Born 1958, originally from Warren, N.J., owns Brooklyn-based Truck-Rite Corp., a trucking business

Graduate of Kings College in Pennsylvania

Sold 75% of Big Brown to IEAH Stables for $3 million after the colt's first start in 2007. He named the colt in honor of United Parcel Service, with whom his trucking company did work

Got into the racing business in 2000

He's active in the claiming ranks in both New York and New Jersey but found success with stakes winner Zackocity and 2005 Belmont Stakes starter Watchmon, Fearless Vision and Lost Etiquette

His Backseat Rhythm finished third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2007 and won the 2008 Garden City Handicap