Peter Grandich, a sportsman and horse owner whose Trinity
Financial Sports and Entertainment Management Company ,www.trinityfsem.com provides
insurance and estate planning services to professional athletes. He began
his Grandich Letter in 1984 and now several million words later he has authored
two books on topics related to finance, faith and the economy.
Grandich , a Wall Street veteran, is currently the owner of
five harness horses and one of his trainers, “Irish” Joe Hanney, will be among
the participants in the event. One of Grandich’s horses, trotter Orange
BiGi, was a recent 1:57.3 winner at Yonkers Raceway.
Grandich has been called the Wall Street Whiz Kid by ABCs
Good Morning America, has been a Market Strategist, managed four hedge funds
and a mutual fund that bore his name. Peter, along with his wife Mary, will be
in the winner’s circle on Wednesday afternoon, March 13 to congratulate
and make the presentation to the winning driver of the race.
“It’s my pleasure to be involved in Monticello
Raceway’s St. Paddy Pace,” Grandich said. “Even though I’m not of Irish decent
my wife was born and raised in County Offaly Ireland. We were married there in
1981 and have visited dozens of times.
“And besides, one of my trainers is (Irish) Joe Hanney from
Dublin, Ireland. So with him in the race I also wanted to be a part
of it. But I think Monticello’s races for different ethnicities is an
interesting twist on racing.”
Although the drivers for the St. Paddy Pace are yet to be
finalized among those expected to join “Irish” Joe Hanney are
former event winners, Jimmy Marohn, Jr., Jimmy Taggart, Jr. , John Mc
Dermott and Mike Doherty.
“We already have a good nucleus of talent for our St. Paddy
Pace but we will still need eight drivers for a full field,” noted track
director of racing, Eric Warner.
Any driver of Irish extraction who is interested in
competing is urged to contact Warner in the race office at Monticello
Raceway by calling 845-794-4100 extension 557; or they can contact the track’s
publicity office at ext. 455.
