Budd Lepman (August 19, 1917 – June 8, 1999) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing trainer who trained two Champions , won a record five training titles at Monmouth Park Racetrack ,[ 1] and by the early 1970s was regarded as "one of the nation's leading trainers".[ 2]
Lepman was a native of Chicago where his father Horace was a broker and member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange .[ 3] His mother's brother was Benjamin Lindheimer who owned Arlington Park and Washington Park Race Tracks [ 4] as well as the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference .[ 5] Lepman initially trained horses in the Chicago area but in the early 1960s moved operations to a base in New Jersey and Florida during the winter months.[ 6]
On July 27, 1969, Lepman saddled four winners at Monmouth Park, a feat thought to be a first for any trainer since the racetrack opened in 1946.[ 7] During his career, Lepman trained two Champions . The first was in 1970, when he conditioned Office Queen to American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors and the second in 1984 when Eillo was voted American Champion Sprint Horse following an outstanding year that included a win in the inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup Sprint .[ 8]
Lepman was living in Hallandale, Florida , at the time of his death in 1999.
References
^ "Monmouth Park All-Time Records" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2011-02-16 .
^ Miami News, March 22, 1971 [permanent dead link ]
^ "Chicago Daily Tribune , October 15, 1951" . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
^ "Chicago Tribune , June 12, 1999" . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
^ "The Modesto Bee - Google News Archive Search" . archive.is . 2012-07-12. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2020-04-26 .
^ "Asbury Park Press , November 7, 1999" . Archived from the original on November 5, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2017 .
^ "New York Times , July 27, 1969" . Archived from the original on November 6, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2017 .
^ "Breeders' Cup | November 6 & 7, 2020" . www.breederscup.com . Retrieved 2020-04-26 .