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Gale S. Brophy
Horses are Her Love, Charities are Her Passion |
Today’s economy has hurt both businesses
and charities. Many businesses,
individuals and foundations who were
strong supporters of charitable
organizations are unable or unwilling to
continue to do so. at least at previous
levels.
Gale S. Brophy,
however, shines through this season as
an
astute entrepreneur as well as a
philanthropic leader. In fact she
received the palm Beach 2008
Entrepreneurial and Philanthropy
Award from Black Tie International in
November. Gale’s passion
and energy are unsurpassed in everything
she does. She has
become an icon of elite new York and
palm Beach society.
Gale divides her time between her home
in Palm Beach,
apartment in Manhattan, her estate and
two horse farms in the
Catskill mountains of upstate New York
while running a thriving
thoroughbred horse racing and breeding
business that is in the
process of going global. In between home
and business, she also
manages to find time for her charities
while enjoying a full
social calendar.
As the owner and manager of one of the
leading thoroughbred
breeding operations in New York state,
and enjoying the win of
the Kentucky Derby with Strike the Gold
in 1991, Gale’s
reputation in the industry garners the
utmost respect from her
peers. She is a regular guest at the
Kentucky Derby and Royal
Ascot each year, and of High Highness
Sheikh Mohammad Al Bin
Makhtoum, the ruler of Dubai at the
Dubai World Cup, the
richest horse race in the world. The
internationally renowned
horse racing corporation GSB Racing and
Breeding, has been
breeding, training and racing
thoroughbreds since the early 1980’s
when Gale launched her first farm in
Palm Beach Polo and
Country Club.
Gale used her expertise and extensive
knowledge of horses to
establish her first horse farm, “Runaway
South”, which was one
of the largest facilities in the area.
Originally involved in show
jumping and polo, Gale quickly fell in
love with the “Sport of
Kings”. Thirty-six Red was the first
thoroughbred acquisition of
Runaway South. He was broke and trained
by one of Gale’s polo
players, Rob Walton, and went on to earn
more than $1 million in
the late 80’s and early 90’s. Gale soon
determined that there was a
critical need for a state-of-the-art
C.E.M. quarantine facility in the
region. She set one up at Runaway South,
which at that time was
one of only two such operations in South
Florida.
Gale sold Runaway South in 2001 and
redirected her interests
toward investing in the New York
thoroughbred racing program
and establishing a New York breeding
facility. The generous
Breeder’s Awards and Stallion Awards
incentive programs
offered by New York Racing Authority (NYRA-
www.nyra.com
)
opened a wonderful opportunity to run
her business out of her
1000 acre family estate in the
Catskills. “I saw a tremendous
opportunity for money to fall from the
skies with the residual
awards from a horse without feeding it,
owning it or taking care
of it! Now even through tough economic
times the NYRA program
has stayed strong and will get even
stronger with the advent
of VLT’s (video lottery terminals)
coming online at Aqueduct and
across the state.” Four years ago she
expanded GSB Racing &
Breeding by purchasing a nearby farm
with more than 250 acres.
Today her thorough understanding of
promoting and marketing
her businesses has made her operations
worth millions of dollars.
And she’s not slowing down. GSB racing &
Breeding is
currently expanding in two areas: Horse
Racing Partnerships
and Stallion Operations. Gale’s plan for
the Horse Racing
Partnerships is to drastically increase
GSB’s presence at
thoroughbred race tracks by using her
expertise to acquire
winning horses at good market values due
to today’s prices.
As she was overheard saying recently, “I
really want to win the
Kentucky Derby again. Other than the
birth of my son, that was
the biggest thrill in my life! This is
the perfect market to acquire
great horses and, hopefully, find
winners.”
With increased emphasis on racing Gale
is looking forward to
not just attending The World Cup in
Dubai, but racing in it.
According to the Dubai World Cup
official program she has been
named the U.S. link to the A.E. for
horse breeding and racing.
Obviously Gale
Brophy has strong
relationships with everyone
connected to the thoroughbred horse
racing
industry there.
Now is also the perfect time to expand
GSB breeding operations
to include stallions. Again, current
market prices, increased
incentives from NYRA, the fact that New
York has a huge void
of quality stallions, plus GSB has one
of the top three thoroughbred
farms in the state, and Gale’s stellar
reputation all provide
for the perfect opportunity for positive
growth. There is no doubt
that Gale S.
Brophy knows
horses, expertly reads the market,
and is always ahead of the curve in
business.
However, Gale’s true passion is her
charity work. Even though
she is most comfortable in her cowboy
hat and blue jeans while
driving her truck, she shines in ball
gowns for black tie affairs.
From New York to Palm Beach she is known
for devoting her
efforts and boundless energy to helping
others. Her list of
charitable achievements is quite long
from founding and chairing
the Red Cross Polo Luncheon from 1991 to
1999 to founding and
chairing the ADT Championship gala at
Mar-a-Lao Club in Palm
Beach from 2004 to 2008. She has been
honored at multiple
events and has received numerous awards
for her philanthropy
for raising millions of dollars for
charities. According to Gale,
“I strongly believe in giving back and
that what is freely given to
others comes back one-hundred-fold. God
has truly blessed me
with such abundance and success and
there is always great need
in our community. And I get so much joy
from helping others!”
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With an
impressive track record and Midas touch, Gale,
America’s pioneering business-woman-is guaranteed to
leave her indelible mark on everything she touches.
For more information please see
www.gsbracing.com
or call
561-714-0338 |
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