Edwin J. Gregson Foundation
Board of Directors

The Edwin J. Gregson Foundation has been in existence for less that four years, and in each of those years, it has been able to increase its funding and its support for scholarships and other important programs. During the past year, the Foundation made a commitment to increase industry involvement by expanding its Board of Directors to include non-trainer members who are dedicated to improving the quality of life for backstretch workers and their family members. We are pleased to introduce these members of our Board and we are grateful for their time and efforts.

JENINE SAHADI - President
President of California Thoroughbred Trainers and President of the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation. She has been head of the Gregson Foundation since July 2001, finds it a highly worthwhile cause, and has been particularly motivated by its role in providing financial help in college for children of stable workers.

Since obtaining her trainer's license in 1993, she has already achieved several significant firsts. She became the first female trainer to win a Breeders' Cup race, with Lit de Justice in the 1996 Sprint. She is the only female trainer to win two Breeders' Cup races, repeating in the Sprint in 1997 with Elmhurst. She became the first female trainer to win the Santa Anita Derby with The Deputy in 2000. She is also the leading female trainer in career earnings.

Daughter of prominent California breeders Fred and Helen Sahadi, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in journalism/communications and worked for seven years in the marketing and publicity departments at Hollywood Park before turning to the backstretch. She currently trains 20 horses at Santa Anita.

F. JACK LIEBAU, JR.
Has been a thoroughbred owner and breeder for more than 20 years. He also volunteers on the board overseeing California's $30 million pension plan for backstretch workers, and is a director of the NTRA-PAC Board.

Liebau is the founder and President of Liebau Asset Management Co., LLC in Pasadena, California, an investment management firm. A graduate of Phillips Academy (Andover) and Stanford University, Liebau serves as a director and past President of The Andover Abbot Association of Southern California. He worked in The White House Press Office of George H.W. Bush.

Liebau and his wife, Carol, live in San Marino, California.

EDDIE DELAHOUSSAYE
Hall of Fame jockey is making the transition from riding star to bloodstock agent. Learning about pedigrees and attending sales, he hopes to remain in touch with the sport buying and consulting, as well as being a minor owner and breeder.

The jockey characterized as having ice water flowing through his veins retired on January 13, 2003, after riding 6,380 winners, eleventh on the all-time list from 39,201 mounts for purse earnings of $195,801,624. He won the Kentucky Derby in consecutive years aboard Gato del Sol for Eddie Gregson in 1982 and Sunny's Halo for David Cross Jr. in 1983. He also won the 1988 Preakness and Belmont stakes with Risen Star and the 1992 Belmont with A.P. Indy en route to Horse of the Year honors. He also won seven Breeders' Cup races: with A.P. Indy, Princess Rooney, Hollywood Wildcat, Pleasant Stage, Thirty Slews, Cardmania, and Prized.

Born into a Louisiana racing family, he rode quarter horses and mixed breeds at 10 before turning to thoroughbreds. He broke his maiden at Evangeline Downs in 1968 and went on to riding titles at Fair Grounds, Keeneland, Arlington Park, and Churchill Downs before moving west in 1979. He continued with titles at Santa Anita, Oak Tree, Hollywood Park, and Del Mar. He was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1993. He also won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award and is a member of both the Fair Grounds Hall of Fame and Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.

GAIL GREGSON
Gail Gregson, widow of Eddie Gregson, has been a member of the foundation named in his memory for five years. "We are very interested in speaking with people on the backside and finding those who will benefit from the scholarships," she said. Gregson, who lives in Leucadia, also served two terms on the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association board from 2000-2006 and has been a member of the California Thoroughbred Foundation for the past four years. Her main area of interest while serving the CTBA were in sales and education.

Gregson was born in San Francisco but grew up in Bernardsville, N.J. She was frequently around horses since her mother was involved in fox hunting. Gregson later attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia. After graduation, she became involved in the racing industry by breaking yearlings in Middleburg, Va. She also worked for Nancy Lee in pedigrees.

Gregson moved to California in 1969 at the suggestion of a friend, Bill Perry. "Bill knew Tom Pratt, who got me a job galloping with John Canty, and that's where I met Eddie," said Gregson.

The couple married that year in Northern California and in 1970 had twin daughters, Brooke and Esme. The Gregsons later moved to Santa Monica.

Gregson remained active with racing after marriage through show horses and ultra-sound therapy. "Eddie did evolve," she said of her late husband. "He went from Kentucky-breds to becoming active with the CTBA and California breeders. "He was concerned about the trend toward more and more medication," she added. "He believed in the breed: not manufacturing them. He was a student of pedigrees: what racing is all about. It fascinated him."

ED HALPERN
Executive Director and General Counsel of California Thoroughbred Trainers since 1999, a position he described as a perfect amalgamation of his backgrounds in law, business, and horse racing. A Los Angeles native, he spent much of his youth around horses at a ranch in Canoga Park, riding in local shows and going to the races. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in finance in 1964 and earned a degree in law from Boalt Hall at the University of California at Berkeley in 1967. He entered private practice in 1971 in Santa Monica, practicing law and starting a real estate development and management company.

During the 1970's, he became involved with harness horses at Hollywood Park and bred, raised and broke standardbreds at his home in Malibu. In 1989, he took out his thoroughbred trainer's license and has trained a small stable since. An owner and breeder, he currently trains four thoroughbreds.

LEIGH ANN HOWARD
Although busy with a large variety of industry duties, she still finds time to train a couple of thoroughbreds that she owns at San Luis Rey Downs. A licensed trainer since 1983, she is General Manager of San Luis Rey Downs Thoroughbred Training Center and General Manager of Valley Creek Farm. She is past President of California Thoroughbred Trainers and a member of the CTT Backstretch Employee Cash Balance Pension Plan Administrative Committee. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Edwin Gregson Foundation.

In addition, she is on the Board of Directors of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, where she serves as Education Committee Chairman. She is also the chairman of the board and immediate past president of the California Thoroughbred Farm Managers Association; the Government Relations Liaison of the Bonsall Chamber of Commerce; and a board member of the Piedra Foundation, the Groom Elite Program, and the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Agricultural Industry Advisory Committee.

SARAH KELLY
My husband, John Kelly, and I got into the spot of racing in 1997. We started out with two fillies and our trainer was Eddie Gregson. Eddie became a wonderful mentor and friend for us in the thoroughbred business.

We now have horses in Kentucky, California, Ireland, and Australia, with runners at a variety of tracks.

We have totally enjoyed our involvement in racing and the friendships that we have made. One of our greatest pleasures, however, is seeing our broodmares and foals in the fields at our farm in Rancho Santa Fe.

I am looking forward to serving on the Edwin J Gregson Foundation and I am hopeful that our Board will be able to help many children of backstretch workers reach their educational goals.

BEVERLY LEWIS
Beverly is continuing the stable that she and her late husband, Bob, elevated to the highest level of racing in the United States from 1990 to 2006. Bob passed away on Feb. 17, 2006, at age 81, but she is still campaigning with the assistance of her son, Jeff. The green and yellow silks of the University of Oregon, where the Lewises met, still find their way into the winner's circle. Beverly won her first stakes race since Bob's death when Point Determined captured the Affirmed Handicap at Hollywood Park in June 2006.

Beverly was at her husband's side as they crowned champions Charismatic, Orientate, Serena's Song, Silver Charm, Timber Country, and homebred Folklore. The couple was recognized as much as racing ambassadors of good will as one of the most successful owners in the sport. But statistics only tell part of the story. The Lewises were honored with an Eclipse Award of Merit in 1997 for support and personal commitment to the industry. In 2005, the couple was feted at the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation benefit, hosted by California Thoroughbred Trainers.

Beverly was cited individually at Arlington Park in 2005 as the winner of the Penny Chenery Distinguished Woman in Racing Award. On April 11, 2007, she was also proclaimed as an Outstanding Woman in Horse Racing by California Senator Bob Margett at ceremonies hosted by Santa Anita.

PATRICIA GREGSON MILLINGTON
Although I am not involved in horse racing, my one qualification for being on the Board would be as Eddie's sister. We were both raised with thoroughbred horses on The Conejo Ranch, which was Eddie's inspiration to continue this passion as his life's focus.

I ran a ranch in Idaho for 35 years, kept mares in foal, and once raised a colt for Eddie that he took to the track. "Dante's Inferno" won his first race. I am honored to serve on the Board to help Eddie's dream come true of education for the backstretch employees.

ANDREW RICHARDS
Andrew Richards is a Managing Director and Co-Founder of Swander Pace Capital. Founded in 1996, the firm focuses on buyouts in the consumer products industry. Mr. Richards sits on the board of numerous SPC portfolio companies and is currently the Chairman of Nonni's Food Company, the manufacturer of Nonni's biscotti, New York Style bagel chips, and Mrs. Field's Cookies; Frozen Specialties, Inc., a manufacturer of frozen pizza; and ST Specialty Foods, a manufacturer of dry pasta dinner mixes. Previously, he was a Vice President with William E. Simon & Sons where he directed the firm's investment program in consumer products. Earlier in his career he was an investment banker with Paine Webber, Inc. where he specialized in emerging growth companies. In 1987, he served as an Executive Staff member of the President Task Force on Market Mechanisms, the commission that studied the 1987 stock market crash.

Mr. Richards received an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB cum laude in fine arts from Harvard University. He is a Trustee of the Newark Museum where he sits on the Acquisitions Committee.

SAMANTHA SIEGEL
Samantha has owned horses with her parents, Jan and Mace, since 1984. She currently manages the family racing operation that runs under Jay Em Ess Stable. They have 68 horses in training to run in California, New York, and Kentucky.

Eddie Gregson trained many winners for Jan, including Ardiente, winner of the 1979 Del Mar Handicap. The family campaigned many stakes horses, including champion 2-year-old Declan’s Moon and Grade I stakes winners Stormy but Valid, Urbane, I Believe in You, and I Ain’t Bluffing. They also own 2007 Strub stakes winner Arson Squad.

In the past, Samantha has served on the board of the California Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association (CHBPA) and is currently on the board of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA).