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3 NEW TTA BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED; 4
INCUMBENTS RETURNED
TTA - Dec. 21, 2011 - Eligible Texas Thoroughbred Association members elected
three new directors and returned four incumbents for 3-year terms in the 2012
election. Results were tallied under the supervision of TTA First Vice President
Dr. Gearald Farris and Director Heidi Maikranz in the TTA offices on December
16.
The three new directors are Dr. Tom Bradfield, Mark Martinez and Hal Wiggins.
Martinez was successful as a candidate in the statewide election of 12 at-large
candidates. Dr. Bradfield won the Central Region election, and Wiggins tallied
the most votes to become the new director for the East Region.
Ed Few, Eddie Milligan, Dr. Jacquelyn Rich and Danny Shifflett were the
successful incumbents elected to serve at large.
Martinez has been a San Antonio resident for the past 25 years. He founded
M2Technology in 2000 and is currently CEO of the Texas-based company that sells
high performance computing solutions.
Martinez' M2Technology has sponsored the last eight runnings of the La Senorita
Stakes, one of Retama Park's annual twin added-money features. He races under
the Agave Racing banner.
Bradfield, a Texas native and graduate of Texas A&M, retired from a mixed animal
veterinary practice three years ago to devote attention to Red Fence Farm, a
20-acre nursery located west of Austin, and continue breeding and racing
operations that have been in place since the 1980s.
Wiggins, a Houston resident and also a Texas A&M graduate, retired as a trainer
after reaching the pinnacle of a 30-year career by developing 2009 Kentucky Oaks
winner Rachel Alexandra, eventually voted Horse of the Year. Since his
retirement from training, Wiggins has redirected his interest to breeding and
sales representation and participation.
Few, a prominent Jasper native and businessman, has been one of the leading
Texas owners and breeders for several years raising runners at his Glorianna
Farm. Milligan owns and operates Twin Oaks Training Center, one of the top
breaking, training and rehabilitation facilities in the Southwest located in
Murchison. Dr. Rich, a past 4-term TTA president, is the current president of
Texas Horse Organizations for Racing, Showing and Eventing (Texas HORSE). With
her husband Gerald, she owns and operates Deer Haven Farm, a Thoroughbred
nursery in Lott. Shifflett has managed Lane's End Texas, formerly known as
Huisache Farm, for Will Farish near Hempstead for more than 35 years during
which time the farm's extensive breeding, stallion and sales operation has made
it a leader in the Southwest.
TTA wishes to thank the three outgoing directors, Dr. Shirley Browne, Sue
Dowling and Bill Jordan for their years of service, and Jerry Chapman, Jack
Cook, Carl Davis, Lewis Hall, James Hughes, Mike Rose and Brent Savage for their
interest and willingness to run for the Board in the 2012 election.
The first meeting of the new TTA Board is set for Texas Champions weekend on
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