Marc Keller

2009 Record: (91-15-12-8)

2009 Earnings: $1,122,313

2009 Win %: 16% In-The-Money %: 38%

Born: January 26, 1943, Bronx, N.Y.
Residence: New York City
Family: children, Jennifer and Gregory; stepchildren, Alexandra and Nicholas
Education: B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.B.A. in finance, Stanford University
Professional Background: After graduation worked for Boeing, near Seattle, Wash., before returning to New York where he worked first for the investment banking firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co., then Mitchell Hutchins ... Formed Delphi Asset Management in 1980, which was acquired by IBJ Whitehall Bank & Trust in 1998. That in turn, became part of Atlantic Trust where Keller currently is managing director ... Serves on the Board of Directors for the Belmont Child Care Association, a non-profit formed to address the need for child care at New York area racetracks ... Trustee and Head of Finance Committee for the Backstretch Pension Fund ... Serves on Board of Directors for Partial Comfort Production, a theatre company in Manhattan, as well as the After-School All-Stars of New York City
Racing Background: Went to the races as a child. Borrowed money and bought his first racehorse in 1976. Built his stable up to 25 horses by the mid-1980s. Raced New York allowance horse Elegant Life in partnership with trainer Harry Brice in the late ’70s and early ’80s ... Other early successes include Qualique and Doblique. Bought Qualique for $25,000. She won the 1983 Demoiselle and is the second dam of dual Classic winner Afleet Alex ... Bought Doblique for $20,000, who finished second to Sabin in the 1984 Matchmaker at Atlantic City ... In 1991, left racing to focus on his investment business ... Re-entered racing as an owner when he bought Grand Couturier in France in April 2006
Breeding/Racing Operation: Has a stable of 30 horses in the United States and Europe, 15 of which are in training with Bob Ribaudo in the U.S. ...He also has 2-year-olds and yearlings with Junior Serna at Lambholm South Farm in Ocala, Fla. ... Grand Couturier, one of six European runners purchased by Keller in 2006, won his first start for his new connections in the Derby du Midi in Bordeaux, France ... Keller became convinced of the horse's quality less than two months later when the son of Grand Lodge finished fourth by 2 1/4 lengths in the Juddmonte Grand Prix de Paris to Rail Link, Red Rocks and Sudan. Rail Link subsequently won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and Red Rocks won the 2006 Breeders' Cup Turf as a 3-year-old ... Grand Couturier has found a home at Saratoga, where he has won the grade 1 Sword Dancer in 2007 and 2008. The 5-year-old horse’s victory in the 2008 Sword Dancer earned him a spot in the Breeders’ Cup Turf through the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series ... “I wish NYRA would run the Sword Dancer two or three times a year,” Keller said. “It was such a thrill to win a race like that twice in a row. You just don’t expect to do something like that.” ... Grand Couturier followed up with a win in the G1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic. ... Grand Couturier, who was sixth in the 2007 Turf, was the first Breeders' Cup starter to race in Keller's purple and green colors ... Keller also won a listed stakes in France this year with Mr Dob.