Jayson Werth
Founder & Partner
World Series Champion (2008, Philadelphia Phillies). 15-year MLB veteran. Founded Two Eight Racing in 2021, which raced 2024 Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch. Lifelong horseman and breeder.
Founders & Partners
The names on the silks.
Ken Kuykendall
Founder & Partner
Attorney and CPA. Longtime partner at a Big 4 accounting firm. Avid horse racing fan for 40+ years. Heads operations and partner reporting.
Ian Ritchie
Founder & Partner
CEO and owner of FullTime Fantasy Sports. Former EVP at Sports Illustrated, former SVP at Scout Media. Once the #1-ranked Fantasy Football player in the world. Brings the sports-media playbook to Icon's storytelling.
Jeff Berry
Founder & Partner
Senior advisor to the President of Baseball Operations, San Francisco Giants. Former Co-Head of CAA Baseball. Named by Forbes as one of the world's most powerful agents. Born and raised in Owensboro, KY — lifelong horse racing enthusiast.
Shawn Kelley
Partner
11-year MLB veteran. Louisville, KY native. Horse racing enthusiast. Host of Offtherail Media. Connects Icon to the player and Bluegrass communities.
The Conditioners
Trainers who win at this level.
Our horses train with conditioners chosen not for proximity but for results. They live at Keeneland, Churchill, Belmont, and Saratoga.
Whit Beckman
Trainer
Kentucky-based trainer with a string at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. Previously served as a top assistant to Hall of Fame trainer Chad Brown. Conditions a number of Icon Racing's 2-year-olds, and is part of the selection process at the sales — he helped evaluate every Sierra Leone yearling before it reached his barn.
Bill Mott
Trainer
Hall of Fame trainer, inducted in 1998 as the youngest conditioner ever elected. Trained two-time Horse of the Year Cigar through his 16-race win streak, Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer, and 2019 Kentucky Derby winner Country House. More than 5,000 career wins, with divisions at Belmont, Saratoga, Churchill Downs, and Payson Park.
Wesley Ward
Trainer
The first American trainer to win at Royal Ascot, and the sport's pre-eminent developer of precocious two-year-olds. A former Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jockey, he has since sent out multiple Royal Ascot winners including Lady Aurelia, No Nay Never, and Campanelle. Based at Keeneland and Churchill Downs. Trains Icon Racing's King of Belgium, and brought Sierra Leone its first purchase: the Loggins × Huckleberry colt, bought in partnership with Don't Tell My Wife Stables at Fasig-Tipton July.
Jeremiah Englehart
Trainer
New York–based trainer with multiple graded stakes wins. Operates primarily out of Belmont and Saratoga. Conditions a portion of Icon Racing's 2-year-olds.
Bloodstock
The eyes at the sales.
Legion Bloodstock is Icon Racing's agent of record at Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton, and OBS — vetting pedigrees, conformation, and under-tack work before we ever raise a hand.
Kristian Vallante
Legion Bloodstock
Partner at Legion Bloodstock. Evaluates and signs for Icon Racing at the Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton, and OBS sales, and led the bloodstock work on the eight-horse Sierra Leone book.
Travis Durr
Legion Bloodstock
Partner at Legion Bloodstock. Evaluates and signs for Icon Racing at the Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton, and OBS sales, and led the bloodstock work on the eight-horse Sierra Leone book. The Sierra Leone yearlings begin their training at Travis Durr Training Center in South Carolina.
Kyle Zorn
Legion Bloodstock
Partner at Legion Bloodstock. Evaluates and signs for Icon Racing at the Keeneland, Fasig-Tipton, and OBS sales, and led the bloodstock work on the eight-horse Sierra Leone book.
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Every partner gets time with the team — at the sales, in the barn, in the paddock. It's part of the deal.
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