Some of those early childhood memories prominently
feature one of the sport's all-time legends. Robert Fluor
owned horses with Hall of Famer and California racing god
Charlie Whittingham, who took a liking to his son.
"Charlie would ask me, 'C'mon Peter, you ever been
on a pony?'" Fluor recalled. "So I'd get on the back of
Charlie's pony and he'd walk around and watch his horses
work. Then I would get the donut from my dad. I held him
to that."
When Fluor was a teenager, his father bought El Rancho
Murrieta in Murrieta, California, a 160-acre ranch turned
commercial racing operation. His partner on the deed was
Charles Weiner, father of K.C.
"Charles and my father were friends in business and
they had the ranch for 10 years," Fluor said. "It had a train-
ing track and a breeding shed and a foaling barn and an
operating barn."
Charlie Whittingham
