SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Waves Edge Capital, Catherine Donovan, Tom Ryan, et al

The partnership of SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan features many central figures in the Thorougfhbred racing industry and teamed to win the 2024 FanDuel Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Presented by TAA with Citizen Bull, who subsequently was named the Eclipse Award winner as champion 2-year-old male.

SF Racing is the nom de course of Soros Fund Management billionaire investor George Soros. SF Racing and SF Bloodstock, are managed by Gavin Murphy, a New York-based Australian, while Christopher Naunton is the president of SF Bloodstock and SF Racing. Horses in the SF stable are each owned in individual multiple partnerships with some of the sport’s biggest operations. SF racing campaigned Breeders' Cup Classic, Kentucky Derby, and Haskell winner Authentic, and also owned Improbable, who took the Whitney Stakes, the Awesome Again Stakes, and the Hollywood Gold Cup Gold Cup. Those horses lead a long roster of stakes winners owned in partnership by SF Racing. 

Starlight Racing is the racing operation of longtime racing fans Jack and Laurie Wolf. The Wolfs and partners have campaigned a number of high-profile runners, including Harlan's Holiday, the two-time champion filly Ashado, champion and undefeated 2-year-old, Shanghai Bobby, Triple Crown winning superstar Justify, and 2020 Horse of the Year Authentic, among many others. The Wolfs also started StarLadies Racing in 2013, an all-ladies, all-fillies racing syndicate.

Madaket Stables is one of several racing operations over the years for businessman and philanthropist Sol Kumin. Kumin's Madaket Stables was part owner of Triple Crown winner Justify as well as horses such as Exaggerator, Lady Eli, and Monomoy Girl, just to name a few.  

Barbara Banke, the widow of Stonestreet Stables founder Jess Jackson, now operates both the stable and the family winery, Jackson Family Wines, after Jackson's death in 2011. Banke is a UCLA and Hastings Law School graduate who formerly practiced land use and constitutional law. Stonestreet is best known for campaigning 2007 and 2008 Horse of the Year Curlin and 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra.

Determined Stables, Robert E. Masterson, Tom J. Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan have teamed with SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables regularly in recent years and achieved success with runners such as the aforementioned champion Citizen Bull, 2023 Preakness winner National Treasure, 2024 Santa Anita Handicap winner Newgate, and many other graded stakes winners.