Editorials

  • END OF A DROUGHT? IS THAT RAIN? January 27, 2012 BY BILL STEELE Roughly a year and two actual miles (Holiday Inn,Ocala) from a meeting that knocked the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association off of its axis, the organization gathered at the Hilton Ocala to introduce new director,...
  • SECOND VERSE - SAME AS THE FIRST ? October 18, 2011 BY BILL STEELE The 2011 annual membership meeting for FTBOA has dissipated like smoke in a cool morning breeze.  Hopefully the membership will reap some benefit from what transpired.  The majority opinion seems to be that it won't.While members did fin...
  • NERO HAS LEFT THE BUILDING October 12, 2011 BY BILL STEELE Fred Brei has bid his adieu and has made his decision on a new CEO - Lonny Powell, a name that lights up the internet when googled and not necessarily in a good way.  The track record on Lonny is that he doesn't stay in one place very l...
  • Like Sands Through the Hourglass, So Are the Days of Our Lives August 30, 2011 The headline for this column comes from the long running soap opera, "Days of Our Lives", which opened each day's episode with those words. The trek which the FTBOA has been on, fits the description of a soap opera and would be humorous if it were n...
  • UNDER THE BUS NIGHT! July 22, 2011 Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely...... Lord Acton   Is There Still Room Under The Bus? The Florida Thoroughbred Farm Managers monthly dinner meeting for June featured FTBOA president Fred Brei as the key speaker.  In...