Zayat Racing Stable Team
Ahmed Zayat and Family
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Ahmed Zayat
Businessman Ahmed Zayat first entered Thoroughbred racing in 2005, and in less than a decade, amassed some of the most high-profile successes in the industry.
Long a passionate horse enthusiast and equestrian, the Egyptian born entrepreneur raced two Grade 1 winners within the first 12 months of forming Zayat Stables, and has added to that haul every season since.
Born in Cairo, Egypt in 1962, Zayat moved to the United States in at age 18, and earned Master’s degrees in business and public health from Boston University and Harvard University. Zayat went on to found the Al Ahram Beverage Company in Egypt, makers of a non-alcoholic drink. and he is perhaps best known for the privatization of Al Ahram Beverages Company, which was later sold to Heineken International after Zayat helped turn it into the largest beverage manufacturer and distributor in the Middle East. Zayat is also the largest shareholder in the largest manufacturer of glass containers in Egypt, Misr Glass Manufacturing.
Married to Joanne, the Zayats have four children, Ashley, Emma, Justin and Benjamin, and have residences in New Jersey, New York, Egypt, and London.
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Zayat Racing Stable Trainers
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Bob Baffert - Trainer
Bob Baffert is widely recognized as one of the most successful trainers in the history of horse racing.
After rising to the top in the Quarter Horse game, Bob decided to become a full time Thoroughbred trainer. And it certainly did not take him long to also reach the pinnacle of his profession in Thoroughbred racing.
He has a number of record wins in prestigious races; including 6 wins in the grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, 5 wins in the grade 1 Haskell Invitational Handicap, and 9 wins in the Del Mar Futurity, a race he won seven straight times from 1996 to 2002, when run as a grade 2 event. He again won the race in successive years in 2008 and 2009, and again in 2011 when run as a grade 1 event. He has won the prestigious grade 1 Kentucky Oaks twice. First in 1999 with racing Hall of Fame member Silverbulletday and again with Plum Pretty in 2011.
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Dale Romans - Trainer
A licensed trainer since age 18, Dale Romans saddled his first winner on February 15, 1987, at Turfway Park. The son of renowned trainer Jerry Romans, a leading trainer at Turfway and twice leader at Ellis Park, Dale began working in his father's stable from literally the time he could walk. A two-time leading trainer at Keeneland, Romans has won two stakes there while adding four at Churchill Downs, one at Pimlico, and three at Hoosier Park.
Dedicated to the betterment of the thoroughbred industry, Romans also serves his fellow trainers, owners, and backstretch personnel as the 1st Vice President of the Kentucky chapter of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association.
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Steve Asmussen - Trainer
Steve Asmussen's colt, Curlin, finished third in the 2007 Kentucky Derby and beat out Derby winner Street Sense to win the 2007 Preakness Stakes. Curlin finished second in the 2007 Belmont Stakes to filly Rags to Riches, and went on to take the Breeders' Cup Classic on October 27, 2007, at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, New Jersey.
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Todd Pletcher - Trainer
Todd Pletcher is a leading American thoroughbred horse trainer. He has won four consecutive Eclipse Awards as outstanding Trainer of the Year, while topping the leader board in purse earnings in 2004, 2005, and 2006. His horse Super Saver won the 2010 Kentucky Derby, the first of his 24 horses entered in his career to win the Run for the Roses. He also won the 2007 Belmont Stakes with filly Rags to Riches. |
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Tony Dutrow - Trainer
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Tony is the eldest of three Dutrow brothers, all of whom have been trainers. He had two starters in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup, and a banner year in 2010, finishing the year ranked ninth nationally in earnings with $6,365,898. Dutrow won the 2010 Cotillion with Havre de Grace, who was finally able to turn the table on her arch rival Blind Luck after two narrow second-place finishes behind her in the Alabama (G1) and the Delaware Oaks (G2).
Dutrow now maintains divisions in New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware and oversees a 70-horse stable. Sent a string of horses to Oaklawn for the first time in 2011 and plans to return in 2012.
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