Lambholm Stable

Owner: Roy S. Lerman | Born: September 6, 1943 | Birthplace: New York City | Farm Location: Ocala, FL | Tampa Trainer: Roy S. Lerman

Lambholm Stable has been a major player on the Florida Thoroughbred racing scene since owner Roy Lerman purchased the late Allen Paulson’s Ocala-based Brookside Farms South in the spring of 2000, renaming the operation Lambholm South. Five years later, Lerman purchased historic 1,800-acre Hobeau Farm, expanding Lambholm’s holdings. Trainer/General Manager Junior Serna, who moved to Ocala in 1977, managed a training program that has produced such national champions as Slew o’ Gold, Personal Ensign, Epitome, Flawlessly, Azeri and Speightstown. The Lambholm South name is also familiar to Tampa Bay Downs fans because of its sponsorship each March of the Grade II, $400,000 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby for 3-year-old Triple Crown hopefuls. The 2016 version was won by subsequent Belmont Stakes runner-up Destin, while the 2017 Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby went to Tapwrit, who bettered Destin’s performance by winning the Belmont. Subsequent Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby winners include Quip (2018), Tacitus (2019), 49-1 shot King Guillermo (2020), Helium (2021) and Classic Causeway (2022), who later won the Grade I Caesars Belmont Derby Invitational. Lambholm South is also the presenting sponsor of the track’s Festival Preview Day in February. Lerman is a successful on-track trainer. His 240-plus career victories include the Grade III Long Island Handicap in 2016 at Aqueduct with 5-year-old mare Evidently, who had won the 2015 Florida Cup Distaff Turf at Tampa Bay Downs in stakes-record time. Lerman, who has been involved in the sport as an owner, breeder and trainer for more than 40 years, also owned and trained the graded stakes-placed mare Lentil and stakes winner Miss Matzoball.