ARCADIA, Calif. (Nov. 16, 2009) – Hall of fame trainer Bobby Frankel, Santa Anita’s all-time leader by number of wins and a dominant force in American racing since the 1970’s, died early Monday at the age of 68, after waging a lengthy and very private battle with lymphoma.

Frankel, who was born July 9, 1941, in Brooklyn, New York, passed away at his home in Pacific Palisades Monday morning at 3 a.m.

Frankel began his career as a hotwalker on the backstretches of Belmont Park and Aqueduct in the mid ‘60s and took out his first trainer’s license in New York in 1966. He shifted his base of operation to Southern California full-time in 1972 and quickly established an all-time single meet win record at Hollywood Park of 60 victories – it would be the first of 30 Southern California training titles.