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Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Forgive my ignorance (since we only race in NY), but what is Delaware doing?

No ignorance, none whatsoever. I race in NY as well and was surprised when I learned about this. I didn't have anything racing in Delaware at the time, but I did have horses in training there. It was covered by some of the trade journals as well.

Apparently, Delaware will be requiring owners to sign an agreement that says, in part, if your trainer gets suspended, your horse will actually be transferred to and be trained by a new trainer. As an owner, you are also agreeing that you will not be paying the suspended trainer during his/her suspension. I don't remember if communications were covered as part of the agreement.

Apparently, they are also holding the trainers accountable in that the suspended trainer cannot financially benefit or be payed by the new trainer. There is of course more to it. One of the problems I had, and I think the language was changed, was that the owner could be held responsible if the suspended trainer financially benefited or was paid in some fashion by the new trainer. That of course would not fly and I was told that the language was changed, shifting the liability from the owner to the (new and suspended) trainer.

Eric