Jockeys and Jeans Founding Members
Darrell Brown
Reverend Eddie Donnally
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Eddie is the only professional horse jockey to have won an Eclipse Award for Newspaper Writing and one who has been a television show producer, racing show host, certified fund raiser, ordained minister and hospital and hospice chaplain. A jockey for 20-years, he rode in some 10,000 races at 54 tracks, winning an estimated 1,200. He was once indicted for sports bribery and left the Los Angeles Twin Towers jail to begin his ministry career at the Los Angeles Dream Center, where in less than five years, he became a licensed Foursquare Minister.
Mike Manganello
Barry Pearl
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Barry Pearl started his racing career in 1965 at Atlantic City Race Track in New Jersey and became one of the leading riders at the New Jersey circuit. After New Jersey, Florida followed and Barry enjoyed a successful campaign. He rode mostly in New Jersey and Philadelphia with a few stops in Chicago, Ohio and Kentucky. Barry became fascinated with photography and quickly mastered the art of Sports Photography. He has been published in a number of major newspapers and was also published in Sports Illustrated. He became the Track Photographer at Penn National in 1973 which was only supposed to run for 90 days. He received a call from then President and General Manager, John Shumaker that the State of Pennsylvania granted Penn National an additional 200 racing days. Decisions had to be made and Barry was not one to procrastinate. So, the decision to retire became apparent to Barry and after discussing it with his wife they decided to go for the sure thing. Barry has built a very successful career as a businessman with interests in Real Estate and a successful Photography Studio. He has been retired since 2006 and now lives with his wife in Florida and Pennsylvania.
