Starlight Partners The nom de course of Jack and Laurie Wolf, Starlight Stables has been a major force since 2000, when they bought six yearlings, one of whom turned out to be Harlan’s Holiday, the Florida Derby, Blue Grass and Donn Handicap winner and favorite for the 2002 Kentucky Derby, in which he finished sixth. The $67,000 yearling purchase went on to finish fourth in the Preakness and to compile earnings of $3.6 million when he was retired to stud.

A graduate of Murray St., where he was a scholarship football player, Jack was an Atlanta-based hedge-fund manager who retired to spend more time with his racehorses. In addition to Harlan’s Holiday, their silks were carried by future Hall of Fame racemare Ashado, winner of seven Grade 1s.