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Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC

Brentwood, TNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 47893

Filed as THOROUGHBRED FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Brentwood, TN, registered since 1999, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

27 years
registered since 1999
$4,039,118,832
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
4
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); commissions. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC located?

Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC's principal office is in Brentwood, TN, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 47893.

How much does Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC manage?

Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC reports $4,039,118,832 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,516,438,770 in the October 2021 data and $4,039,118,832 in the October 2026 data, up 61%. Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 31 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,829); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1,029); high net worth individuals (691).

Which custodians does Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC use?

Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(1) (SEC or CFTC finding of a false statement or omission), 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/47893

What changed in Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 33 to 31. Regulatory assets under management went from $3,409,535,678 to $4,039,118,832 (+18%). Registered or notice-filed in NV, NY. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Commissions

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$4,039,118,832

$4,039,118,832 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,618,113,013.Non-discretionary: $421,005,819.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 1,829 Assets $892,396,019 (22%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 691 Assets $1,857,265,573 (46%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 18 Assets $138,359,081 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1,029 Assets $1,151,098,159 (28%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (27 years)
Employees
Total: 31. Performing investment advisory functions: 31.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Columbia, TNJackson, TNKnoxville, TN
States registered or notice-filed
24 states or jurisdictions
ALARAZCACOFLGAILINKYLAMDMSNCNVNYOHOKPASCTNTXVAWA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

4 Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$2.52B 2021 $2.93B 2022 $2.44B 2023 $2.91B 2024 $3.41B 2025 $4.04B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,039,118,83231March 31, 2026
October 2025$3,409,535,67834March 31, 2025
October 2024$2,913,693,89234March 27, 2024
October 2023$2,440,440,86633March 31, 2023
October 2022$2,926,834,22033March 30, 2022
October 2021$2,516,438,77033March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,516,438,770 in the October 2021 data and $4,039,118,832 in the October 2026 data, up 61%.

Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 31 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 33 to 31.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,409,535,678 to $4,039,118,832 (+18%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in NV, NY.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
thoroughbredfinancial.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Thoroughbred Financial Services, LLC (CRD 47893): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/thoroughbred-financial-services-llc-brentwood-tn-47893