Temple Webber Jr.

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Temple Webber Jr.

Born: Born Oct. 3, 1931, Texarkana, Texas
Residence: Houston, Texas
Family: wife, Barbara; children, Temple III, Diane, Chris and David
Professional Background: Retired from B. T. Crump Company, a Richmond, Virginia-based company that sold tack goods, including saddles, bridles, etc.
Racing Background:
First became involved in racing during early 1980s in association with Will Farish, whom he's known most of his life
Breeding/Racing Operation: With Will Farish and James Elkins, bought into four horses, including Prospectors Delite (dam of Tomisue’s Delight) when she was a weanling ... Prospectors Delite produced five foals, all stakes winners, including Horse of the Year Mineshaft (who stands at Lane’s End) and Grade 1 winner Tomisue’s Delight, who was the first horse to represent Webber in a Breeders’ Cup ... All breeding stock is kept at Lane’s End ... Owner and co-breeder (with Will Farish and James Elkins) of Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Status and her full brother, stakes winner Alumni Hall, and co-breeder (with Will Farish) of 2006 champion three-year-old filly Wait a While, fourth in the 2006 Filly & Mare Turf ... A two-time stakes winner in ’07, and three-time stakes winner in ’08, Wait a While is on track for a second attempt at a Breeders' Cup victory ... Webber and Farish also are co-breeders of the first and second dams of Wait a While, Flirtatious and Grand Charmer ... Flirtatious has a yearling colt by Pleasantly Perfect and delivered a full brother to Wait a While in 2007.

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