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Andre Regard,
Occidental Thoroughbreds
Andre Regard is president of Occidental Thoroughbreds, a full service bloodstock agency and boarding farm in Paris, Kentucky. Regard earned business and law degrees from Georgetown University with a five-year stint as a Navy officer wedged between the two. He and his wife, Trish who grew up on a Thoroughbred farm in Ocala, operate Occidental from their farm in Bourbon County.
To increase awareness of the benefits of Kentucky's horse economy and to promote jobs and economic opportunities for Kentuckians through the Commonwealth's world-class horse industry.
Educate the public and key state constituencies about the benefits the entire horse industry provides to all sectors of Kentucky's economy
- Develop a state grassroots network involving Kentucky's horse economy in all 120 counties
- Build a state coalition of diverse organizations supporting Kentucky's horse economy.
Encourage the development of a pro-jobs and economic opportunities agenda for the Kentucky horse economy to include:
- Increased state advocacy and promotion of the Kentucky horse industry
- Initiatives to stimulate jobs and economic growth through economic incentives and tax reform to solidify Kentucky's horse economy leadership to attract new horse industry interests to the state.
- Expansion of existing state horse economy programs for all breeds such as the Kentucky Breeder's Incentive Program, to encourage ownership of Kentucky-bred horses
- Distribution of fact-based Kentucky horse economy information.
- Team 120: A broad-based grassroots network of horse economy participants in every Kentucky county.
- A state advisory committee consisting of prominent horse industry representatives from all sectors of Kentucky's horse economy.
- A state coalition of organizations with horse economy-related interests including state and local chambers of commerce, rotaries, businesses, labor and trade associations.
Chairman
Brereton Jones
Governor of Kentucky (1991-95)
Airdrie Stud
Vice-Chairman
Bill Casner
Chairman and Co-Founder
WinStar Farm
- Airdrie Stud
- Darby Dan Farm
- Four Star Sales
- Gaines-Gentry
- Gracefield
- Hill 'n' Dale Farm
- Lane's End
- Dr. J. David Richardson
- Runnymede Farm
- Jack Smith III Thoroughbreds
- Taylor Made Farm
- Three Chimneys
- WinStar Farm
- Patrick Neely
- Executive Director
- Gene A. Clabes
- Equine Director
- Jayson Page
- Director of Administrative Support
- Cara Stewart
- Field Director
- Jessica Williams
- Field Representative
- Craig Bandoroff
- Thoroughbred
- David Blee
- Thoroughbred
- Susan Bunning
- HBPA
- Bill Casner
- Thoroughbred
- Doug Cauthen
- Thoroughbred
- Robert Clay
- Thoroughbred
- Dr. Richard Connelly
- Racing Quarter Horses
- Joe Costa
- Standardbreds
- Bob Elliston
- Thoroughbred
- Bob Evans
- Churchill Downs
- Bill Farish
- Thoroughbred
- Thomas Gaines
- TB sales
- Ken Jackson
- Standardbreds
- Brereton Jones
- Thoroughbred
- Corey Johnsen
- Kentucky Downs
- Dan Kenny
- TB sales/Hands On Horsemen
- Gary B. Knapp
- Monticule Farm
- John Long
- Multi-breed (USEF)
- Wayne Lyster
- Ashview Farm
- Jim Mahan
- KY Farm Bureau
- Jack Murrell
- Natural Gaited Horses
- Nick Nicholson
- Thoroughbred
- Frank Penn
- Thoroughbred
- Andre Regard
- Occidental Thoroughbreds
- David Richardson
- KTA/KTOB
- Earl Rogers
- TN Walking Horses
- Bennie Sargent
- KY Quarter Horse Assoc/show
- Fred Sarver
- Cornerstone Farm
- John Sikura
- Thoroughbred
- Jack Smith
- TB sales
- Robert Stewart
- Standardbreds
- Ben Walden, Jr.
- Thoroughbred
- Richard Wilcke
- KY Quarter Horse Assoc/race
- Misdee Wrigley-Miller
- Amer. Saddlebred Horse Assn.
- William Hoskins
- Board Attorney
- Kevin McGuire
- Board Attorney
