Alain and Gerard Wertheimer
France's Alain Wertheimer and his brother Gerard, co-owners of fashion house Chanel, are third generation horse owners and breeders. Their thoroughbred business 'Wertheimer et Frere' (meaning Wertheimer and Brother) has included champs like Goldikova, the only horse ever to win three Breeders' Cup Mile races. In 1993, their horse Kotashaan won American Horse of the Year, the highest accolade in the sport.
Robert McNair
Houston Texans owner Bob McNair sold his massive Kentucky-based Stonerside Stable to Dubai's royal family (see next slide) in 2008. The sale was said to include more than 80 racehorses and 170 broodmares. Earlier in his horse racing career, a colt he co-owned, Strodes Creek, placed second in the Kentucky Derby and third in the Belmont Stakes.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed is perhaps the best known billionaire in the world of thoroughbred horse breeding and racing. His presence at horse sales is met with hushed reverence (and an intimidating entourage including bodyguards). He is thought to be the biggest spender in the history of the sport, buying up stables in the Middle East, Europe and the US (including Bob McNair's, see previous slide). Four horses linked to the Sheikh's various stables have won the UK's Epsom Derby: Lammtarra, New Approach, High-Rise and Shaamit. He continues to chase his dream of winning the Kentucky Derby.
Julio Bozano
Low-profile Brazilian former banker Julio Bozano is a devout thoroughbred horse owner, and reportedly has 300 mares at several farms in Argentina, Florida and Kentucky. Some of his race-winning thoroughbreds include Quite a Bride, Pommes Frites, Palladio and Quelle Surprise.
Mary Alice Dorrance Malone
Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, one of the heiresses to the Campbell Soup fortune, runs Pennsylvania's Iron Spring Farm. Over the past three decades, she's imported stallions from Germany, Poland and the Netherlands for breeding purposes, and it's paid off: her horse Judgement is the most successful American-bred jumper ever, earning over $1.5 million in prize money.
Walter Haefner
100-year-old Walter Haefner is one of Switzerland's richest men, and the largest individual shareholder of IT giant CA (Computer Associates). His Moyglare Stud Farm in Ireland boasts a number of major race-winners, including Go And Go, who won the Belmont Stakes in 1990. He's since transferred ownership of Moyglare to his daughter.
Kirsten Rausing
One of the heiresses to the $14 billion Tetra Laval packaging fortune, Rausing (center) runs Lanwades Stud in Newmarket, England. On her website, she says her team has bred and raised winners of more than 795 races since 1999.
Gerald J Ford
Texan banker Gerald J. Ford owns Diamond A Farms in Kentucky. His thoroughbred Pleasantly Perfect is the fourth richest American horse in terms of career earnings, bringing in over $7.8 million. Big wins included the 2003 Breeders' Cup Classic and the 2004 Dubai World Cup.
Charlotte Colket Weber
Like her cousin Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, Weber runs a stud farm: Live Oak, in the thoroughbred town of Ocala, Florida. Big winners include Miesque's Approval, winner of the $2-million Breeders’ Cup Mile at Churchill Downs in 2006. On her website, Weber notes that two of her top horses, half-brothers Solar Splendor and Sultry Song, both won races on the same day in 1992 at New York’s Belmont Park.
Bradley Hughes
The billionaire founder of storage giant Public Storage owns Lexington, Kentucky's Spendthrift Farm. The stable has been home to winners of every Triple Crown race, including 9 Kentucky Derby victors. Hughes is a familiar and beloved figure on the thoroughbred circuit, attending many sales himself to bid on the best bloodstock.
Kenny Troutt
Last year was a big one for Excel Communications founder Kenny Troutt, who owns Winstar Farm in Versailles, Kentucky. His Super Saver won the Kentucky Derby and his Drosselmeyer nabbed the Belmont Stakes.
Gerald Harvey
Australian retail magnate Gerald Harvey now owns 100% of Magic Millions, a thoroughbred auction house on Australia's Gold Coast, having bought out his business partners earlier this year. He personally owns some 1,000 horses at the Vinery, Baramul and Broombee stud farms in New South Wales and recently bought two New Zealand stud farms in an effort to break into the Kiwi thoroughbred business.
Frank Stronach
Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach owns Magna International, North America's largest racetrack owner and operator. He's in the horse racing game himself: his Stronach Stables has produced winners of the Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes, and his horse Ghostzapper won the coveted Breeder's Cup Classic in 2004.
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