Santa Anita Park kicks out Hall of fame trainer after a fourth horse of his dies

[michael777]

Hall of fame horse trainer Jerry Hollendorfer was banned Saturday from Santa Anita Park hours after one of his thoroughbreds died at the famed track.

American Currency, a 4-year-old gelding, was injured while exercising on the training track, Mike Marten with the California Horse Racing Board said. It was the fourth horse trained by Hollendorfer to die this season.


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Hollendorfer was elected to the National Museum of Horse Racing and Hall of Fame in 2011. He has more than 7,600 wins, third all time.
This is the 30th horse death at Santa Anita since this racing season began in December.

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Hollendorfer also trained Battle of Midway, who died in February; Psychedelicat, who died in December; and Kochees, who died in May.


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The Stronach Group, which owns Santa Anita, has issued a statement saying in part, "We regret that Mr. Hollendorfer's record in recent months at both Santa Anita and Golden Gate Fields (near Oakland, California) has become increasingly challenging and does not match the level of safety and accountability we demand.
"Effective immediately, Mr. Hollendorfer is no longer welcome to stable, race or train his horses at any of our facilities."
The action comes the a day after CNN aired an investigation into horse deaths at Santa Anita and other racetracks around the country.
According to horse racing website Equibase, American Currency raced five times earlier this season at Golden Gate Fields before he raced at Santa Anita, once in May. American Currency finished in the money nine times in 13 career races and won three times.
There were 10 races scheduled for Saturday's program, the next to last day of the season.
Marten said American Currency was not scheduled to race and therefore wasn't reviewed by a panel that looks at horses entered in the racing program.

Four of Hollendorfer's horses that were scheduled to race were scratched from Saturday's and Sunday's events.
The track is scheduled to host one of horse racing's big events, the Breeders' Cup, in November at the end of its autumn season.

 

[sunshine11]

Ouchazzkick(&^

 

[Twisted]

yea I dont think trainers are the issue. Bunch of idiots run that place, that track needs to be shut down and resurfaced asap

 

[slapshot]

If only he hadn’t raced his horses it would of only been 26 dead

 

[Willie99]

I wonder if they're drinking the same water as they're drinking in the Dominican Republic?

What with all these weird deaths?

 

[Ladeda]

Someone fill me in because I see all the headlines but don't read closely. How are these horses dying? This last one in this headline looks like he got injured and they had to put him down?

Is that the case with most of these horses, are they getting hurt on the questionable track and being put down? Or are they just mysteriously dying?

 

[niltes]

the heavy rains in so cal this year caused santa anita to seal the track
for an extended period of time. this likely (santa anita would NEVER
confirm this due to liability) caused issues with the racing surface and
its base thus increasing the horse mortality rate. PETA has been waiting
for something like this since the disastrous (for the horses anyway) meet
at del mar a few years ago. they've mobilized the media both local and national
to manipulate public opinion and are doing it quite effectively. politicians,
animal rights activists, and the public are all on the same page and quite
vocal. the real issue for santa anita long term is economics. that land is
valuable and using for a race track part time is an economic catastrophe.
Hollywood park and bay meadows were closed in the recent past for that reason.
California does not allow racetracks to have casinos to bring
in needed extra revenue and are unlikely to due to the strong political
influence of the indian tribes. the future is not bright for racing at santa anita.
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