and online auction that culminates with a

live Select Stallion Season Auction on January 4 at 6:30 p.m. (EST) at the

Keeneland Entertainment Center in Lexington, Kentucky.

The majority of TCA's seasons will be offered and sold during the telephone

and online auction. Online bidding will open at 9 a.m. on January 2 and continue

through 10 a.m. on January 4. Telephone bids will be accepted January 2-3, 9

a.m.-5 p.m. and January 4, 9-10 a.m. Approximately 200 seasons representing

stallions in 12 states and Canada are available in the auction. A link to the

list of seasons and bidder registration is available by visiting

www.tca.org.

Seventeen seasons and all non-season items will be sold in the live Select

Season Auction on January 4.  Bidders or their authorized agents may bid on

the select seasons by attending the live auction in-person or they may bid on

the select seasons during the online and telephone phase with the highest

bidders earning the right to bid by phone during the live auction. For bidders

that cannot attend the live auction but are interested in non-season items,

absentee bidding is available.

The Select Season Auction will offer the following seasons:

Blame

Broken Vow*

Congrats

Distorted Humor

Elusive Quality

Into Mischief (lifetime breeding right)

Justin Phillip*

Lonhro*

Macho Uno

Malibu Moon (live foal)

Medaglia d'Oro*

More Than Ready

Pioneerof the Nile

Point of Entry

Smart Strike

Speightstown

Tiznow

* indicates a free return to the stallion in 2015 should the mare not get

in foal or not produce a live foal. Applicable only if the stallion is standing

at the same farm in 2015.

All seasons will be sold on a no guarantee basis except Malibu Moon which

will be sold on a live foal basis. Additionally, a lifetime breeding right to

Into Mischief will be offered.

The following non-season items will be available for bidding in the live

auction:

*         African Safari – six days and six nights for two at the Zulu Nyala

in South Africa

*         Horsepower Sports Package – four tickets to the Indy 500, NASCAR

Nationwide Series at the Kentucky Speedway and Breeders' Cup

*         John Deere X304 Mower

*         Tickets to the 2014 Triple Crown races

*         Equine air transportation aboard a Tex Sutton aircraft

*         American Music Awards tickets

*         Tiffany & Co. shopping weekend in Beverly Hills – including hotel, air

and $1,000 Tiffany gift card

*         U.S. Open golf experience – including Trophy Club passes and

accommodations  

The Select Season Auction will also offer a silent auction and music

by Shades of Grass. John and Debby Oxley and the Retired Racehorse Training

Project will be honored with TCA's annual Leadership and Industry Service

awards. Tickets may be purchased by visiting

www.tca.org.

Stallion Season Auction sponsors include Brushwood Stable, Adena Springs

Farm, Rosenberg Thoroughbred Consulting, PBI Bank, Lael Stable, Candyland Farm,

John Deere, Bourbon Lane Stable, Starquine.com, Provations Group, Fasig-Tipton,

Keeneland, L.V. Harkness & Company and Blood-Horse Publications.

TCA was formed in 1990 to raise and distribute funds for charities in the

Thoroughbred industry which provide a better life for Thoroughbreds both during

and after their racing careers by supporting retirement, rescue, research and by

helping the people who work with them. Over the last 23 years TCA has

distributed nearly $20 million in grants to more than 200 Thoroughbred-related

organizations. TCA is the charitable arm of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders

Association (TOBA).

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