Edouard de Rothschild has been voted president of France-Galop, according to Jour de Galop. Rothschild, who had previously served in that post from 2003-2011, selected two vice presidents: Jean d'Indy for jumps racing and Jean-Pierre Colombu for flat racing.
Rothschild, whose stable includes this year's dual Group 1-winning miler Esoterique (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), studied law in Paris and business at New York University. He worked as an investment banker in London and Paris before co-founding Rothschild & Cie. Banque in 1987. Rothschild left that business in 2003 and in 2005 he became the major shareholder of the French daily newspaper Liberation. Rothschild is also involved with his family's winery, Chateau Lafite, as well as his family's stud farm, Haras de Meautry, in Normandy.
France Galop also elected its board of directors Tuesday. They are, according to Jour de Galop, Charles- Henri de Moussac, Guillaume de Saint-Seine, Christiane Head-Maarek, Loïc Malivet, Georges Rimaud, Jean-Baptiste Andreani, Axelle de Negro Watrigant, Marcel Chaouat, Hubert Tassin, Jean d'Indy, Jean-Pierre Colombu and Edouard Rothschild.
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