Trainer: Bobby Frankel

A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Frankel was inducted into racing's Hall of Fame in 1995 and has won the Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer five times, including four consecutive in 2000-2003; his banner season in 2003 included break the single-season earnings record ($19,143,289) and the single-season Grade 1 win record (25). He has trained nine champions, including 2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper, and his major clients include Prince Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farm and Edmund A. Gann. He captured his first Triple Crown race with Empire Maker, the sire of Country Star. He has won the Kentucky Oaks twice with Keeper Hill (1998) and Flute (2001).

Jockey: Rafael Bejarano

Bejarano, born June 23, 1982, in Peru, currently lives in Louisville. He went to the races as child in his home country, eventually attending that nation's riding school. Began riding in Peru in 1999, winning an apprentice title the same year. Came to the United States in May of 2002, beginning his U.S. riding career at River Downs in Cincinnati. While it took him about five months to win his first race, he's been a top rider on the Kentucky circuit ever since. He won the Churchill Downs 2004 Spring Meet title, as well as winning titles at Turfway Park, Kentucky Downs and Ellis Park. He capped his success in 2004, when he led the nation in wins with 455, 72 more than his closest pursuer. He currently is riding in New York, Florida and on the Kentucky circuit. 2005 was another banner year for the young Peruvian; he finished fourth nationally in earnings, with $14.4 million, capped by a victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (GI) aboard Intercontinental. Bejarano rode in his third Derby last year; he finished eighth in 2005 aboard Andromeda's Hero, ninth in 2006 aboard Point Determined, and eleventh in 2007 with Dominican.

Owner: Stonerside Stable

Stonerside is the farm and racing stable name of husband and wife Robert and Janice McNair; Houston, TX residents who own the NFL's Houston Texans, who began playing in 2002. Robert founded and subsequently sold in 1999 Cogen Technologies, a power generation business, for a reported $1.5 billion. The couple is involved in several community activist projects, particularly in Robert's hometown of Forest City, North Carolina. Their 1,947 acre farm, which they established in 1994, is located in Paris, Kentucky, adjacent to Claiborne Farm. They also own a training centers Aiken, South Carolina where 1993 Kentucky Derby winner Sea Hero was broken. They have campaigned 59 stakes winners, including the homebred Congaree, who finished third in the 2001 Derby; co-breeders of Fusaichi Pegasus (2000 winner); bred The Cliff's Edge (5th in 2004); co-owned (in McNairs' first racing entity, Rose Hill Stable) Strodes Creek (2nd in 1994); co-owned Corker (11th in 1996); co-owned Sort It Out (17th in 2005); and owned Bob and John (17th in 2006). They contested the Kentucky Oaks in 2005 with Sis City, who finished fourth.

Breeder: Stonerside Stable

Stonerside is the farm and racing stable name of husband and wife Robert and Janice McNair; Houston, TX residents who own the NFL's Houston Texans, who began playing in 2002. Robert founded and subsequently sold in 1999 Cogen Technologies, a power generation business, for a reported $1.5 billion. The couple is involved in several community activist projects, particularly in Robert's hometown of Forest City, North Carolina. Their 1,947 acre farm, which they established in 1994, is located in Paris, Kentucky, adjacent to Claiborne Farm. They also own a training centers Aiken, South Carolina where 1993 Kentucky Derby winner Sea Hero was broken. They have campaigned 59 stakes winners, including the homebred Congaree, who finished third in the 2001 Derby; co-breeders of Fusaichi Pegasus (2000 winner); bred The Cliff's Edge (5th in 2004); co-owned (in McNairs' first racing entity, Rose Hill Stable) Strodes Creek (2nd in 1994); co-owned Corker (11th in 1996); co-owned Sort It Out (17th in 2005); and owned Bob and John (17th in 2006). They contested the Kentucky Oaks in 2005 with Sis City, who finished fourth.