The Louisville, Ky. resident is president and chief executive officer of the consulting firm Service Net and also president of Accent Marketing Services

Degrees from University of North Carolina and Northwestern

Races under his own name as well as Azelea Stables

Biggest stars: Offlee Wild, winner of the 2003 Holy Bull Stakes, '04 Massachusetts and '05 Suburban handicaps, '05 Champagne and '06 Fountain of Youth stakes winner First Samurai and top sprinting filly Madcap Escapade

He grew up going to the races at Ellis Park, and his father sold pencils and programs at Dade Park in Henderson, Ky.