Trainer Lynn Chleborad

BORN: 1/30/55, Fremont, Nebraska

RESIDES: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Family: Unmarried 

Lynn, who is off to a good start at the current meeting, has 30 head in local training. By the time she gets to Prairie Meadows for the summer, this number will have grown to some 45. 

"By Prairie Meadows, I will have my 2-year-olds and Iowa-breds to the races," she noted. 

Last year, the pretty blonde started 58 head at the Spa, winning six times. As the fates of racing often dictate, she lost a lot of photo finishes. Her stable wound up with eight seconds and 11 thirds. 

"Later on at Oaklawn this meeting, you will see three nice young horses out of my barn - Phoenician Moon, Big Wave and Beyond The Reach," Lynn said. 

Chleborad's circuit is Oaklawn to Prairie Meadows to Remington. 

"Horses, I always loved them," laughed Chleborad. "As a youngster, I was Ak-Sar-Ben's junior rodeo queen. Later, I majored in accounting at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. But, I knew I couldn't sit still long enough to work in an office, so I started showing horses." 

Moving on to thoroughbreds, she groomed and galloped in Nebraska and, in 1987, got her first trainer's license.  

"I started out racing in Nebraska, but there is no longer Ak-Sar-Ben. I have a number of Oklahoma owners, so my circuit has changed." 

She showed up as an unknown at Oaklawn in 1997 and her personal parade of upset winners began - Texas Serenade ($67.80), Ethyl Lena ($43), Mel's Dancer ($24.20) and ($18). Then she hit them with Raging Sequel ($127.80). 

Lynn's name isn't among racing's most easy to pronounce. "It is German," she noted. "We pronounce it 'Cleber Add.'" 

She was asked to name her all time favorite of horses she's trained. "Beat The Stats. He was an outlaw, so we were able to buy him for $700. He went on to win stakes and earn around $150,000," she remembered, adding: "Bamity Boom, Trofast and Title's Reward were some other stakes winner's I've had. Don't forget Phoenician Moon. I won the Marion H. Van Berg Stakes twice - with Beat The Stats and Title's Reward. As I say, Beat The Stats is my career favorite right now, but Phoenician Moon, Big Wave and Beyond The Reach are coming on strong in my affection."