Daniel Perlsweig is a retired American trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

 in the sport of Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...

 horse racing

Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...

. Among his successful horses, Perlsweig is best known for training Lord Avie

Lord Avie

Lord Avie was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse.-Background:A descendant of the great Nearco through his sire Lord Gaylord, his mare, Avie, was a daughter of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Gallant Man...

, the 1980 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. http://www.bloodhorse.com/eclipsewinners/results.asp?title=2-Year-Old+Male&year=1980 Lord Avie won the 1981 Florida Derby

Florida Derby

The Florida Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses held annually at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida on the Saturday closest to the end of March or the first of April. Added to the racing schedule in 1952, the Grade 1 race is run at 1⅛ miles on the dirt...

 and was favored to win the 1981 Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

 until an injury kept him out of all thee of the U. S. Triple Crown

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

In the United States, the "Triple Crown" is usually the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year consisting of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.While Daily Racing Form...

 series.

In 1999, Perlsweig was voted the Dogwood Dominion Award

Dogwood Dominion Award

The Dogwood Dominion Award is an honor given annually to a person in American Thoroughbred horse racing. It was established in 1993 by W. Cothran "Cot" Campbell, president of the racing partnership Dogwood Stable, now based in Aiken, South Carolina. It was created to recognize the "unsung heroes"...

as one of the unsung heroes of American horse racing. http://books.google.ca/books?id=dAq4TGQsWwwC&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=Daniel+Perlsweig&source=bl&ots=ZxVNa5hNJZ&sig=a00lQz2pg8G9WRdkJIxlB7zbpjk&hl=en&ei=vxLKSpLEJInWNcPTqPMH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#v=onepage&q=Daniel%20Perlsweig&f=false