Board of Directors

Dr. Steve Fisch - President (Term 2011-2014)
Dr Steve Fisch is a 1982 graduate of the University Of Georgia College Of Veterinary Medicine. He is the founder and owner of AVS Equine Medical & Surgical Hospital which is a full service equine hospital and reproductive center in Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Fisch has been involved with racing American Quarter Horses since his childhood. He was a jockey at several bush tracks and he also raced at Green Acres Raceway back when it was an official AQHA track and at Gator Downs in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Fisch raced American Quarter Horses in Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Florida in the 1980’s and 1990’s. He and his wife, Kelley, started Flying Fisch Farm, their breeding operation in 2007 anticipating the demand for quality Florida-Bred foals. Dr. Fisch is proud to be standing an outstanding line up of Accreditated Florida Stallions at his equine hospital this year -Achievement, Bono Jazz, Corona Cocktail, First Down Straw, Mezoomn, Streakin Six Cartel, and This Flights For You. Dr. Fisch is working hard to help the new tracks in Ft. Meyers, Marion, Gadsden, & Hamilton County, Florida.
Dr. Fisch’s family is all very horse oriented. His three daughters Jessica, Casey, and Zoey all love and show horses and his son Joe Fisch, DVM is an excellent horseman and a veterinarian at their equine hospital. His wife, Kelley, is the breeding coordinator at their hospital.

William McKibbin - Vice President (Term 2010-2013)

Dan Lucas- Secretary (Term 2010-2013)
Dan Lucas has been a supporter of FQHRA from the beginning and has done this with his time, by sending horses and recruiting horses for Hialeah and by breeding accredited Florida breds. He is an integral part of the FQHRA Board of Directors. Through his activities, Dan is a strong liaison for FQHRA to the rest of the Quarter Horse racing world. Dan Lucas has been in the business of breeding and racing Quarter Horses since 1975. He is a current member of the AQHA Racing Committee and Racing Council. He is the Racing Council representative to the American Association of Equine Practitioners subcommittee on race track veterinary costs. He currently serves on both the Florida Quarter Horse Racing Association board of directors and the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association board of directors. Dan has bred champions Ocean Runaway, Wave Carver, and Cash For Kas, along with 2005 Broodmare of the Year and Dam of Distinction Runaway Wave. He was champion breeder in 2004. Dan was a Florida resident and raced at Pompano Park in the 1970s and 1980s. He and his wife, Michelle, currently run Lucas Racing, Inc. from their farm in New Market, MD.

David Muzio- Treasurer (Term 2010-2013)

Marvin Boyle – Lifetime Honorary
William "Snuffy" Smith- (Term 2011-2014)
Joe Carter- (Term 2009-2012)
Duayne Didericksen- (Term 2010-2013)
John Shaw- (Term 2010-2013)
Larry Taylor- (Term 2010-2013)
Randy Henry- (Term 2010-2013)
Will Fisch- (Term 2009-2012)

At the 2011 AQHA Convention in Grapevine, Texas, FQHRA Board of Director John Shaw of Jacksonville, Florida was elevated to “AQHA National Director at Large” and FQHRA President, Steve Fisch, DVM of Tallahassee, Florida was elected to the AQHA National Board of Directors. Both John Shaw and Dr. Fisch are also on the AQHA Racing Committee.