Florida owner and breeder Stanley Ersoff dies

Stanley Ersoff, an owner, breeder and former president of the Florida Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Owners’ Association, died earlier this week at the age of 81.

Ersoff is best known for having bred and raced Grade 1 winner Charon, who won 7 of 16 starts including the Grade 1 Coaching Club American Oaks in 1990. She also won the Grade 2 Rampart and Bonnie Miss at Gulfstream Park, along with Laurel Park’s Grade 2 Black-Eyed Susan while trained for Ersoff by Eugene Navarro.

A graduate of the University of Miami Law School, Ersoff also campaigned graded stakes winners Youmadeyourpoint and Band Is Passing. Ersoff also served as president of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association from 1993-99, when several key pieces of legislation for the local industry were passed, including changes in workers’ compensation laws, full-card simulcasting, and the establishment of a sales medication reporting policy.