A syndicate group managed by Barry Irwin

Irwin graduated from UCLA and was racing journalist with publications such as Daily Racing Form and The Blood-Horse in the 1960s and '70s. Irwin operated Pacifica Thoroughbreds, a bloodstock agency, from 1979-87.

Irwin bought out former partner Jeff Siegel in July 2007. Seigel is a public handicapper with HRTV and several Southern California newspapers.

Team Valor made its first big splash when My Memoirs finished second in the 1992 Belmont Stakes.

Also campaigned classic-placed horses Captain Bodgit (second in the 1997 Kentucky Derby and third in the 1997 Preakness) and Thomas Jo (third in the 1998 Belmont Stakes)

Other top stars: Star of Cozzene, Prized, The Deputy, Ipi Tombe, Golden Ballet, Cashier's Dream, Becrux, Iridescence, and 2007 Hutcheson Stakes winner King of the Roxy