The Jockey Club announced July 28 that Marc Holliday and Bret Jones have been elected as stewards. William M. Lear Jr. (secretary) was reelected.
The remaining stewards are Stuart S. Janney III (chair), Ian D. Highet (treasurer), William S. Farish Jr. (vice chair), Louis A. Cella, Everett Dobson, Gary Fenton, Terry Finley, David O'Farrell, and Vincent Viola.
Holliday has been a member of The Jockey Club since 2022. He was elected chairman of the board of directors of the New York Racing Association in December 2021. In his capacity as chairman, Holliday oversees the design and development of the new Belmont Park, scheduled to open in 2026. Appointed to the NYRA board in 2014, Holliday has chaired the NYRA Equine Safety Committee since 2015. He is the chairman and CEO of SL Green Realty Corp, which is New York City's largest owner of office properties. An owner and breeder, Holliday operates Blue Devil Racing Stable and campaigned grade 1 winner Come Dancing.
Jones has been a member of The Jockey Club since 2023. He is president of Airdrie Stud near Midway, Ky. A 2004 graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee) and an alumnus of the Irish National Stud Breeding Course, he has been an official member of the Airdrie Stud team since 2006. Jones has served on the Breeders' Cup board of directors since 2011 and recently was named to the board of directors of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. He also sits on the Keeneland Advisory Board as well as the board of trustees for the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Foundation. He formerly served as a commissioner on the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission from 2016 to 2020.
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