Stronach Group at centre of best and worst of horse racing
The Stronach Group isn’t well known outside horse racing.
In the public eye, the big players are the likes of recent Triple Crown winners American Pharoah and Justify, trainer Bob Baffert and legendary horses Secretariat and Seattle Slew.
But few — if any — have had a bigger impact on the sport of late than the Stronach Group, led by Frank Stronach, Belinda Stronach and Tim Ritvo. They’re the movers and shakers of the Canadian company that has been at the centre of much of the good, the bad and the ugly of horse racing.
“No question the Stronach Group and the Stronach family invest in horse racing,” National Thoroughbred Racing Association president and CEO Alex Waldrop said. “They do invest heavily in the business, and you’ve got to acknowledge that and thank them for that.”