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SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 60
BY SENATOR LONG AND REPRESENTATI VE COX
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Frank Brothers on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame
Induction Class.
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches, Louisiana, each year
collaborates with the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in selecting a limited number of
sports figures who embody the character, skills, and talents worthy of being named to the
hall of fame; and
WHEREAS, the 2015 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Class includes New
Orleans native Frank Brothers; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Brothers was born October 24, 1946, and during a career spanning
more than four decades, has become a prominent and award-winning trainer of thoroughbred
horses; and
WHEREAS, in 1980, after ten years serving as an assistant to Hall of Famer Jack
Van Berg, he struck out on his own and was the lead trainer for the Louisiana Downs nine
times and the Fair Grounds in New Orleans on five occasions; and
WHEREAS, in the 1990s, he moved his operations to Kentucky and Oaklawn Park
in Arkansas, where his training abilities were honored with several prestigious awards,
including titles at Keeneland, Oakland Park, and Churchill Downs; and
WHEREAS, during his distinguished career, Frank Brothers has saddled two
thousand three hundred fifty-nine winners from ten thousand four hundred forty starters,
earned over forty-eight million in purse money from the time Equibase began keeping
statistics in 1974, and tallied three hundred forty-eight stake races and one hundred eighty-
eight graded stakes races, most notably the 1991 Preakness and Belmont Stakes; and
WHEREAS, he last trained in 2009, and now serves as a bloodstock agent; and
WHEREAS, the long and stellar career of Frank Brothers has earned him a place
among the many greats in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Frank Brothers on being named to the 2015 Louisiana Sports
Hall of Fame Induction Class.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Frank
Brothers.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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