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Hot Rod Charlie beneath the Twin Spires at Churchill Downs, accompanied by his Hall of Fame stable pony, Lava Man
William Strauss owns one-quarter of Kentucky Derby contender Hot Rod Charlie, last-out winner of the Louisiana Derby, and garnered instant social-media fame due to an ecstatic TVG interview filmed after the 3-year-old colt s front-running victory at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
“I m an incredibly even-keel, non-emotional guy,” Strauss told the KHBPA s Jennie Rees earlier this week. “”I have a son that s 33 and a daughter that s 30, and even they were impressed by how I was trending on Twitter from that interview. I don t know where that came from. I had no idea I even had that in me. People are always telling me, Oh, we ve never seen you like that. Well, I ve never been like that.”
Kentucky Derby is family affair for Asmussens and O Neills
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About: Roadrunner Racing is a partnership headed by Greg Helm, a former advertising executive and current vice president of Desert Classic Charities. Patrick O’Neill is a 26-year-old Brown graduate and vice president for sales and strategic partnerships at Founder Sport Group. O’Neill, along with Brown University frat brothers and football teammates Eric Armagost, Dan Giovaccini, Reiley Higgins, and Alex Quoyeser, comprise Boat Racing. William Strauss was co-founder and CEO of Proflowers, an online floral boutique, and currently sits on the board of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. A resident of Del Mar, Calif., Strauss has found the winner’s circle as an owner with horses including The Pamplemousse, Turbulent Descent, and Mizdirection.