Mr. Akers has been involved in all aspects of the thoroughbred industry for over 25 years after attending the University of Kentucky. Prior to forming Dapple Bloodstock, Mr. Akers and his wife, Sherry, created and built Dapple Advertising, specializing in promotional and gift products for companies of all sizes. During this time, Mr. Akers dedicated himself to pedigree and conformation analysis, equating his evaluations to economic value in the thoroughbred marketplace. His activities included thoroughbred portfolio management, bloodstock appraisals, consulting on bloodstock purchases and sales for clients to race and breed and stallion season management. As the industry surged during the 1990's, Mr. Akers founded Dapple Bloodstock to create racing syndications and to formalize his portfolio management, consulting, appraisal, rate of return products and purchase and sale activities. At the same time, Dapple acquired interests in broodmares and stallion seasons with the intent of owning and managing bloodstock alongside its growing client base.

Mr. Zeller graduated from Indiana University in 1976. He spent his entire career in the asset management industry with Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc. (acquired by The Zurich Financial Group in 1998 and subsequently acquired by Deutsche Asset management in 2002). In 2002 he joined Asset Allocation & Management Company in Chicago, IL, as President until his departure in early 2004 to join Dapple Bloodstock. During his career, Mr. Zeller was a portfolio manager, relationship manager and business unit manager at Scudder. Mr. Zeller has been involved in the thoroughbred industry since 1998 as an investor in racing syndicates, broodmares, foals and stallions. He is responsible for the day-to-day business activities of Dapple Bloodstock including marketing and sales, finance and accounting and general business management.

Ms. Brown, a Lexington native raised with riding horses, graduated from Lexington's Transylvania University in 1990. Her subsequent work in broadcast advertising eventually opened an attractive opportunity to market and develop programs in the Thoroughbred industry. In 1996 she was named Director of Marketing for the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association in which she traveled to race venues executing the non-profit New Owners Seminar Programs she marketed throughout the year. In 1998 Ms. Brown accepted an offer from Dapple Bloodstock with purpose marketing the various Dapple partnership opportunities and cultivating the new partnership clients.

Ms. Cravens, after a 12-year career in the telecommunications industry, followed her horse passion and operated a small hunter-jumper farm in the mid-1990's. After adding Thoroughbred boarders, she met Mike Akers and partnered on a race filly. Ms. Cravens came on board with Dapple Advertising in 2000 and crossed over to Dapple Bloodstock in 2002 to assist Mike with The Season Exchange. As Dapple has grown, Robin's responsibilities have expanded to include all areas of office management, as well as business relations with clients and service providers. She is an active dressage rider and was recently elected President of the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event Based in Lexington, KY.

Paul is a Lexington Thoroughbred owner and long time friend/associate of Dapple Bloodstock. Born and raised in New York, Paul spent his youth on the backside at Belmont, working for different Thoroughbred trainers at times including Mack Miller. A University of Tennessee graduate, and horseman by choice, his years with horses include polo ponies, show horses, and of course, Thoroughbreds.

Mark moved to Lexington in 1997 with the express goal of working in the horse industry. Given that chance by Ben Walden, Jr. at Vinery, he eventually became Controller in 1999. Most recently he has spent 4½ years at Pope McLean's Crestwood Farm.

His experience at two leading Kentucky horse farms gives Mark a chance to maximize his unique skill set with the recent acquisition of Dapple Stud. He manages all aspects of farm accounting in addition to 20+ LLC investment programs for Dapple.

A horse racing fan since the mid-'80s, Mark became interested in the breeding side from his weekly subscription to The Blood-Horse.