Scott Lake Birthdate: June 19, 1965 Birthplace: Harrisburg, Pa. Residence: Philadelphia, Pa. Family: daughter, Emily Rose

2009 Gulfstream Record

Career:

• Led the nation in wins in 2006 and was second to Steve Asmussen by just three victories, 488-485 in  2007
• He passed the 4,000 win mark in 2006 …
• Started training full time on his own in 1991 with one horse but developed into the top conditioner in the Mid-Atlantic with dozens of training titles in Maryland, Delaware Park, Penn National and Philadelphia Park ...
• Biggest successes have come with claims he has developed into stakes stars, including Shake You Down who went from a $65,000 claimer in March 2003 to three successive graded-stakes victories in New York, a third-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint and a victory in the Sunshine Millions Sprint the following January …
• He followed that pattern in 2008 with True to Tradition, who won the Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine and qualified for the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint ...
• His first major national star was Thunderello, who nearly pulled off an upset in the 2002 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, finishing second, a half-length behind Orientate …
• Lake was a finalist for the Eclipse Award in both 2000 and 2001, the latter year when he became just the second trainer in history to win 400 races in a single season along with Jack Van Berg and later Asmussen.

Other: Father was a policeman who once shared a hospital room with a horse trainer.