Bobby Frankel, Hall of Fame trainer, dies
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Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel has died after a long illness. He was 68.
Santa Anita spokesman Mike Willman said Frankel died at his home in Pacific Palisades at 3 a.m. this morning. He had been sent home on Saturday from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
He was a five-time winner of racing’s Eclipse Award for outstanding trainer. He had been dealing with complications from lymphoma, according to the Daily Racing Form.
‘He was a horse whisperer with race horses,’ trainer Barry Abrams said.
Frankel’s horses won nearly $228 million, second all-time on the money list to D. Wayne Lukas.
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-- Eric Sondheimer