About Us
Ralph Demicco, Jr.(managing partner)
A protege of horseracing Hall of Fame trainer P.G. Johnson, Ralph Demicco, Jr. has been in professional racing for nearly a decade, and his horses have won many graded stake races. Ralph has owned several horses on the New York circuit, and has been in love with the sport since childhood. In his spare time, Ralph runs an ASA softball team from New York that competes across the nation in various tournaments.
Joe Hochhauser (managing partner)
Joe Hochhauser has dreamed of owning a racehorse since the first time his parents took him to Aqueduct and Belmont Parks. As a boy, he'd picnic with his family and watch the beauty and the excitement of the greatest game. A former New York City political candidate, Joe has long dreamed of owning his own horse, but the price was always out of his range -- until now. His recent purchase of several horses has given him the satisfaction of realizing a childhood dream.
Linda Rice (Belmont, Saratoga, Aqueduct Division)
A native of Wisconsin, Linda Rice is a third generation horse trainer who grew up in the business. She attended Penn State University, while still being actively involved in the breaking, training and development of young horses. As an Exercise Rider and an Assistant Trainer for many years, her passion for racing led her to training horses full time. Linda won her first Grade 1 stake at Saratoga with Things Change, who won The Spinaway. She has campaigned four Grade 1 winners since, including Tenski, who won The Queen Elizabeth, which made her the only female trainer to win a Grade 1 in the state of Kentucky. The New York Turf Writers presented Linda with the Four Star Dave Award for her outstanding accomplishments with City Zip. City Zip won four consecutive stakes in a row as a two-year-old, including the Grade 1 stake, The Hopeful, at Saratoga. Linda is one of only a few trainers to have won every graded stakes race for two-year-olds at Saratoga. Throughout the years, Linda has continued to demonstrate her ability to develop winners at all levels of competition by establishing divisions along the East Coast. Her main stable is located in New York and she currently races at Belmont, Saratoga, Aqueduct, Finger Lakes, Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs."
Bob Dibona (Monmouth Park) Bob the newest member to R and J horses nicknamed the Sleuth Slayer in a nice writeup when he was down at Gulfstream as one of the top 25 trainers at that meet. Bob is 6 for 8 in the money this meet at Monmouth and is looking forward to being involved in the R and J family. Bob also stables horses in Churchill and grew up in New England. His official Bio will be up soon.
Tim Glyshaw (The Fairgrounds, Keenland Division)
Tim was born and raised in Evansville, Indiana, in 1968 on November 3rd. Evansville is across the Ohio River from Henderson, Kentucky, home of Ellis Park. He graduated from Harrison High School in 1987 and went to Indiana University. In 1992, he graduated from Indiana University and taught school in Illinois for 2 years. Unhappy with his career, he decided to make a change, but was unsure where he life was going. In his youth, he spent many summer days watching the races at Ellis Park, but had never really thought about a career in the racing industry until Tim saw a commercial for Taylor Made Farm and it's internship program during the Kentucky Derby in 1995. He applied immediately with the intent on learning the industry from the ground up in order to achieve his dream of one day being a trainer and having his own Derby horse. After graduating from Taylor Made Farm's internship program, Tim started as a hot walker for trainer Robert Holthus at Churchill Downs. He was a quick study and found himself grooming horses that winter. His first win as a groom soon followed with Sooner Wish which paid almost $140 to win. That next summer at Ellis Park, Mr. Holthus asked Tim to take his assistant trainer's test and Tim was sent to Hoosier Park with 12 horses in his care that fall. After a successful first year at Hoosier Park, the following fall the Holthus Stable had the highest win percentage of trainers stabled at Hoosier Park with 35% winners. Tim was also sent to Turfway Park and Ellis Park while Mr. Holthus remained at Churchill Downs. In 2001 while at Ellis Park, the Holthus Stable finished in a tie for second in the trainer standings, only one win behind the leader. While Tim worked for Mr. Holthus, he was in charge of many nice allowance and stakes caliber horses such as The Happy Hopper, Ruby Surprise, Leslie's Lady and Kings Command. The Happy Hopper won the Indian Summer at Keeneland and the Safely Kept at Arlington and Ruby Surprise captured the Grade II Humana Distaff Handicap at Churchill. Those are just a few of his stakes victories while working at The Holthus Stable. In 2002, Tim accepted the assistant trainer position with Cole Norman who is stabled in the Southwest circuit. Tim wanted to gain more exposure of the claiming end of racing. In 2002, the Norman Stable saddled 266 winners and were ranked third overall for wins in that year and in 2003 they were ranked third again, this time with 290 winners. After two years with Norman, Tim has returned to Kentucky to start his own training career. Tim still maintains a close relationship with Mr. Holthus, by training his overflow and getting two year-olds ready for the races. Tim helped get the Arkansas Derby winner, Lawyer Ron, into his winning ways. Ron was stabled with Glyshaw for most of his two year old year. From his beginning at one of the nations most respected farms to his teachings under Robert Holthus, a man with more than 50 years of training experience, to his stint in a claiming stable, Tim has seen all aspects of the racing world. His philosophy has always been that the horses come first. "If you take care of them; they'll take care of you."
Jimmy Petine (Finger Lakes Divison)
Jeffrey S. Weiner (Harness Divison)
Kenny Cox (Maryland Division)
Kenny grew up afew miles away from Bowie Race Track, and worked on the backstretch at a very young age. After taking out his trainers license in 1987 he spent many years on the Maryland and Delaware circuit.Kenny has won many local stakes races and placed in several graded stakes, including the Defrancis Dash at Laurel Park. In 2005, Kenny won the winter training title at Laurel, and for the year of 2005 finished third overall for the trainers standings. Kenny has trained for high profile owners such as Mike Gill, longtime Maryland breeder Hal Clagett and Len Friedman of Ragozin Sheets. Kenny's winning attitude and proven track record make him a key to the success of our team.
Les Salzman ( Tampa Bay Downs)
Have trained both thoroughbred and standardbreds. The majority of the work has been within the thoroughbred side of the business. Lifetime thoroughbred winning percentage of over 20%. Have been licensed from New York to Florida and have a positive owner's ROI. Winning races by providing exceptional care and having a complete understanding of the business of racing while providing our clients excellent communication and understanding of their goals. We've has put together a team that is dedicated to winning races and providing superior care. Our staff is focused on the success of owners and making the racing experience enjoyable. Modern technology meets good old fashioned horsemanship under our shed row. Have been actively involved in the industry as a trainer, equine appraiser, television and radio broadcasts, bloodstock agent, farm manager and consultant. Some of our top stake horses over the years include Hit the Music, Highly Irish, Laura Who,Silver Spool and Duck Creek .
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