Helen Alexander and Roy Jackson have been elected new members of the Breeders’ Cup Ltd. board of directors.

Alexander and Jackson fill the board spots vacated by Robert Clay and J.V. Shields Jr., who were not eligible after failing to receive enough votes for re-election to the Breeders’ Cup board of members and trustees, the 46-member panel that elects the 13 Breeders’ Cup directors.

Alexander, the owner of Middlebrook Farm in Lexington, is a long-time owner, breeder, and consignor and past president of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. Jackson and his wife, Gretchen, raced 2006 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) winner Barbaro.

Helen Alexander’s sister, Dorothy Alexander Matz, is married to Michael Matz, who trained Barbaro for the Jacksons’ Lael Stable.

Antony Beck, Bill Farish, Terry Finley, R. D. Hubbard, and Satish Sanan were re-elected to the board of directors, which oversees the company’s general operations. Alexander, Jackson, and the five incumbents will serve two-year terms beginning in September.

Farish retained his position as board chairman.

The other Breeders’ Cup directors are Reynolds Bell Jr., Donald Dizney, Tracy Farmer, B. Wayne Hughes, G. Watts Humphrey, and Robert Manfuso.