Joe and Anne McMahon Founders and Managing Partners of "McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC"

Married since June of 1970, Joe and Anne McMahon have called Fitch Road home since 1971. Joe's family is local to the Saratoga area and he grew up at the Saratoga backstretch. Anne's family is from Rhode Island. She found her way to Saratoga as an undergraduate at Skidmore College.They are the parents of five children (Michael, John, Jane, Kate and Tara), four of whom are married (Mike to Natanya, John to Kate, Jane to Rodrigo and Tara to Mike) and they have nine grand children!

Joe and Anne have been active on the board of the NY Breeder's since the inception of the organization and Joe now serves as an appointed Breeder Member of the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Board.

Each is active on a daily basis on the farm. They feel it is important to see each horse themselves regularly. Even though the farm employs a night watchman for foaling, the couple feels it is important to attend every foaling themselves, although this often numbers into the hundreds

Anne enjoys the vet rounds and hands on approach to raising foals. Joe is in the office consulting with clients on matings and racing plans and is often driving a tractor in a hay field in the Summer months.

Joe and Anne are active skiers and also enjoy boating and naturally horse racing and riding.

John McMahon and Kate McMahon

John and Kate McMahon own Old Saratoga Thoroughbreds located in the town of Saratoga just minutes from the Fitch Road Farm. Old Saratoga Farm and Meadow View Farm are adjacent to each other and make up the Dodd Farm, which was purchased in 1994 by McMahon Thoroughbreds.

John oversees the farm(s) on a daily basis and during breeding season runs the breeding shed. Kate heads up the yearling barn and sales staff. John and Kate have farm experience with an international twist, having worked on New Zealand's Windsor Park Stud.

Kate joined the team in the summer of 1993 before finishing her final semester in college. After graduating from Delaware Valley College in 1994, with an Associates degree in Equine Science and a Bachelors degree in Animal Science with a specialization in Equine Science, Kate returned to McMahon Of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC. full time.

John graduated from the State University of New York at Cobleskill with an Associates Degree. He has been a full time employee at the farm since 1996.  He has been an officer of the Saratoga County Farm Bureau, serving as the Secretary.  In 1997 Kate married John McMahon. They began their family in 1998 and now have two sons, Johnny and Kyle and a daughter Sarah.

The couple enjoy skiing, the outdoors and a summer vacation at the beach.

Mike and Natanya McMahon

Mike and Natanya live in Lexington, KY, where they operate McMahon Bloodstock, LLC and Spruce Lane Farm. The bloodstock company purchases horses for clients at most US sales for a variety of clientele. Natanya is the resident veterinarian at Winstar Farm, LLC, and is available to our clients for pre-sale inspection and vetting. Mike and Natanya work practically every sale in Maryland, New York, Florida and Kentucky.

McMahon Bloodstock is also active mananging partnerships for pinhooking and racing. The largest of these partnerships is the Saratoga Stable, LLC, a joint venture with leading Ocala trainer Eddie Woods.

Mike is a graduate of Cornell University, and has been in the thoroughbred business since his graduation in 1993. He has worked for Hall of Fame trainer Scotty Schulhoffer and graduated from the Irish National Stud Course in 1994. He served as the Vice President of leading thoroughbred consulting firm EQUIX Biomechanics.  He now sits as the President of the board of the New York Thoroughbred Breeders.  Mike was recognized in the Thoroughbred Times "One To Watch" list, an annual honor recognizing horse men and women.

Natanya was born in Lexington and is a graduate of the University of Kentucky. She received her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine at the Ohio State University. She interned at the Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital in Ocala, Florida, and then moved on to Woodford Veterinary Clinic in Lexington. While at Woodford Vet, she worked with leading surgeon and race track vet Dr. Bill Baker. She is currently the resident vet at Winstar Farm, where she cares for over two hundred horses daily.  She has gained national recognition for her work with hyperberics and thermography.

The couple enjoy horse racing, traveling, the outdoors and their two children Madison and Aidan.

Gaela Schweizer

Gaela Schweizer graduated from Union College with a BS in Geology. After finding out that a regular job did not suit her, she began working at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC in January of 2001. One of the appealing aspects of the job is a return to the country (she grew up in the country raising sheep with her Dad) and a family environment.

Today Gaela's daily routine covers most aspects of McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds. She handles stallion inquiries, questions from clients, and organizes the sales consignments. 

Her hobbies include reading, running, mountain biking and Sunday drives.

Tara Letzring

Tara (McMahon) Letzring joined the fulltime staff at McMahon of Saratoga Thoroughbreds, LLC in July of 2003, after gaining experience in Human Resources at the Radisson Hotel in Boston, MA.  Tara is a 2002 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, majoring in management and earning a 3.7 GPA.  She married Michael Letzring in July of 2003 and the couple now resides in Mechanicsville, NY.

Tara's responsibilities are split between the offivce and the barn and her family.  One of her main areas is managing the paperwork associated with several large racehorse partnerships.  Tara also qualified our farm for the New York State Horse Health Assurance Program.  She has ten years of experience showing yearlings, and running the sales consignment.  

Tara and Mike enjoy New England Sports (all) and their family Lillian and Dominic.

Kate McMahon

Kate McMahon is a 2001 graduate of Cornell University, where she earned a BS in Applied Economics and Management.  She returned to the farm in May 2003 after gaining experience in Sales and Marketing at the E&J Gallo Winery in Southern NH.  Following that she entered the Darley Flying Start program and she nows works as part of the nominations team at Darley Stud in Lexington, KY.

Kate remains involved with the family business in particular with matings and evaluation of young stock.  She enjoys travel, sports (field hockey) and horse racing.

Jane Ubillo Jane (McMahon) Ubillo is married to NY Trainer Rodrigo Ubillo and the two oversee the racing of many of the farm's horses.  Jane and Rodrigo have each worked for many NY trainers and made the jump to opening their own barn in 2005.  Several of their best horses include Northern Storm and Executive Search.  Open maiden winners include Gentle Grace.  Jane and Rodrigo keep a home in NY and a home in Ballston Spa.  They have two children Gian-Luca and Crystal, and they are expecting a third.