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Trainer Chad Brown sweeps Arlington Park's Grade I's, just misses at Saragota

Sports News // 4 years ago

Trainer Chad Brown sweeps Arlington Park's Grade I's, just misses at Saragota

Trainer Chad Brown saddled the winners of all four stakes races Saturday at Arlington Park, including the Grade I Arlington Million, and just missed a perfect weekend by finishing second and third in Saratoga's Grade I.

One Bad Boy wins Queen's Plate; 2017 Plate winner returns to win on same card

Sports News // 4 years ago

One Bad Boy wins Queen's Plate; 2017 Plate winner returns to win on same card

One Bad Boy came from California to win the Queen's Plate in Canada while the 2017 Plate winner takes a big race on the same card; Breeders' Cup qualifier in Florida and plenty of other weekend action.

UPI Horse Racing Roundup: Wonder Gadot wins Queen's Plate

Horse Racing // 5 years ago

UPI Horse Racing Roundup: Wonder Gadot wins Queen's Plate

Funtastic upsets the United Nations, Wonder Gadot takes the Queen's Plate, Midnight Bisou romps in the Mother Goose, and much more from this weekend's action.

UPI Horse Racing Roundup: Kentucky Derby slots locked up in Louisiana, Japan

Horse Racing // 6 years ago

UPI Horse Racing Roundup: Kentucky Derby slots locked up in Louisiana, Japan

Kentucky Derby slots locked up in Louisiana and Japan, Redzel and Gold Dream go down; much more weekend Thoroughbred racing action from around the world.

Weekend Preview: Kentucky Derby preps take center stage

Horse Racing // 6 years ago

Weekend Preview: Kentucky Derby preps take center stage

Kentucky Derby preps take center stage in weekend racing in the United States while the Breeders' Cup Challenge program gets under way in South Africa. Much more racing action.

UPI Horse Racing Roundup: Arrogate's richest win will reach far

Horse Racing // 7 years ago

UPI Horse Racing Roundup: Arrogate's richest win will reach far

Arrogate dominates Pegasus World Cup and both horse and race have bright futures; big Group 1 results in Hong Kong and South Africa; much more racing action from Florida to Texas to New Mexico to California

Arrogate dominates Pegasus; California Chrome bows out 9th

Horse Racing // 7 years ago

Arrogate dominates Pegasus; California Chrome bows out 9th

Arrogate validated his victory in the Breeders' Cup Classic with a convincing win over California Chrome.

Horse Racing // 7 years ago

Arrogate wins world's richest race; California Chrome finishes ninth, heads to stud

Arrogate, the world's top horse, wins the world's richest race Saturday at Gulfstream Park as U.S. Horse of the Year California Chrome struggles home ninth

California Chrome gets outside gate for $12 million Pegasus World Cup

Horse Racing // 7 years ago

California Chrome gets outside gate for $12 million Pegasus World Cup

California Chrome will start No. 12 in the world's richest race on Saturday at Gulfstream Park while nemesis Arrogate drew the rail for the big event.

Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream will be world's richest race

Horse Racing // 7 years ago

Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream will be world's richest race

$12 million Pegasus World Cup, with a $1 million "buy in", set to be world's richest Thoroughbred race

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These events represent the greatest hope for the renewal of the Thoroughbred racing business in America
UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup Aug 30, 2010

Frank Stronach, CM (born 6 September 1932) is an Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment.

Born as Franz Strohsack in the small town of Kleinsemmering, Styria, Austria to working-class parents, Stronach's childhood was marked by the Great Depression and the Second World War. At the age of 14, he left school to apprentice as a tool and die maker. In 1954, he arrived in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and later moved to the province of Ontario. He currently resides in Oberwaltersdorf, Austria and Aurora, Ontario.

He married Elfriede Sallmutter, also from Austria originally. They have two children: Belinda Stronach, a former Liberal (and previously Conservative) MP and former CEO of Magna, and Andrew Stronach, who is involved in thoroughbred horse racing, via the Adena Springs Farms breeding operations.

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