Owner Brad Kelley was born in Franklin, Ky. and lives in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tenn. He graduated from Franklin-Simpson High School and founded Commonwealth Tobacco, a producer of discounted cigarettes, in 1990.

            In 2001, Kelley sold his company for $1 billion and invested in 1.2 million acres of real estate in Texas, Florida and New Mexico. An avid wildlife conservationist, he has spent millions of dollars for the cause.

            Bluegrass Hall is the racing arm of the Kelley-owned Hurricane Hall breeding farm in Lexington, Ky.

            Just days before the 2012 Kentucky Derby, Kelley announced that he was leasing the 800-acre Calumet Farm to serve as the new home of his Bluegrass Hall and Hurricane Hall racing and breeding operations.

            Founded in 1924, the farm was put up for sale by the children of the late Henryk de Kwiatkowski, who bought the farm at auction in 1992 and restored the property.

            Richard Santulli is former chairman of NetJets, a fractional corporate jet ownership company and currently serves as CEO of Milestone Aviation Group, an aircraft financing company.

            After beginning his career at Shell Oil Co., Santulli worked from 1969-79 as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs & Co. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied mathematics and operations research from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.

            A steward of The Jockey Club, trustee of the New York Racing Association and member of the Breeders’ Cup Board of Directors, Santulli, 68, has campaigned several stakes winners including Safely Kept, who captured the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Sprint and earned that year’s Eclipse Award as champion sprinter.