Louis Albertrani, a retired trainer best known for campaigning 1999 champion sprinter Artax, died Saturday of an apparent heart attack at his home near New Castle, Del., family members said Monday. He was 67. According to Equibase, Albertrani won 133 races from 1,657 starters during a 30-year career from 1992-2021. In 1999, Albertrani won three Grade 1 stakes, including the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, with Artax, who was voted the Eclipse Award for champion sprinter. His other victories that year included the Carter and Vosburgh as part of a 15-race campaign. Artax was owned by Ernie Paragallo’s Paraneck Stable, for whom Albertrani trained from 1995-2000 before quitting that position. After several lean years -- including a six-month stint in 2002 training for Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in Saudi Arabia -- Albertranti returned to the U.S. and in 2007 reunited with Paragallo. Albertrani retired from training in 2021 and has been working as a placing/patrol judge at Parx in Bensalem, Pa., where he worked in the racing office. Louis Albertrani is the older brother of recently retired trainer Tom Albertrani. “My best memory was when we won both won Breeders’ Cup races on the same day,” said Tom Albertrani, who was an assistant to Saeed bin Suroor in 1999, when Daylami won the Breeders’ Cup Turf the same day Artax on the Sprint. “He was a very good horseman. He struggled some but he did very well,” Tom Albertrani said. “He was a sociable type of guy, loved being around the horses and talking to horsemen.” In addition to Artax, other stakes winners trained by Louis Albertrani included Honor the Fleet, Aristotle, Concealed City, and Trevelyan. Albertrani is survived by his wife of 33 years, Denise. The couple did not have any children. A viewing will be held Saturday from 11 a.m.-noon at Spicer-Millikan Funeral Home 1000 DuPont Parkway, New Castle, Del. A church service will be held at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, 209 Washington St., Delaware City, Del., from 1-2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Lou’s name to either the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association Turning for Home program or Beyond the Wire, the Maryland racing industry’s equine retirement program. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.