Stella Thayer

FTBOA, Tampa Bay Announce Two New Stakes

• By BloodHorse Staff
• May 9, 2017
• Thoroughbred Racing, Southeast Region

FTBOA and Tampa Bay Downs announce two new Florida Sire Stakes. The $125,000 events for state-bred 3-year-olds, one for males and one for females, will be run at seven furlongs in December.

Horse Owner Bronson Thayer Dies at 77

• By BloodHorse Staff
• December 27, 2016
• Southeast Region

A. Bronson Thayer, husband of Tampa Bay Downs co-owner Stella Thayer, died Dec. 24 at age 77. The Tampa Bay Times reports that Thayer, a prominent banker in Tampa, died after a battle with prostate cancer.

HBPA Convention Begins With Calls for Unity

• By Tom LaMarra
• February 4, 2016
• Southeast Region

Calls for unity in moving the horseracing industry forward kicked off the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association convention Feb. 4 in Clearwater Beach, Fla.

National HBPA Sets Convention Agenda

• By BloodHorse Staff
• February 1, 2016
• Southeast Region

Medication, legislation, aftercare, and the importance of media awareness are among the topics to be discussed during the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association winter convention Feb. 3-7 in Florida.

Phipps to Resign as Jockey Club Chairman

• June 8, 2015
• Northeast Region, Kentucky

Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, who has served the longest tenure as chairman in The Jockey Club's history, will step down in August.

Leading Tampa Trainer John Reading Dies at 99

• By BloodHorse Staff
• April 24, 2015
• Thoroughbred Racing, Southeast Region

Reading, twice the leading trainer at Tampa Bay Downs, worked for both George Steinbrenner and Stella Thayer, the racetrack's former co-owner and current owner.

Owner Jackson Named Hall of Fame President

• By BloodHorse Staff
• August 7, 2014
• Northeast Region

Prominent racehorse owner and noted philanthropist Gretchen Jackson has been named president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame by the museum's executive committee.

Hall of Fame Announces New Category

• By BloodHorse Staff
• October 31, 2012
• Northeast Region

In an effort to tell a more comprehensive history of Thoroughbred racing in North America, the National Museum of Racing will be expanding its Hall of Fame with a new category, Pillars of the Turf, beginning in 2013.

Thayer, Willmott Elected to Jockey Club Board

• By BloodHorse Staff
• August 11, 2012
• Northeast Region

Stella Thayer and Peter Willmott have been elected to the board of stewards of The Jockey Club, filling the expired positions of Dell Hancock and D.G. Van Clief Jr., both of whom served four-year terms.

$1 Million Challenge Pledge to Racing Museum

• August 24, 2009
• Northeast Region

A $1 million challenge pledge from the William Stamps Farish Fund has initiated an endowment drive by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Hall of Fame Makes Changes in Voting Procedures

• October 27, 2006

The National Museum of Racing has authorized changes in the Hall of Fame voting procedures that will go into effect in 2007.

Aulisi Named Acting Museum Director

• October 12, 2006

Joseph E. Aulisi has been named the acting director of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, museum president Stella F. Thayer announced Oct. 12.

The Jockey Club Elects Seven New Members

• November 11, 2004

The Jockey Club today announced the election of seven new members: William Backer, Robert McNair, Nick Nicholson, Mace Siegel, Stella Thayer, Frank "Scoop" Vessels III, and William T. Young, Jr.

Simul-castaway

• February 13, 2002

By Mike Henry-- The desires of Tampa Bay bettors and a majority of horsemen are being undermined by the actions of a few local horsemen and those from other states.