Three join Racing Museum Board of Trustees

Sports Staff SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. » Jimmy Bell, Christopher Boehning and G.D. Hieronymus have been appointed to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Board of Trustees. The appointments were announced by Gretchen Jackson, president of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Bell is the president of Godolphin America, a position he has held since 2001. During his tenure, he has overseen the careers of Sheikh Mohammed’s many American-based Grade 1 winners, including Bernardini, It’s Tricky, Cocoa Beach, Music Note, Alpha, Questing and Better Lucky, among others. Prior to his position with Godolphin America, Bell was the president and general manager of Jonabell Farm and a director of Cromwell Bloodstock Agency and Cromwell Insurance Agency.

Boehning, who was previously on the Museum’s advisory board, is a Partner in the litigation department at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. His practice includes commercial and civil litigation matters, insurance counseling and litigation, criminal and regulatory inquiries, internal investigations and international arbitrations.

Hieronymus is the director of broadcast services for Keeneland, a position he has held since July of 2000. His roles include producing and directing live coverage of racing and sales for Keeneland and for local, regional and national TV networks. He designed the first highdefinition control room for a thoroughbred racetrack in North America and has directed awardwinning commercials for multiple advertising agencies and horse farms. In 2004, he was awarded an Eclipse Award, for television achievement. In 2014, his broadcast department at Keeneland was recognized with its seventh International Simulcast Award for outstanding racing live production from the Thoroughbred Racing Association.