About the Thoroughbred Owners of California

TOC is an association of horse owners who recognize that California's horse racing industry offers some of the world's finest racing, and who wish to maintain California racing's international position by providing effective leadership for the State's racing program. TOC intends to accomplish this by continually improving the profitability of ownership, increasing the number of horse owners, elevating the quality of California's horses, and using emerging technologies to the benefit of racing. When TOC was founded, it's objective was to serve as a new voice for the broad interests of thoroughbred owners. Its goal was to improve and increase the representation of horse owners in the day to day activities of racing. In doing so, it served as an independent observer of the official horsemen's organization questioning, where appropriate, the policies, objectives, and activities of that organization.

Today TOC serves as the CHRB-recognized representative of owners and has taken a primary role in the California horseracing industry. As a licensing category, owners far outnumber any other category of participant licensed by the California Horse Racing Board. They are the single largest continuing investor in racing, and provide the State with unparalleled tax revenues. They are united by a "love of the game".

TOC believes that if given the opportunity many owners will personally work toward common goals to improve the overall economics of the game for horse owners and to protect and enhance its integrity. Owners have for too long been ignored. TOC is now their recognized vehicle, and strives to protect the economic interests and investment of all horsemen and to gain public recognition of horseracing as a vital form of entertainment deserving of support, protection and preservation. TOC recognizes a pressing need for the racing industry to move into the 21st century. Decisions and opinions founded on historical precedent tend to be anachronistic and unproductive. TOC looks to initiative and innovation to better the industry as a whole. It's policy will be to work closely with all segments of this fragmented industry-to create coalitions as industry-wide policies are formulated, developed and implemented.