Monday, November 16, 2009

Training great Frankel dies at 68

Bobby Frankel
Frankel was second in the list of Breeders' Cup earnings

Legendary American trainer Bobby Frankel has died at the age of 68.

Winner of the Eclipse Award for the nation's top trainer five times, he died at his home in Pacific Palisades, California, after a battle with cancer.

He won the Belmont Stakes with Empire Maker in 2003 and trained six Breeders' Cup winners, including 2004 Classic champion Ghostzapper.

In 2003, Frankel won 25 Grade One races, a single-season world record that still stands.

He had been running his stable's affairs by phone for most of the year while he was undergoing treatment.

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