Calls banned trainer a “scapegoat” for problem derived from number of factors
In somewhat of a surprise announcement, legendary Los Alamitos Racetrack owner Edward “Doc” Allred has offered safe haven to a trainer banned from Santa Anita Racetrack following the 30th death of a horse this past week.
According to NBC News, a Hall of Fame trainer was banned from Santa Anita Park near Los Angeles after the fourth horse from his stable died, marking the 30th death of a race horse at the famed track since December, state officials said Saturday.
The horse American Currency was injured while exercising Saturday morning and then euthanized, the California Horse Racing Board said. It was the fourth horse death connected to trainer Jerry Hollendorfer this season, the board said.
On Monday, Allred issued a public statement saying “Los Alamitos will gladly provide stalls to Jerry Hollendorfer, a Hall of Fame trainer and an unexcelled horseman. Unless forbidden by the California Horse Racing Board, we intend to permit entries from Hollendorfer. We do not feel he should be a scapegoat for a problem which derives from a number of factors.”
