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<\/a><\/p>\nDoyle, then a teenager, watched in awe. He left Belmont Park knowing he had discovered a new passion in racing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got hooked,\u201d he said. \u201cI fell in love with it.\u201d<\/p>\n
It says much about Doyle that he did not wager on the race. \u201cThere wasn\u2019t any money to be made,\u201d he explained. Secretariat, an overwhelming favorite, returned 20 cents on a $2 wager.<\/p>\n
Doyle, who grew up on Long Island and received his undergraduate degree from Pace University, has always been about big returns. \u201cI have a propensity for numbers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Now retired at age 67, he turned that propensity into a highly successful career in the world of investing. He founded two financial companies, Kinetics Asset Management and KatieRich Asset Management.<\/p>\n
Doyle and his wife, Karen, have two children, Katherine and Richard. Their devotion to them is reflected in the KatieRich name. Beyond that, they race under KatieRich Stables.<\/p>\n
Doyle rose from someone who hitchhiked to Belmont Park and hopped the fence to have an extra $2 to wager to become a horse owner and breeder on a large scale. He purchased his first horse, Bad Whiskey, in 1990. Bad Whiskey won his first race in commanding fashion only to have his brief career end abruptly with a leg injury, underscoring how challenging racing can be.<\/p>\n
Doyle was undeterred. His operation has grown over time to approximately 100 horses. May Day Ready is the leader of the pack. She is a three-year-old that placed second in the prestigious Breeders\u2019 Cup Juvenile Turf last year and has already earned $1,050,025.<\/p>\n
He is particularly proud of breeding Instilled Regard and selling him for a whopping $1,050,000. Instilled Regard went on to finish fourth in the 2018 Kentucky Derby. He also bred Lady Apple and owned her in partnership through a distinguished racing career highlighted by her third-place finish in 2019 in the Kentucky Oaks, the companion race to the Kentucky Derby for three-year-old fillies.<\/p>\n
Doyle learned long ago to deal with the extremes of emotion that are so much a part of racing. \u201cYou miss, you miss, you miss and then you hit and you\u2019re on top of the world,\u201d he said. \u201cYou wait for the big horse.\u201d<\/p>\n
Joe Lee, who trains May Day Ready for KatieRich Stables, praised Doyle for his ownership style. \u201cHe likes to be informed on how things are going, but he lets you do your thing,\u201d Lee said. \u201cYou do your job and he\u2019ll stand behind your decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doyle plunged into the breeding end in a big way in 2007. He purchased a 330-acre cattle farm in Midway, Ky., in 2007 that he and Karen named, of course, KatieRich Farms. He has approximately 30 broodmares on that lush acreage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy the sales as much, if not more, than the racing,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you breed a horse and sell it for a million dollars (think Instilled Regard), that\u2019s a lot of fun. It\u2019s like winning a Grade 1 race. You breed it, you take care of it and you\u2019re rooting for the guy who buys it.\u201d<\/p>\n
While he has never witnessed another Secretariat, the racing scene continues to captivate him. \u201cI love the people in the game,\u201d he said. \u201cThey really are characters. You have billionaires hanging out with grooms. It\u2019s kind of a neat industry in that way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doyle briefly considered pursuing a stake in a team in one of the major professional sports leagues before deciding to pass. He has enough of a thrill every time one of his horses goes to the starting gate or whenever a foal arrives, creating new hope.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is my team,\u201d Doyle said contentedly.<\/p>\n
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