The Jockey Club announced Aug. 18 the election of 10 new members: Craig Bernick, Peter M. Brant, Boyd T. Browning Jr., Case Clay, Dennis Drazin, Marette Farrell, Jonathan Green, Andrew Moore, Dean Reeves, and Bill Strauss.
Craig Bernick
Craig Bernick is president and chief executive officer of Glen Hill Farm, a breeding and racing operation based in Ocala, Florida. Glen Hill Farm was started in 1966 by Leonard H. Lavin, Bernick's grandfather. Prominent horses campaigned by Glen Hill include Convenience, One Dreamer, Marketing Mix, Relaunch, Top Rung, Pontchatrain, Wishing Gate, Global View, Banned, Caribou Club, and Ocean Club.
Glen Hill Farm expanded to Europe in 2015 and has campaigned stakes performers Aspen Grove, Audubon Park, Know Thyself, Les Pavots, One Voice, Paris Peacock, Sounds of Heaven, and Woody Creek.
Bernick is the president of the Lavin Family Foundation, started more than 50 years ago to support groups working in education, after-school, and health programs in the Chicago area. Before entering the Thoroughbred industry, Bernick was a business development and marketing executive at the Alberto-Culver Company. Bernick is a former Breeders' Cup director, launching the Wagering Committee and serving as co-chair of the Racing and Nominations Committee. Bernick also founded the Thoroughbred Idea Foundation in 2018, which advocates for sustainable improvements to the Thoroughbred industry for all stakeholders.
Peter M. Brant
Peter M. Brant is founder of White Birch Paper Company. In addition, he is a magazine publisher, philanthropist, art collector, and film producer (PGA).
Brant was introduced to the Thoroughbred industry in the 1970s and campaigned horses such as Swale (in partnership), Gulch, Just a Game (IRE), Stella Madrid, Mogambo, Track Barron, and the brilliant Waya (FR). In 1995, Brant established himself as the only breeder to have bred the sire, dam, and winner of the Kentucky Derby with Thunder Gulch, who also won the Belmont Stakes. In addition, during these years Brant was active as a part owner of Fasig-Tipton Company Inc. and owner of the Thoroughbred Daily News.
From 1979-2016, Brant focused on his other equine interest, captaining the White Birch Polo team, which became one of the most successful polo teams in history, winning 31 championships and tournaments at the 26-goal level or above.
Brant returned to racing in the fall 2016, and with his White Birch Farm, quickly re-established his reputation in the sport. In 2018, Brant's Sistercharlie (IRE) won the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and was that year's Eclipse Champion Turf Female. Brant followed with Regal Glory, 2022's Eclipse Champion Female Turf Horse, and Sierra Leone, 2024 winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic and Eclipse Champion 3-year-old colt.
In 2019, Brant purchased Payson Park, the historic Thoroughbred training center located in Indiantown, Florida, and made significant upgrades to both the dirt and turf courses among other improvements.
Boyd T. Browning Jr.
A native of Lexington, Kentucky, Boyd T. Browning Jr. joined the Fasig-Tipton Corporation in 1988, working his way up the corporate ladder of North America's oldest Thoroughbred auction company to be appointed Fasig-Tipton's president and chief executive officer in 2008.
Fasig-Tipton conducts sales in Kentucky, California, Florida, Maryland, and New York. In 2022, Fasig-Tipton launched its online sales platform, Fasig-Tipton Digital, enabling users from around the world to buy and sell horses without moving stock. With more than $30 million in gross generated during Fasig-Tipton Digital's first two years, it has become one of the leading online sales marketplaces for Thoroughbred breeding and racing.
Browning also serves on the board of directors for Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance.
Case Clay
Case Clay grew up at Three Chimneys Farm, which was founded by his parents in 1972, where he worked in the summers in the yearling and broodmare divisions as well as the Saratoga Sales. After graduating from DePauw University with a BA in Economics, he spent six years in Chicago, working at Arlington Park, Ernst & Young, and the Hyatt Corporation in the marketing sector.
In 2003, Clay spent a year abroad at both the Irish National Stud and Arrowfield Stud in Australia, then returned to the family business to run the sales consignment and then all aspects of the farm. When Three Chimneys was sold in 2014, Clay remained at the farm as chief commercial officer for eight years, while also helping outside clients with their bloodstock management, purchases, and equine insurance needs; hence Case Clay Thoroughbred Management was formed. At the end of 2022, Clay moved full-time to Case Clay Thoroughbred Management.
Clay sits on the board of Keeneland, is a board member of the Breeders' Cup, and served as chairman of KEEP and Gluck Equine Research Foundation.
Dennis Drazin
Dennis Drazin is a multiple graded-stakes winning owner and breeder and is chief executive officer of Darby Development, the operator of Monmouth Park. A New Jersey native and lawyer, Drazin is president of Drazin & Warshaw and has been an advisor since the 1990s to the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association. He became chair of the New Jersey Racing Commission in 2009.
In 2012, through Darby, Drazin took control of Monmouth Park when the state of New Jersey privatized its racetracks. Drazin secured his place in sports betting history by spearheading the fight to make sports wagering legal in New Jersey and ultimately throughout the U.S., prevailing in a seven-year battle to overturn the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. He was subsequently elected to the Sports Betting Hall of Fame.
Drazin bred and raced Sunny Ridge, who won the 2016 G3 Withers Stakes and G3 Salvator Mile, stakes winners Unky and Ally, and New Jersey state bred champions and horses of the year Sea of Tranquility and Sunny Ridge. In partnership his graded stakes winners include Bodacious Tatas and Saint Marden.
Marette Farrell
Marette Farrell, originally from Ireland and now based in Kentucky, is one of the nation's leading bloodstock agents. Growing up on her family's stud farm, she was always passionate about Thoroughbred racing and breeding, which led her to work internationally for prominent trainers and bloodstock operations. After serving as racing manager for trainer Gai Waterhouse in Australia, Farrell formed her own bloodstock agency, Exhale Enterprises, in 2008. Farrell specializes in advising clients on matings, yearling purchases, and 2-year-old sales. She and her team have been instrumental in recommending numerous grade 1 winners. She also helps select mares and has assisted in the mating of grade 1-winning produce.
Farrell is committed to mentoring young industry professionals and supporting Thoroughbred retirement programs. She serves on the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association board of trustees and is secretary of the Thoroughbred Charities of America, whose mandate to help both people and horses is dear to her.
Jonathan Green
Johathan Green serves as the co-owner and general manager of D.J. Stable, one of the nation's premier racing and breeding operations. Introduced to horse racing as a child at Monmouth Park in the mid-1980s, Green has transformed D.J. Stable into a national powerhouse. Under his leadership, the stable has earned two Sovereign Awards, two Eclipse Awards, 14 Leading Owner Titles, more than 2,600 overall wins, and more than 150 stakes race victories.
Recognized for his innovative and entrepreneurial approach to racing and breeding, Green integrates sound business strategies into every facet of decision-making. He is the co-creator and co-host of the weekly podcast, Rail Talk, which covers the sport's most pressing topics. A respected industry leader, Green holds board positions with the Breeders' Cup, Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.
Andrew Moore
Andrew Moore, a native of Ireland and a resident of Los Angeles, is the general manager of Racing for the FanDuel Group, America's leading sportsbook, casino, and ADW platform with more than 4 million monthly players. Moore is responsible for executing FanDuel's strategy to grow racing's reach through compelling content, fan engagement, and industry collaboration.
FanDuel's racing portfolio includes FanDuel TV, the only network with year-round, daily live racing coverage, and FanDuel Racing, the first ADW integrated into a sportsbook - bringing the sport to millions without the barrier of asking them to open a separate account. Since partnering with the Kentucky Derby in 2023, FanDuel has introduced more than 500,000 new bettors to horse racing via its promotion of racing on its sportsbook. The company supports charities such as Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, helping raise over $2 million for these worthy organizations over the last five years.
Dean Reeves
Dean Reeves is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, and is chairman and co-owner of Reeves Young, one the most successful commercial contracting companies with offices in Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, established in 1952.
Reeves became interested in horse racing as a young adult. He attended his first Kentucky Derby in 1976 and continued attending every year for the next 22 consecutive years.
In 2009, Reeves and his wife, Patti, formed Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, and their gold and white silks give a nod to his alma mater, Georgia Tech, from where he graduated in 1973. Reeves later served as the president of the Georgia Horse Racing Coalition, a non-profit organization promoting the sport of horse racing in Georgia.
Early in their racing career the Reeves purchased Mucho Macho Man, who finished third in the 2011 Kentucky Derby and went on to win the 2013 Breeders' Cup Classic. Since then, they have campaigned numerous stakes winners, including Big Invasion, Classic Rock, City Man, Dr. Schivel, and most recently Porta Fortuna, who won the 2024 G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. The Reeves currently maintain a stable of more than 50 horses in training.
The Reeves own Two Springs Farm in Micanopy, Florida.
Bill Strauss
Bill Strauss is a prominent Thoroughbred owner and entrepreneur based in Del Mar, California. A Bronx native who grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Syracuse University, Strauss built a successful business career as co-founder and CEO of ProFlowers, an online floral boutique.
Strauss' first Thoroughbred, The Pamplemousse, became a stakes winner, launching Strauss' successful ownership journey. He has since been a part-owner of several graded stakes winners, including Mizdirection, who captured consecutive Breeders' Cup Turf Sprints in 2012 and 2013, and Hot Rod Charlie, winner of the 2021 Louisiana Derby and a top finisher in the Belmont Stakes (second) and Kentucky Derby (third). Strauss currently campaigns G1 winner Zulu Kingdom in partnership.
Strauss served on the board of the Thoroughbred Owners of California from 2013 to 2022, working to promote and strengthen racing in the state, and in 2023 was named to the board of the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club.
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