NMHBA BOARD OF TRUSTEES WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS GONCHAROFF, TRUJILLO
January 29, 2010 – The members of the New Mexico Horse Breeders’ Association on Thursday elected Tom Goncharoff and John Trujillo, both of Tularosa, to the organization’s board of trustees.
Goncharoff, 55, is the manager of R.D. Hubbard’s Crystal Springs Farm, a 260-acre facility located off of US Highway 54 in Tularosa. A native of southern California, Goncharoff also has managed Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, California, and Hubbard’s Crystal Springs Farm in Paris, Kentucky.
A former restaurant owner, Trujillo moved to New Mexico from Utah three years ago. He is the owner and manager of Famous Lane Farm in Tularosa, which stands Quarter Horse stallions Famous Lane, Fast Debonair, and Chickie Cherry Cola, and Thoroughbred stallion Stormin’ Lyon.
Goncharoff and Trujillo replace Freda McSwane of Ruidoso and Lonnie Vaughn of Moriarty, both of whom decided not to run for re-election.
“I was on the board for four years, and it was a good experience,” said Vaughn at Thursday’s NMHBA annual business meeting at the Albuquerque Marriott Uptown Hotel. “I no longer have the time to put into it, but I appreciate having the opportunity to serve the association as long as I did.”
“It’s been an honor to sit on the board, and a great learning experience,” said McSwane. “The people who serve on this board are truly dedicated to preserving all the things we’ve worked so hard for to make New-Mexico bred horses extraordinary.”