The highlight of the evening was a "Texas Raffle" for a John Deere Gator, donated by NYTHA to the auction, won by trainer Todd Pletcher. The Belmont Child Care Association is a not-for-profit-corporation established in December 1998 to create an on-site child care center, Anna House, at Belmont Park for the working families of New York racing.
Edited releaseThe Belmont Child Care Association (BCCA) raised $250,000 for childcare center Anna House at its annual dinner/auction fundraiser at The Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs. N.Y. The evening's silent and live auction, with Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas the auctioneer, drew a sell-out crowd of almost 300. The New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association president Richard Bomze and his wife, Diane, both board members of The BCCA, were the honorees along with NYTHA.
