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- Laz_Barrera abstract "Lazaro Sosa Barrera (May 8, 1924 – April 25, 1991) was a Cuban-born American Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer.Born in Havana, "Laz" Barrera was one of nine brothers who went on to become involved in thoroughbred horse racing in the United States. While in his teens, he began working at a racetrack in his native Cuba and within a few years was one of the country's most respected young trainers. Seeking increased opportunities in a larger market, in the 1940s Barrera moved to Mexico to race horses at the Hipodromo de las Americas in Mexico City. There, he met California-based trainer Hal King, who encouraged him to come to the United States. Barrera did, and in 1971 trained his first American Stakes race winner. In the ensuing years he built a solid reputation and in late 1975 was given Bold Forbes to train who had been that year's Puerto Rican two-year-old thoroughbred sprint champion. Racing in the U.S. in 1976 under jockey Angel Cordero, Jr., Bold Forbes won several important races for Barrera including the Wood Memorial Stakes in record time. He went on to win the most prestigious race of all, the Kentucky Derby, finished third in the Preakness Stakes and, for a converted sprinter, pulled off a dramatic win in the 1½ mile long Belmont Stakes.Barrera's accomplishments led to an offer from Louis & Patrice Wolfson to take over as head trainer for their Harbor View Farm in Ocala, Marion County, Florida. There, Barrera took charge of a horse named Affirmed who, under 18-year-old jockey Steve Cauthen, would become one of the great horses in American racing history. Affirmed was a two-time Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year winner and won Eclipse Awards in each of the three years he raced. Laz Barrera won fourteen Grade 1 Stakes races with Affirmed, the most by any stallion in history, and earned racing immortality by capturing the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown, the last horse to do so. Since then, one trainer (D. Wayne Lukas) has won all three of the Triple Crown races, in 1995 when he trained two horses (Thunder Gulch and Timber Country) for his sweep. But since the 1995 Triple Crown races were not won with the same horse, he is not recognized as a Triple Crown winner.In a career that lasted almost fifty years, Laz Barrera trained six champions and more than 140 American Stakes race winners. He was the leading money-winning trainer from 1977 to 1980 and in the process became the only trainer to ever win four consecutive Eclipse Awards. In 1979, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Laz Barrera died in 1991; the Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes a Grade II seven furlong race for 3-year-olds at Hollywood Park Racetrack is named in his honor.".
- Laz_Barrera award Big_Sport_of_Turfdom_Award.
- Laz_Barrera award Eclipse_Award_for_Outstanding_Trainer.
- Laz_Barrera award United_States_Champion_Thoroughbred_Trainer_by_earnings.
- Laz_Barrera birthDate "1924-05-08".
- Laz_Barrera birthPlace Cuba.
- Laz_Barrera birthPlace Havana.
- Laz_Barrera deathDate "1991-04-25".
- Laz_Barrera honours Lazaro_Barrera_Memorial_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera honours National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame.
- Laz_Barrera occupation Horse_trainer.
- Laz_Barrera race Acorn_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Alabama_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Belmont_Futurity_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Belmont_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Carter_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Comely_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Delaware_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Excelsior_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Fall_Highweight_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Frank_E._Kilroe_Mile_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Haskell_Invitational_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Hollywood_Gold_Cup.
- Laz_Barrera race Hopeful_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Jamaica_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Jerome_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Jim_Dandy_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Jockey_Club_Gold_Cup.
- Laz_Barrera race Kentucky_Derby.
- Laz_Barrera race Kentucky_Oaks.
- Laz_Barrera race La_Brea_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Ladies_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Laurel_Futurity_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Monmouth_Oaks.
- Laz_Barrera race Mother_Goose_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Ogden_Phipps_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Paumonok_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Pennsylvania_Derby.
- Laz_Barrera race Philip_H._Iselin_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Preakness_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Prioress_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Sanford_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Santa_Anita_Derby.
- Laz_Barrera race Santa_Anita_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Santa_Margarita_Invitational_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Santa_Maria_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Saratoga_Special_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Strub_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Sword_Dancer_Invitational_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Tremont_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race United_States_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing.
- Laz_Barrera race Vosburgh_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Whitney_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Wood_Memorial_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Woodward_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera raceHorse Affirmed.
- Laz_Barrera raceHorse Bold_Forbes.
- Laz_Barrera raceHorse It's_In_The_Air.
- Laz_Barrera raceHorse J._O._Tobin.
- Laz_Barrera raceHorse Lemhi_Gold.
- Laz_Barrera raceHorse Mister_Frisky.
- Laz_Barrera raceHorse Tiffany_Lass.
- Laz_Barrera wikiPageID "3086394".
- Laz_Barrera wikiPageRevisionID "604250234".
- Laz_Barrera wins "140".
- Laz_Barrera awards Big_Sport_of_Turfdom_Award.
- Laz_Barrera awards Eclipse_Award_for_Outstanding_Trainer.
- Laz_Barrera awards United_States_Champion_Thoroughbred_Trainer_by_earnings.
- Laz_Barrera birthDate "1924-05-08".
- Laz_Barrera birthPlace Cuba.
- Laz_Barrera birthPlace Havana.
- Laz_Barrera careerWins "140".
- Laz_Barrera deathDate "1991-04-25".
- Laz_Barrera hasPhotoCollection Laz_Barrera.
- Laz_Barrera honours National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame.
- Laz_Barrera honours "Lazaro Barrera Memorial Stakes at Hollywood Park".
- Laz_Barrera horses Affirmed.
- Laz_Barrera horses Bold_Forbes.
- Laz_Barrera horses J._O._Tobin.
- Laz_Barrera horses Lemhi_Gold.
- Laz_Barrera horses Tiffany_Lass.
- Laz_Barrera horses "It's In The Air, Mister Frisky".
- Laz_Barrera name "Laz Barrera".
- Laz_Barrera occupation Horse_trainer.
- Laz_Barrera race Acorn_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Alabama_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Belmont_Futurity_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Belmont_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Carter_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Comely_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Delaware_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Excelsior_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Fall_Highweight_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Frank_E._Kilroe_Mile_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Haskell_Invitational_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Hollywood_Gold_Cup.
- Laz_Barrera race Hopeful_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Jamaica_Handicap.
- Laz_Barrera race Jerome_Stakes.
- Laz_Barrera race Jim_Dandy_Stakes.