Josephine T. Gleis, whose top-class turf horse Fly Till Dawn was a four-time Grade 1 stakes winner and one of the top runners in the country in the early 1990s, died at her home in Newport Beach, Calif., on Sunday at age 105. “She had her faculties all the way to the end,” said her grandson Rick Hausman, who said he and his grandmother bonded over their love of racing. “It was a great connection I had with her.” Fly Till Dawn, trained by Darrell Vienna, won 10 of 27 starts and earned more than $1.5 million during a career that saw him win the San Luis Rey Stakes and San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap at Santa Anita in 1992, the Eddie Read at Del Mar in 1990, and the Budweiser International Handicap at Laurel in 1990, all Grade 1 races at the time. He also captured the Grade 2 Citation at Hollywood Park and Grade 3 Arcadia and San Marcos at Santa Anita. Fly Till Dawn, a son of Swing Till Dawn who was a foal of 1986, was bred by Gleis in Kentucky. He died at age 30 in 2016. Gleis was a longtime benefactor of numerous health-related endeavors in Orange County, Calif., most notably in regard to eye disease. She suffered from macular degeneration. Gleis is survived by one son, eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren. A daughter – Hausman’s mother, Marilyn – preceded her in death. Gleis’s son, Gavin Herbert Jr., is a co-founder of the eye-care company Allergan. Graveside services will be private, Hausman said.