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Edward Plesa Jr.
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Edward Plesa Jr.
Birthdate: April 25, 1949
Birthplace: Seattle, Wash.
Residence: Plantation, Fla.
Family: wife, Laurie; daughter, Kelsey; sons, Luke and Kyle. |
2008 Gulfstream Record
| Starts |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Winning % |
Earnings |
| 126 |
19 |
19 |
16 |
15 |
$792,325 |
Career:
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Missed the top-5 by just one win at Gulfstream in 2008, but still had more victories than his previous two seasons when he was among the leading quintet. Leading that charge was Skip Away Stakes winner Gottcha Gold and Holy Bull Stakes winner Hey Byrn, who also finished fourth in the Florida Derby and seventh in the Preakness Stakes
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Gottcha Gold was coming off a 2007 season that saw him win the two stakes at Monmouth Park and finish second in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile
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He is perennially among the leaders across town at Calder and ranks fourth all-time in victories there and is a member of Calder’s Hall of Fame
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His best Gulfstream meet came when second to Bill Mott in the 1997 trainer standings
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Plesa won the inaugural edition of the Sunshine Millions Classic with Best of the Rest, nursing him through multiple injuries to 13 stakes wins and earnings of $1.4 million
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Stable star B.B. Best placed in both the Florida Derby and Fountain of Youth Stakes in 2005 and won the Ambehaving Stakes at Calder in 2006
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In 1999 at Gulfstream, sent out Three Ring to capture both Bonnie Miss and Davona Dale Stakes. She later went on to take the Acorn Stakes at Belmont. She competed in the 1998 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (finishing third) and the following year’s Kentucky Derby
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Other top runners have included J J’s Dream, Donthelumbertrader, Electrify, One Last Trick, Miami Slick, My Nicole, Score a Birdie, Vaguely Double, Valid Romeo, Win Some Diamonds, Miz United Stakes, Wander Mom, Magic Mecke and Without Feathers.
Other: Father was a jockey in Cleveland and Detroit, then became a trainer … Worked for father, Harbor View Farms, Stanley Hough and Fred Hooper before branching out on his own in 1975 … Active in the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association where he has been a strong proponent of slot machines at tracks.
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