CHARLOTTE C. WEBER

Charlotte C. Weber’s Live Oak Stud has been a prominent Florida Thoroughbred operation since 1968. Racing under the name of Live Oak Plantation, the 4,500-acre operation has produced such outstanding racehorses as Florida-bred millionaires Solar Splendor and Sultry Song. The latter was named the 1992 Florida-bred Horse of the Year. Live Oak Plantation was named the 1991 Outstanding Owner/Breeder by the Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association.

Live Oak Stud has been a perennial leading Florida breeder, posting Florida-bred earnings of more than a million each year for the past decade. In 2002, Live Oak Stud had earnings of $1.4 million banked by its Florida-bred runners. It was represented by Florida-bred graded stakes winner Miesque’s Approval, as well as by stakes winners American Pace, Kud’zu Magic and Revved Up.

Introduced to horse racing at an early age by other members of her family, Weber was instrumental in acquiring what had previously been the Florida farm of P.A.B. Widener III and expanding it to its current entity. A native of Pennsylvania, Weber studied art and interior design at the Sorbonne in Paris. She is a member of The Jockey Club in New York and Kentucky. She also serves as a board trustee of Campbell Soup Company, the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association. In addition, she is an advisory trustee to The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.