Thoroughbred Marketing: An Eye on the Industry: Thoroughbred Championship Tour Scrapped

Monday, July 18, 2005

Thoroughbred Championship Tour Scrapped

Disappointing news in today's Thoroughbred Times. The Thoroughbred Championship Tour, a proposed $25-million venture that would have linked major stakes leading up to the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships has been scrapped.

"TOBA proposed the tour in 2002, and the venture was incorporated a year later, with owner-breeder Robert McNair as chairman and TOBA President Dan Metzger as chief executive officer. Tour organizers reached agreements in June to work with Breeders’ Cup Ltd. and the New York Racing Association, but they failed to reach formal agreements with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association or any other major racetrack group. Metzger declined on Friday to say how much money was spent on the venture".

Full story at the following URL.

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