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| Robert and Beverly Lewis Trust |
Stats Updated Through: 9/10/2006
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| 2006 Stats: | | Starts | | 126 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 11-26-16 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $1,075,732 (36) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 8% (42%) |
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Top Associated Horses:
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With Distinction,
Folklore,
Grand Reward |
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Born: Beverly, May 8, 1927, San Francisco, Calif.; Bob, May 12, 1924, Minneapolis, Minn.; died Feb. 17, 2006 … Family: one daughter (dec.) and two sons … Resident: Newport Beach, Calif. … Education: Couple met while attending classes at the University of Oregon, hence their green and yellow stable colors. Bob was a cheerleader for the Ducks ... Professional Background: Lewises have owned and operated Foothill Beverage Company in Pomona, Calif. since 1956, growing to be California's second-largest distributor of beer. Their son, Jeff, is president and general manager … Lewises have always loved racing, Bob attending Santa Anita's opening weekend in 1934 with his family and the couple eventually spending part of their honeymoon at the track at Del Mar and Caliente in 1947 ... Active philanthropists, the couple donated $5 million to the Pomona Valley Hospital to get the Robert and Beverly Lewis Family Cancer Care Center started. The facility opened in 1993 … Racing and Breeding Operation: The Lewises have witnessed amazing success since diving head-first into the Thoroughbred business in 1990. Before that, dabbled in partnerships with Arthur (Bud) Straub for years … Scored two-thirds of the Triple Crown twice in a three-year span with Silver Charm (1997) and Charismatic (1999) each winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness … Earned a personal Triple Crown a year later when Commendable won the 2000 Belmont Stakes … Silver Charm added the Dubai World Cup in 1998 and retired with earnings of more than $6.9 million … Their star filly Serena's Song stood as the richest filly or mare racehorse in American history when she retired with more than $3.2 million earned with an amazing 17 graded stakes wins (since surpassed by Azeri and Spain) … Lewises' 1994 Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Timber Country returned in 1995 to win the Preakness Stakes, the only Juvenile victor to add a win in a Triple Crown race to date … Also registered Breeders' Cup glory in 2002 with Orientate in the Sprint, who earned the Lewises a fifth Eclipse Award for an individual champion – joining Timber Country, Serena's Song, Silver Charm and 1999 Horse of the Year Charismatic … Owned 2004 Lane's End Breeders' Futurity winner Consolidator, who retired in May. Other notable horses campaigned by the Lewises included Composure, Hennessy, High Yield, Twice the Vice, Santa Catarina, Senor Swinger and Point Determined … Successful run with 2-year-old runners continued in 2005, headlined by Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Folklore who went on to take another Eclipse Award for the Lewises … Bob and Beverly received the 1997 Eclipse Award of Merit for their support and commitment to Thoroughbred racing … Also honored with the 1995 Big Sport of Turfdom Award from the National Turf Publicists of America ... As owners, the Lewises have had 15 Breeders' Cup starters (not including those in partnerships), and as breeders, they have started three.
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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