Four Roses Thoroughbreds

2009 Record: (112-16-19-14)

2009 Earnings: $556,255

2009 Win %: 14% In-The-Money %: 43%

Owner(s): Kassem Masri
Born: May 16, 1971 in Lebanon
Residence: Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Family: son Mahmoud
Education: Attended Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla.
Racing Background: Father Hussain trained Arabian horses in Lebanon … This early exposure to racing led Masri to the United States where he became an associate to Mahmoud Fustok of Buckram Oak Farm. He began to purchase and race Thoroughbreds in the U.S. at a young age
Breeding/Racing Operation: Raced under the name Three Roses Thoroughbreds prior to acquiring the assets of Buckram Oak in a private transaction following Fustok’s death in February 2006 … Top horse raced by Three Roses was Last Song, winner of the 2004 G2 Bonnie Miss Stakes at Gulfstream … Three Roses owned about 17 horses prior to Masri’s acquiring Buckram Oak’s assets and renaming the company Four Roses Thoroughbreds … Now owns more than 100 horses, including about 40 in training and about 28 horses at the farm … A 200-acre facility named Four Roses Training Center in Citra, Fla., and about 45 broodmares based in Kentucky under the supervision of Four Roses Kentucky manager Hanzly Albina. The broodmare band includes most of Buckram Oak’s top producers, including Russian Tango, the dam of graded winner Eurosilver … The majority of the broodmares were dispersed at Keeneland in November 2006 ... Most of his horses in training are based with Nick Zito, Richard Dutrow and Helen Pitts, although Four Roses uses Tom Albertrani and Larry Pilotti as well …Top horses in 2007 have been Silver Wagon and Diamond Stripes ... Silver Wagon won the G2 General George Breeders' Cup Handicap and the G1 Carter Handicap prior to finishing sixth in the G1 Met Mile, his final career start. Silver Wagon was offered as a stallion prospect at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November breeding stock sale, but he was listed as reserve not attained on final bid of $1 million. The multiple Grade 1 winner and millionaire will stand at Hurricane Hall in Lexington for $5,000 during the 2008 breeding season ... Diamond Stripes, a Classic contender, stamped his ticket to Monmouth with a breakthrough performance in the G2 Meadowlands Cup on Oct. 5. In his previous two races, he had finished third in the G1 Whitney and G1 Woodward at Saratoga ... Diamond Stripes, the first Breeders' Cup starter for Four Roses Thoroughbreds, finished eighth in the Classic ... Through Dec. 31, 2007, the stable was ranked 13th in North America with earnings of $2,969,978. In 2007, their runners won 46 of 255 starts.