Birth Date: Friday, October 26, 1951
Birth Place: Berlin, N.J.

Career: Perennial leader in New Jersey and South Florida, Broome passed the 1,000 career-win mark in August 2008 … Specializes in the claiming game, winning with 20% of his claiming race starters at Gulfstream in 2009 … Has won eight trainer and/or owner titles at the top New Jersey tracks, Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands and finished in the top-3 at both tracks last year … Top horses have included 2005 stakes winner Silver Moose, Mi Narrow and Gail’s Brush. The latter, following a $40,000 claim at Gulfstream in 1986, won four stakes that year … Network, a $62,500 claim at Gulfstream, won a pair of Monmouth stakes in 2009, the Lamplighter and Spend a Buck, and finished fourth in the Pennsylvania Derby. Other:  Learned the game mucking stalls and breaking yearlings at the New Jersey farm of his Godfather, Carl Auwater, before working as a crane operator for 10 years to save enough money to start a stable … Took out his first trainer’s license in 1985.