Robert_L._Wheeler

Robert L. Wheeler
Robert L. Wheeler
Occupation	Trainer
Born	June 21, 1920; Crawford, Nebraska
Died	April 12, 1992 (aged 71); Arcadia, California
Resting place	Eternal Hills Memorial Park; Oceanside, California
Career wins	1,336
Major racing wins
	Hollywood Lassie Stakes (1955, 1977); Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes; (1957, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1975) ; Santa Anita Derby (1959, 1960); Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap; (1959, 1960, 1978); Bernard Baruch Handicap (1960, 1967); Blue Grass Stakes (1960); Hollywood Gold Cup (1960, 1963); Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes (1965); San Miguel Stakes (1966); San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1969); Del Mar Derby (1971); Vanity Invitational Handicap (1981); Wilshire Handicap (1981); Apple Blossom Handicap (1982); Morven Stakes (1984); Tremont Stakes (1984); Paumonok Handicap (1986)
Honors
	National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2011)
Significant horses
	B. Thoughtful, Bug Brush, Dotted Swiss, Miss Todd, Tompion, Taisez Vous, Track Robbery, Silver Spoon, Old Pueblo

Robert L. Wheeler

American horse trainer

Robert L. Wheeler (June 21, 1920 – April 12, 1992) was American Hall of Fame trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses.^[1]

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Among his successful runners, Wheeler conditioned the 1959 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly, Silver Spoon as well as Track Robbery who was voted the 1982 American Champion Older Female Horse.

Robert Wheeler trained professionally from 1938 through to his death at age 71 in 1992.

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