- Leone J. Peters
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name = Leone J. Peters
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birth_date =September 16 ,1911
birth_place =New York , U.S.
death_date =June 4 ,1988
death_place =Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania , U.S.
occupation = Real Estate Exective
Thoroughbred racehorse owner/breeder
spouse = Betty Martone
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Son: Paul Leone Peters
Daughter: Gail Peters BeitzLeone J. Peters (
September 16 ,1911 -June 4 ,1988 ) was an American businessman and an owner/breeder ofThoroughbred racehorses.Peters was a prominent
Manhattan real estate broker and consultant who joined the property management companyCushman & Wakefield in 1929. He oversaw an expansion of the business into a nationwide force and rose to become itsChief Executive Office and Chairman of theBoard of Directors .Thoroughbred horse racing
Leone Peters partnered with
Arthur B. Hancock III , of the renowned Kentucky breeding operation,Claiborne Farm . At Hancock'sStone Farm inParis, Kentucky they bred and racedGato Del Sol , winner of the 1982Kentucky Derby . Among other horses the two bred was multiple stakes race winnerTap Shoes andRisen Star , winner of the 1988 Preakness andBelmont Stakes who was voted theEclipse Award for Outstanding 3-Year-Old Male Horse .Leone J. Peters died at the
University of Pennsylvania Hospital inPhiladelphia in 1988 followingopen-heart surgery .He was married to Betty Martone (1914-1998) with whom he had a son, Paul Leone Peters, and a daughter who also became involved in Thoroughbred racing, Gail Peters Beitz.
References
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DC1F3DF934A35755C0A96E948260 Leone J. Peters obituary at The New York Times]
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