Owner: Leonard H. Lavin

Born: October 29, 1919

Birthplace: Chicago, IL

Residence: Glencoe, IL

Family: Wife, Bernice; daughters, Carol and Karen; son, Scott (now deceased)

Farm Location: Ocala, FL

Tampa Trainer: Tom Proctor

Leonard H. Lavin has won awards and honors for his philanthropic, civic, and business endeavors. Lavin received the 1994 Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's Florida Breeder of the Year award and is the author of a book entitled Winners Make It Happen: Reflections of a Self-Made Man.  During World War II, he served four years of sea duty and participated in nine invasions.

In the late 1960s, Lavin purchased the former Greentree Stud property near Ocala, FL to serve as Glen Hill’s 325 acre breeding operation. Lanvin’s horses include Relaunch, who is probably the best-remembered horse who raced under the Glen Hill silks. After a distinguished racing career, Relaunch went on to become a prominent sire, often passing on his striking roan coat to his offspring; he has sired numerous stakes winners. Other horses campaigned by Lavin include Potentiality, Carload, Media Plan and One Dreamer.  Lanvin won the 1994 Breeders' Cup Distaff with homebred One Dreamer, a 47-1 long shot, for his first victory in a Breeders' Cup race. One Dreamer was retired after the Distaff and now resides at Glen Hill Farm.