Biography of ahmed zayat

Joe Drape of The New York Times described Zayat as "controversial" and "one of the most successful and flamboyant owners in thoroughbred racing. About: Ahmed Zayat. At age 18, he moved to the United States where he attended college and ultimately obtained a master's degree in business and public health from Boston University. After a brief career in commercial real estate in New York City, he returned to Egypt, and for about a decade ran the Al-Ahram Beverages Company, which he owned as part of an investment group.

After the company was purchased by Heineken in , Zayat stayed on a few more years but also began investing in racehorses and established Zayat Stables in Upon returning to the United States for good in , he made his racing stables his full-time occupation, working with his son, Justin, to build the business. While generally successful with his race horses, Zayat's goal of winning the Kentucky Derby eluded him several times, including three second-place finishes, until his win with American Pharoah.

He also filed bankruptcy proceedings in when a bank called a note due and tried to foreclose on his horses.

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Zayat Stables successfully completed its Chapter 11 reorganization, but Zayat was next plagued by legal issues related to his penchant for betting large sums of money on horse racing. Nonetheless, Zayat generated considerable positive publicity on social media for his efforts to save his racehorse Paynter from life-threatening health problems, a successful struggle that earned the colt the NTRA Moment of the Year Award and Secretariat Vox Populi Award.

They have four children: Ashley, Justin, Benjamin, and Emma. Their eldest son, Justin, helps run the Zayat Stables operation, and their youngest, Emma, inspired the name of Littleprincessemma, dam of American Pharoah. Bay racehorse with rider in turquoise and yellow silks en Racing silks of turquoise with yellow polka dots, with a "Z" on the cap and at pocket en.

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