MeB Racing, Brooklyn Boyz, Teresa Viola, St Elias, Siena Farm and West Point

MeB Racing, Brooklyn Boyz, Teresa Viola, St. Elias, Siena Farm and West Point Thoroughbreds is the ownership group that campaigns 2017 Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming.

Four of the six entities are with Brooklyn, N.Y., connections. Childhood friends Anthony Bonomo and Vincent Viola operate as Brooklyn Boyz and St. Elias, respectively. MeB Racing is MaryEllen Bonomo, wife of Anthony, and Teresa Viola is Vincent's wife. Bonomo spent his career as an attorney, while Viola graduated from West Point Academy and later made a career in financial services and trading. He also owns the NHL's Florida Panthers. 

West Point Thoroughbreds is a syndicate headed by Terry Finley, with an ownership group for Always Dreaming that includes retired legendary racecaller Tom Durkin. Viola often partners in racehorse ownership with fellow West Point alum Finley.

Siena Farm is co-owned by Anthony R. Manganaro, Ignacio "Nacho" Patino and David T. Pope. Manganaro is a businessman who built companies including commercial real estate firm Siena Corporation, self-storage company ezStorage Corporation and medical supply distributor Boston Medical Corporation. Mexico native Patino came to the U.S. at age 16 and started working as a Thoroughbred groom, eventually working his way up and operating his own boarding and sales company. Pope worked as a corporate tax manager before moving to Kentucky to work as controller of former Gov. Brereton Jones' Airdrie Stud.