Who owns spendthrift farm

Alicia worked weekends and nights at Payson Stud during High School and College then went on to manage a small breeding operation for 10 years. She then worked at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital for 5 years. In Alicia joined the Spendthrift Team. Following college, she did both the breeding and sales prep sessions of the Kentucky Equine Management Internship. Taylor continued as an employee at Calumet Farm following her internship, where she gained experience in the yearling, broodmare, and stallion office divisions.

She then went on to work as a broodmare foreman at WinStar Farm for four years prior to her current position at Spendthrift Farm. She attended Western Kentucky University where she received a degree in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Business.

While at WKU, Victoria served as a College Ambassador for Keeneland Racetrack where she promoted the race season, the thoroughbred industry and events. Victoria is also the Sales Coordinator for Warrendale Sales where she is the liaison between clients and the sales companies making sure that everything is accounted for.

After graduating she went to work in equine growth and nutrition at Kansas State University until when she moved to Kentucky. She began working at Dixiana Farm, becoming the broodmare manager there in She came to Spendthrift when the former manager of Dixiana bought the farm in , and then remained as broodmare manager under Ned Toffey when Mr. Hughes took over ownership of Spendthrift in Francisco J.

Rangel Horta is a native of Mexico that has been around horses all his life. It was not until that he started working with Thoroughbred horses at the race track in California.

He moved to Kentucky in the year when he started working full time on a horse farm. His passion and love for horses has always kept him motivated to continue learning. He recently, in August of this year, joined our Spendthrift family as the Assistant Brood Mare Manager after working for more than 10 years on Siena Farm. Francisco is happy to have the opportunity to keep learning about thoroughbreds and to be part of this amazing team, hoping he can continue collaborating and helping to maintain this farm at its best.

Christi is a native of Lexington and a graduate of the University of Kentucky. Since , she has combined her love of accounting and equine as the Controller for Spendthrift Farm. She and her husband have 3 children. Des Dempsey. Brian Lyle. Website Links:. Spendthrift Home Page. Find us on Facebook. Directions Link:. About Us:. Proud Member of Horse Country. Follow Us Twitter Facebook. Eclipse Sportswire. Career Stats. For more stats:. Owner: B. Wayne Hughes Born: Sept. Died: Aug. Top Connections.