Monmouth trainer Alan Seewald dies at 62
April 13, 2010OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) -Longtime thoroughbred trainer Alan Seewald, who has a horse that could run in the Kentucky Derby this year, has died. He was 62.
Monmouth Park said Seewald died Monday at his home in Middletown. The race track did not know the cause of death.
Seewald's 3-year-old colt, Uptowncharlybrown, won the Pasco Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs before running third in the Sam F. Davis. The colt is scheduled to run in Saturday's Lexington Stakes, where it could earn enough graded stakes money to make the May 1 Derby.
Seewald made his mark with Teddy Drone, which won 31 times in 89 career starts. Seewald won 962 times in 5,757 races, including 22 stakes victories.
He is survived by his wife Kathleen, sons Ryan and Shane, and grandson Blake.