FTBOA Member of the spotlights: Elaine Ansbacher – FTBOA

By Sarah Welk Baynum

Elaine Ansbacher combines her life throughout her life in Florida’s purebred industry and long -standing FTBoa membership with his career as a key player at Team Ftboa.

“My grandfather was an Irishman who galloped horses. He eventually moved to the United States. After my father left school, he joined the Navy and was located in Jacksonville, Florida, “says Ansbacher. “He and my mother bought a farm in Jacksonville when he left the Navy, and they will go to Hyali and Tampa Bay Dones. I was pretty young when they bought the farm and started riding then. They gave me their first horse when I was about eight or nine years old. She was a purebred mare that my father competed and retired. “

Then, every time her parents had a horse who retired from competitions, she would retrain them and then show them in Hunter/Jumper competitions.

“I have always had purebred in some way. In the 90s I bought the land and built my own farm in Jacksonville. I started by acquiring two or three mares, in the end I got up to about six mares, and then raised them to the stallions of Okala. Then I started buying alienation for sale or pinchock. In the end, I also competed with the horses, which then led to a request for some mares. At that time, I was running a real estate law firm while operating my farm in Jacksonville. I have been doing this for many years, where I have met many knowledgeable people from all over the country, “says Ansbacher.

Florida-growing fast quick

In 2006, Ansbacher bought a farm in Okala. Shortly after buying her Ocala farm, she bought a little fillers from weaning at the sales of Ocala Breaders, called Gettin Out, quickly for $ 1,200.

“She was really small and sharp and I wouldn’t be able to resale, so I wanted her to compete,” says Ansbacher. “I knew a colleague member of FTBOA, Adam Parker, because he helped me dig my mares here, so I sent him this films. She did very well for us. She won several competitions and it was exciting! Sometimes you just never know what you will get – it is one of the cheapest horses I have ever bought from the sale of OBS. It was just a chance to buy and it was probably the most exciting racing horse I owned. In the end, she made me over $ 75,000. “

He quickly escaped, which led to one of Ansbacher’s most special memories as the owner of racing horses.

“She gave up three victories in 2012. She just led the Gate Gate to wire in these three competitions and in every picture of the profit that herself is in the final,” says Ansbacher. “I remember calling my mother and I said she won and then won again. It was very exciting, especially since she had three wins in a row. She was quaint but difficult! ”

Later, Ansbacher also started working with Live Oak Stud, working for Charlotte Weber for over 10 years.

“I was an assistant to the General Manager and Assistant to Florida of Mrs. Weber. In my opinion, her home boundaries were the superstars of her program – she had a few great horses from herbs, “says Ansbacher. “I called them” approval “horses because they were beyond its approval for profit from the mare. They were just phenomenal! Two of these horses won from the Turf Cup of the breeders and I think four millionaires came out of this mare. I scale my operation back around this time so I could live viciously through hers. I did tasks there by maintaining the inventory of the reservations of the stallions for the stallions or sending them to Kentucky and following the racing with horses. I even arranged for di Weber to go to the races with a triple crown and sarace in the summer and the breeders’ bowl in the fall. It was a very exciting job there! “

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It was this connection ultimately led to Ansobacher to become an executive assistant at FTBOA.

“As Mrs. Weber was on the Board of Directors, I met Becky Robinson, who at the time had a job here. Becky would retire and so I came to work at FTBOA. I was a member of FTBOA since about 1995, but I never dreamed I would work here! In FTBOA, I interact with the board and other employees, FTBOA members, the Talahasi lobbyists and the CEO Lonny Powell. My favorite part of my work is to work with the Executive Director and the Board of Directors, making all their meetings happen and hold all the notified. We meet almost daily, whether it is meetings, calls or racing. We are trying to encourage the board to get out and often go to the races. “

Elaine Ansbacher and Florida raised everyone in rhythm

The purebred breed had a special, lifelong place in her heart, as during her retraining, to show them and to work in the competition industry.

“The purebred taught me so much. Every day is an education with them, whether you are in the barn, at the FTBOA office or talk to the people I have worked with in the competition industry. Chile has taught me more than I can ever teach them! “Ansbacher adds.

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