Laurence “Larry” Roth, who, along with his daughter Jaime and his wife Nanci, founded the racing and breeding operation LNJ Foxwoods, passed away Sunday at the age of 75. Roth had been battling cancer.The name LNJ was derived from the first names of the three owners. Foxwoods is the name of the street where the Roth family resided in Great Neck, Long Island.Roth co-founded Marchon Eyewear in 1983 with Al Berg and his brother-in-law, Jeff White. From its base in Melville, New York, Marchon grew into a global leader in licensed eyewear, with brands including Nike, Calvin Klein, Fendi, Coach, and Michael Kors. Roth, who most recently served as Co-President, oversaw the company's sales across the Western Hemisphere. In 2008, he and Berg sold Marchon to Vision Service Plan for a reported $735 million. The cost to start the company was just $2 million.After the sale, Roth and his wife made a point of going into business with their children, and it was Jaime who brought them into racing, a sport she began to follow after falling in love with Rachel Alexandra.In 2012, when Jaime was planning a trip to Del Mar, her father asked a friend to find someone to show her the backstretch. That introduction led to bloodstock agents Alex Solis II and Jason Litt, whom the Roths invited to an eyewear convention in Las Vegas. Four days later, the family owned four horses.The plan was to buy well-bred fillies, race them, and retire them to a broodmare band, and it worked quickly.LNJ Foxwoods won its first graded stakes races in 2015, including the GI Frizette with Nickname (Scat Daddy). In 2016 LNJ Foxwoods won the GI La Brea with Constellation (Bellamy Road).The stable's greatest success came with Covfefe (Into Mischief). In 2019, she capped off her season with a victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, which led to her being named champion filly sprinter and 3-year-old champion filly. Trained by Brad Cox, Covfefe became the first 3-year-old filly to earn Eclipse Awards as both champion 3-year-old filly and champion female sprinter in the same year.On the same day that Roth passed away, Covfefe was back in the headlines. She is the dam of the impressive maiden winner Foxiest (Gun Runner), a filly who won a maiden race Sunday at Churchill Downs by 3 3 /4 lengths and was named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard.'In 2019, the Roths bought an ownership share in Country House (Lookin at Lucky) who, after the disqualification of Maximum Security (New Year's Day), was placed first in theGI Kentucky Derby.The stable's leading earner, United (Giant's Causeway), won seven graded stakes, including two editions each of the GII Eddie Read and GII John Henry Turf Championship, and finished second in the 2019 GI Breeders' Cup Turf. When he retired in 2022, the family kept him as a riding horse.That same year, Olympiad (Speightstown), a Keeneland September yearling purchase that the Roths co-ownedwith Grandview Equine and Cheyenne Stable, won the GII Stephen Foster and GII Alysheba before taking the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup for Bill Mott.Larry Roth especially loved racing in France, and each August he looked forward to Deauville, where the family watched their horses run and sold yearlings at Arqana. The 2022 sale delivered one of the stable's proudest moments. Ancient Wisdom (Fr) (Dubawi), bred by LNJ Foxwoods in partnership with Ecurie des Monceaux, topped a session when sold to Godolphin for€2 million. In 2023, Ancient Wisdom won the G1 Kameko Futurity Trophy Stakes at Doncaster.Roth's love of racing also drew him to Saratoga Springs. Around 2013, he and a group of partners bought the historic Adelphi Hotel, a Broadway landmark dating to 1877 that had fallen into disrepair and was opening only a few months a year. After a painstaking five-year restoration, the Adelphi reopened in 2017. In 2019, Roth partnered with longtime friend Michael Dubb to acquire the neighboring Rip Van Dam Hotel, and together they managed the property. In 2025 the combined hotel reopened after a major expansion that doubled its rooms, added 79 residences, and earned a Michelin Key.“Saratoga is no longer just a summer destination,” Roth said at the reopening.The Roths were known for putting their horses first. In 2016, they founded the Horses First Fund through Thoroughbred Charities of America to help more than 40 horses abandoned in Mercer County, Kentucky. The fund has since given emergency aid to Thoroughbreds in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria and to those affected by the fire at San Luis Rey Downs. The family also has a paddock for its retired broodmares at Old Friends.Outside racing, Larry and Nanci supported Hospice Care Network after it cared for Nanci's mother, and they were honored at its 30th anniversary gala in 2018. They were also major donors to North Shore University Hospital, the Mid-Island Y JCC, UJA, North Shore Child Guidance, and the Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch.“My dad was always so appreciative of the relationships he made along the way,” said Jaime Roth. “There were people he never would have crossed paths with if he wasn't in the horse business.”Roth is survived by Nanci, Jaime, his sons, David and Scott, and his grandchildren, Liv and Poppy.The post Larry Roth, Co-Founder of LNJ Foxwoods, Passes Away at 75 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.