I'm not going to touch the debate about Ellis's training merits with a 10 foot pole.

However, a trainer change *may* help the horse, and it has nothing to do with how good or bad a trainer his current conditioner is. We just saw Miesque's Approval have a championship-level campaign this past year when he was moved from Mott's barn to Wolfson's barn. Does that mean Mott is a terrible trainer? Heck no. All it means is that different horses respond well to different environments.

And it could be that DM just doesn't want to do it anymore. If that's the case, then Charlie Whittingham himself could come down from heaven and not be able to make the horse run.