Edward Plesa Jr

Born:
1949-04-25
Seattle
Washington USA

Currently Residing:
Plantation
Florida USA

His wife is Laurie; daughter Kelsey, sons Luke and Kyle.

Notes:
Edward Plesa Jr. is a popular thoroughbr ed horse trainer, who has been consistent ly performing to retain his name among Calder’ s leading trainers. Edward learned the art of horse training from his father, who in search of his luck moved permanentl y to Florida in 1960s and became a private trainer of Fred Hooper. From his childhood days, Edward was very interested in horse racing – he started working for his father and also as apprentice d under trainer Stan Hough at Harbor View Farms in Ocala, Florida. Although he started working as an apprentice in the racing office at Hialeah Park, he always cherished to build a barn of his own – the dream came true in 1986. Plesa was honored in many occasions for his innovative technique and ideas of rearing horses. His inclusion into Calder’ s Hall of Fame in 2006 added another feather in his crown. He topped in the trainer†™s standings at Calder’ s Tropical meet for three times – 1994, 2002 and in 2003. Edward’ s first Breeder†™s Cup starter Three Ring finished third in the Juvenile Fillies category in 1998. In 2006, he became the third trainer to sweep the Florida Stallion Stakes series with his trained horses. In the next year, he saddled three different horses – Stolen Prayer, Electrify and Breedersâ €™ Cup dirt mile contender Gottcha Gold. Edward ranked in the top forty trainers by earnings through December 31, 2007.