Mike Levy

The latest installment of the 2026 OwnerView webinar series was held May 5 and featured a discussion of the different facets of owning a Thoroughbred farm, the online event said via a Friday press release. Guests included Nicole Hammond, owner and manager of December Farm; Bill Justice, founder of Justice Real Estate; Mike Levy, founder of Muirfield Insurance; and Gayle Van Leer, equine advisor and bloodstock agent. The event, hosted by The Jockey Club of America and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association, was presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland and...

The OwnerView Webinar series for 2025 kicked off Mar. 11 with a discussion of accounting, legal and insurance considerations affecting Thoroughbred owners. Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView, was the moderator of a panel that included Chapman Hopkins, chair of Stoll Keenon Ogden's Equine Litigation group; Joe Daugherty, public accountant for Dean Dorton, leading their equine tax practice; and Mike Levy, founder of Muirfield Insurance. A discussion of equine accounting, including tax changes and the implications on Thoroughbred ownership, kicked off the webinar. "The two questions you need to ask...

Michael Levy has been added to the Board of Directors of the The Thoroughbred Idea Foundation (TIF). Levy is the founder and president of Muirfield Insurance, a full-service equine insurance agency based in Lexington, Kentucky. Along with wife Meg, they own and operate Bluewater Farm and Bluewater Sales. Throughout his career, Levy has served on a variety of industry boards, including the American Graded Stakes Committee, Breeders' Cup and Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. "Mike brings a lifetime of experience to our board, and with it, a willingness to think...

She has all the modesty we expect in those who spend their lives with an animal as vigilant against human pride and presumption as the Thoroughbred. Perfectly happy, for instance, to tell you about the seven-figure yearling who ended up as a police horse. But if you really press Meg Levy to identify where she strives for an edge, she'll shrug her shoulders and suggest a single word: "intuition." One word, not two. Not "feminine intuition." If Bluewater Sales sell the top lot, then Levy is simply first among equals....