Racing stable of Ahmed Zayat, former owner of Al Ahram Beverages, which packages and sells beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks and soft drinks in the Middle East

Originally from Cairo, now has residences in New Jersey, New York, Egypt and London

Won bid to privatize Egypt's national brewery in the mid 1980s and sold to Heineken for $280 million

Education: Earned an MBA and MPH from Boston University and Harvard University

Introduction to horses when he competed in national show jumping events in his native Egypt in his early teens

Made splashy, big ticket purchases at sales beginning in 2004

Since 2005 Zayat has acquired more than $45 million in horseflesh to get established.

Has already earned leading owner titles at both Saratoga and Del Mar and raced Grade I winners Point Ashley and Downthedustyroad, and 10 other graded stakes winners including Maimonides, J Be K, Z Humor, Z Fortune and Baroness Thatcher

Earnings of more than $6 million ranked him second in the nation in 2008 (through mid Nov.)