Charles LoPresti
| Charles LoPresti | |
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| Occupation | Horse trainer |
| Born | September 21, 1957 |
| Career wins | 217+ (ongoing) as of April 1, 2014 |
| Major racing wins | |
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American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:
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| Significant horses | |
| Wise Dan, Successful Dan, Here Comes Ben, Turallure | |
American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Mile (2012, 2013)
Charles LoPresti (born September 21, 1957) is an American race horse trainer best known as trainer of two-time Breeders' Cup Mile winner and Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year champion Wise Dan, who was also American Champion Older Male Horse and American Champion Male Turf Horse. Unusual for modern American horse trainers, he is based year-round at Keeneland Race Course and does not move his training stable from track to track throughout the year. He chooses to give his horses time off in the winter and does not race-year-round.
Lopresti was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Smithtown, a suburb of New York located on Long Island. His first exposure to horses were the pleasure horses of his uncle. LoPresti then spent time around hunters, jumpers, and driving horses, only becoming interested in Thoroughbred racing as a young adult. At the age of 19, he attempted to find work on a Thoroughbred farm in Virginia, but the job was taken already. However, the employer there recommended him for a job with trainer Joe Cantey, who was at Belmont Park back in New York. Cantey was also the first husband of horse racing sports analyst Charlsie Cantey. LoPresti stayed there for two years, and in 1978 moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where he worked for Ted Carr at the Domino Stud and learned about the Thoroughbred industry from the ground up. He also worked for Carr for about six years as an assistant manager at Brookside Farm, then owned by Allen Paulson While working at Domino Stud, he met his wife, then named Amy Featherston.
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