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Satish and Anne Sanan founded Padua Stables in 1997 with the purchase of their first 6 yearlings.  In early 1998 they purchased their farm in Ocala, FL and have focused on realizing their dreams of winning Grade 1 races across the country ever since.  Padua Stables owned Breeder’s Cup and Eclipse Award Champion Vindication and Breeder’s Cup winners Cash Run and Cajun Beat. They have had 2 previous runners in the Kentucky Derby with Exchange Rate in 2000 and Quinton’s Gold Rush in 2004.  The dreams and visions of Padua Stables continue to be realized with both Curlin and Any Given Saturday entered in the 2007 Kentucky Derby.  Padua Stables is also making dreams a reality with it’s breeding program, with stallions Vindication and Yes It’s True in Kentucky and stallions Exchange Rate, Proud Accolade, Delaware Township, Pico Central and Snow Ridge at their farm in Ocala, as well as breeding the world record selling $16 Million two year old The Green Monkey.

Satish Sanan is the Executive Chairman, President and CEO of Atlanta based, Zavata.  He currently serves as one Board of Directors for the Breeders’ Cup.  He serves as a current Breeder Cup Board of Trustees Member, previously serving on the Business Advisory Committee and Industry Advisory Committee. He was founder of the Alliance for Industry Reform (AIR) which has recently merged with the Horsemen’s Owner Protection Association (HOPA), is a member of the TOBA’s Sales Integrity Task Force, and currently serves on the TOBA’s Sales Integrity Task Force Monitoring Committee.

Satish Sanan is a highly regarded and established entrepreneur who founded his first company, IMRglobal, in 1988. He grew the company to over 3,000 employees and sold the company in 2001 to CGI, after which he continued on as the Vice Chairman and President of US and Asia Operations.  He was awarded the Ernst and Young Florida Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998, and a National Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1999. He was included in Sports Illustrated’s list of the 100 most influential people in American sports.

Satish and Anne are very fortunate to have Padua Stables become a family affair with daughter Nadia as Padua’s General Manager, and son Sasha as Padua’s Racing Manager.  Daughter Chemain works with Satish as Vice President of Zavata.