Gerson Racing

2007 Record: (88-15-8-17)

2007 Earnings: $396,819

2007 Win %: 17% In-The-Money %: 45%

Owner(s): Sean Gerson
Born: April 5, 1968 in Pomona, Calif.
Residence: Lake Forest, Calif.
Family: girlfriend Rachael; son Ben
Professional Background: Owner of Vaccination Services, a veterinary distribution company
Web site: http://gersonracing.com/index.php
Racing Background: Grew up going to the track with friends and his father owned a few horses in the early '80s with Ted West ... Went to the backside nearly every morning before school and watched the the horses workout ... Became hooked at a young age and even ran a tout service when he was 13, picking horses ... "The thing I most remember that pushed me into ownership was sitting at the outside rail of the paddock watching all the owners and wanting so much to be inside the paddock," Gerson said
Breeding/Racing Operation: Started as principal of a syndicate called G Racing, which consisted of 45 members who each owned at least one of 100 shares that cost $3,000 each ... First winner was a filly named Go Girl Go on November 6, 2002 at Hollywood Park. Go Girl Go is currently as a broodmare for Gerson ... First stakes win came in December, 2002, with Pocketfullofpesos, who won the Cal Breeders stakes at Santa Anita ... First grade 1 victory was with Star Over the Bay, who he claimed for $80,000 and who went on to win the G3 Sunset Handicap at Hollywood Park, G2 Del Mar Handicap and the G1 Clement L Hirsch at OakTree ... Star Over the Bay, who finished last in the Turf after setting a torrid pace, was Gerson's first Breeders' Cup starter ... Current stable star Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies contender Set Play, who he owns in partnership with Charleville Stable ... Met Walter and George Abt of Charleville Stable several years ago at the Ocala 2-year-olds in training sale and they hit it off so well they purchased a filly, She's Got Skills. They went back to the Ocala sale the following year and bought Set Play. Gerson usually purchases six or seven horses from that sale every year ... Since becoming a horse owner in 2002, Gerson has won 166 races from 685 starts.