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[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Not sure why anyone would want to race or bet Turf paradise. I see john Sherriffs had 84 starts for the year? Is training his hobby or career?

Yet there are people voting for him as Trainer of the Year.

Too funny.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Yet there are people voting for him as Trainer of the Year.

Too funny.

You have to understand that training Zenyatta was very involved.

[Sightseek]

Who else should get it -- Pletcher?

[freddymo]

Pletcher is a terriffic trainer so are a lot of guys that play in the "grayground" just because you know how to ....... doesnt mean you cant train. It's the guys that cant train that win like crazy that drives me nutz.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Who else should get it -- Pletcher?

How about Jerry Hollendorfer? In an era where other leading trainers don't run their horses, his handling of Blind Luck's throwback campaign was an anomoly among current training trends. Add in the fact that he had a Breeders' Cup winner (Dakota Phone) and trained Tuscan Evening, arguably the top (or certainly no worse than second) North American-based turf female prior to her untimely death from his type of stable is pretty good stuff.

Pletcher's handling of Eskendereya and the Life At Ten fiasco would be disqualifying in my book.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

How about Jerry Hollendorfer? In an era where other leading trainers don't run their horses, his handling of Blind Luck's throwback campaign was an anomoly among current training trends. Add in the fact that he had a Breeders' Cup winner (Dakota Phone) and trained Tuscan Evening, arguably the top (or certainly no worse than second) North American-based turf female prior to her untimely death from his type of stable is pretty good stuff.

Pletcher's handling of Eskendereya and the Life At Ten fiasco would be disqualifying in my book.

I would be all for it. Currently, voting by leading money winner or win percentage is pretty much awarding part of the problem of current training methods, campaigning of horses and "super stables."