Birthdate - June 25, 1954 

Birthplace - East Orange, NJ

 

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPION

Hidden Lake: Top Older Female (1997)

 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

* Friend Or Foe won the 2010 Empire Classic in a stakes-record 1:46.94 for 1 1/8 miles

* Went on a 7-for-7 streak at Saratoga in 2008

* The New York Turf Writers Association honored Kimmel for four consecutive years: 1999 Woody Stephens Outstanding Trainer Award; 1998 Outstanding Trainer (with Todd Pletcher); 1997 Outstanding Trainer (with Gasper Moschera), and 1996 Fourstardave Award for achievement at Saratoga

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s veterinary school (1980); practiced until 1987

 

INTRODUCTION TO RACING 

Through his father, owner Caesar Kimmel

 

FIRST WINNER

Chachi Man, Oct. 29, 1984, Calder