Background
The son of a grocer who was murdered when Barry was twenty-one-years old, Schwartz grew up in a one-bedroom apartment in The Bronx.
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Barry Schwartz
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Career
In 2001, the New York Turf Writers" Association voted him that year"s Alfred G. Vanderbilt Award as The Person Who Did the Most Foreign Racing. He served as Chairman of the New York Racing Association from 2000 to 2004. Since 1979 he has owned Stonewall Farm, a 750-acre (30 km2) horse farm in Granite Springs, New York in the Pocantico Hills, formerly a Rockefeller family estate.
Membership
A member of The Jockey Club, Barry Schwartz has been an active owner in Thoroughbred horse racing since 1978 and has raced a number of horses. Among Schwartz"s hobbies, he is a stamp collector and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Philatelic Foundation in New York City.
