JOHN C. HARRIS TO BE HONORED BY EDWIN J. GREGSON FOUNDATION

Contact: Angie Carmona (626) 447-233

ARCADIA, Calif. (July 2, 2023) - The Edwin J. Gregson Foundation announces that it will host a charity fundraising dinner honoring Thoroughbred Owner and Breeder John C. Harris. The event will take place on Thursday, August 17, 2023, at The Inn at Rancho Santa Fe, in Rancho Santa Fe, CA, located just a few miles east of Del Mar Racetrack.

“We’re delighted to honor John, not only for the accomplishments of his Harris Farms Horse Division, one of the country’s leading racing stables and utmost influential owner/breeder operations, for which he has been inducted into the California Racing Hall of Fame,” says Jenine Sahadi, Foundation President, “we also acknowledge him for his many years of distinguished service to this industry as a California Horse Racing Board commissioner, board member of the Breeders’ Cup, Jockey Club, and the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.”

This dinner will mark twenty-three years of fundraising events for the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation. Among the Gregson Foundation’s past dinner honorees are trainers Richard Mandella, John Gosden, Bob Baffert, Jerry Hollendorfer and Art Sherman, in addition to such industry leaders as Ann and Jerry Moss, Mace and Samantha Siegel, and Joe and Barbara Harper. The Foundation has also saluted legendary jockeys Eddie Delahoussaye and Laffit Pincay, Jr., Mike Smith and Gary Stevens, and Victor Espinoza.

Proceeds of the event will be used for continued sponsorship of various educational and recreational programs to benefit California’s worthy backstretch workers and family members. These programs include provision of scholarship grants, English as a Second Language courses, community-focused family social events, sports and recreation activities and outings, and much more, for the workers in both Northern and Southern California.

Tickets for the event are $400 per person. This annual event has proven to sell out each year, and the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation encourages early purchase of tickets to assure attendance. Please contact Angie Carmona at (626) 447-2339 for further information or go to www.gregsonfoundation.com