Horse Racing - 2026

One of the more accomplished owners in horse racing, Aron Wellman is currently President of Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. From age 8 through law school at age 24 he worked every summer for horse trainers. He was a multi-year 1st team CIF soccer player for Beverly Hills High School and graduated from UCSB after playing four years of Div. 1 soccer. He graduated from Southwestern Law School in 2002 while continuing his involvement in racing. Aron left the law in 2008 to become Vice President of Team Valor, whose horses won the Breeder’s Cup in 2010 and the Kentucky Derby in 2011.

He then founded Eclipse in late 2011, which has since won 174 Stakes, including 33 Grade 1’s with over $64 million in purse earnings. Eclipse had a 3rd-place finish with Danza in the 2013 Kentucky Derby and a 2nd-place result with Destin in the 2016 Belmont Stakes. Eclipse won the 2017 Belmont with Tapwrit and the 2025 Preakness with Journalism, who also placed at the Kentucky Derby and Belmont. Eclipse also has two prestigious Breeder’s Cup wins.

Aron serves on the boards of Belmont Child Care Association, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in addition to the Breeder’s Cup. Aron and wife Tayla live in Rancho Santa Fe with their daughter, Sadie, and son, Jack.