Residences: Hollywood, Fla. and Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

Family: daughters Debra and Cynthia were champion saddlebred riders, and son Jonathan is a show jumper who owned Shinto, a horse who competed in the Olympics

Professional Background: Irving Cowan is a former Broadway producer who now is president of Cowan Enterprises Inc., a South Florida real estate and luxury housing developer … Among his best-known Broadway productions was the 1980s "Peg," a biography of Peggy Lee … Marjorie's family owned the famed Diplomat Hotel from the 1960s through the 1980s

Breeding/Racing Operation: The Cowans began Thoroughbred ownership in the early 1980s when it was recommended to them as a tax shelter

Among the stars the Cowans bred or raced: Hollywood Wildcat, winner of the 1993 Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic and an Eclipse Award as top 3-year-old filly; War Chant, who won the 2000 Breeders' Cup Mile, 2005 Alabama and Test stakes winner Society Selection, French Deputy, First Blush and Fappie's Notebook