Updates, last call morning training

Last Call! Morning training at Monmouth Park on Saturday. All horses expected to train, many with timed works. All welcome, space almost full, please RSVP if you wish to attend.

• Starring John Wain runs tomorrow at Del Mar; the horse is training really well. As good as we can get him for this allowance test.
• For a good look at how ‘stats’ can be misleading, take a look at the Thoroughbred Daily News article on Jerry Hollendorfer, “Hollendorfer Files Complaint for Emergency Relief Against Pacific Racing Association” and note the section at the end of the article circled in red.

As most people know, Jerry was kicked out of Santa Anita and Golden Gate after four horses under his care died in 5 months (interestingly after Bob Baffert had two horses die at Del Mar in the first 10 days, no action was taken). Jerry had over 100 horses training, most at Golden Gate and Santa Anita but many at tracks across the nation and the article notes that in a period of almost 4 years, he had absolutely ZERO equine deaths anywhere, except at Santa Anita and Golden Gate. Perhaps that might indicate the problems lie, at least to some extent, with the track surfaces and not with the trainers who are being made scapegoats for larger industry problems?  NOT that Jerry (or any trainer) doesn’t have a responsibility to protect horses under his care in every way possible, but this is a complex issue to say the least and tracks unilaterally ‘banning’ trainers with no active violations of any kind is certainly not the answer, as the courts have so far fortunately ruled.

• Looking for races for New Found Treasure, Solar and ShimmyShimmy Shake at Monmouth Park, as soon as something suitable goes, they will be in. All doing really well and are ready to run.