2007 Gulfstream Record

• Longtime top conditioner in Chicago trains 2006 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Dreaming of Anna for owner Frank Calabrese. The 2-year-old filly Eclipse Award champion finished third in the Old Hat and second in the Gaily Gaily on turf at Gulfstream in 2007. It has been over the grass where Dreaming of Anna distinguished herself, winning three stakes and finishing second in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland.
• Also trained ‘Anna’s’ brother Michael Lewis to a victory in the Washington Park Handicap at Arlington Park last July. He has the stakes-winning 2-year-old filly Dreaming of Liz poised to follow in their footsteps in 2008.
• As a teenager an uncle sent him to the track to learn the game from Hall of Famer Jack Van Berg. He started out as an exercise rider before becoming a jockey. H
• Won 1,792 races through a nine-year career that was cut short by knee problems. He made an easy transition to training thanks to his connections to Van Berg and has won 10 titles in Chicago, including six of the last eight at Arlington ... Set a record for victories in a single season there in 2002.
• First big star was 1997 Louisiana and Arkansas Derby winner Crypto Star. That colt would finish fifth in the Kentucky Derby. He has also trained graded-stakes winners Tamweel, Little Sucker and Cuzzy Bear.