my list of best trainers in the country:
1)
Jerry Hollendorfer.
not one and I mean NO ONE can spot a horse better. You will never make a red cent of profit trying to claim a horse off of him. He has raced 150 times less than T pletch but is only 15 back in him in the win column and does it with 5k claimers if that. But when he gets a runner..Whatabull, Histerial lady.. he knows what to do with them. Oh.. and he has about 5k wins to his name.
2)
Kiaran P. McLaughlin- He has proven he can win on any level. he can baby a horse, he can get one running early. if his horses loose, you know it's not Kiaran's fault the horse just wasn't good enough. On the same mark, when he runs a horse in a high level race, you hvae to pay attention.. unlike Pletcher, who goes black in anything big mor times tha not... that is when Kiaran is at his best.
3) allen Jerkins- The top 4 for me are interchangeable. He's allen freakin jerkins. He's the giant killer. I don't need to say much else. not many people know more about horses
4) Bobby Frankel- again, a carbon copy of McLaughlin.. will get the most out of his horse. a horseman if there ever was one. He can be a little on the pricky side but he knows his horses. has a 10% higher ITM clip than your beloved pletcher
5)
Carl A. Nafzger- If he wanted to, he could be right up there with anyone , but he's ready to give it up, if not for Street Sense he would probably already be retired. Look at how masterfully he had SS ready for the derby. when HE gets a horse ready to run.. watch out. He made mincemeat of this (actually pretty good) derby field.
6)
Ronald L. McAnally
- He's getting old (very) too.. but he trained John Henry. he can still train. I don't think he likes keeping as big a stable.. but he has trained 3 of the top 100 horses of the last century (per bloodhorse, not me).. 4 if you count Candy Ride (which I don't but a damn good horse).
7)
Richard E. Mandella
the tin man, phone trick, pleasantly perfect, half bridled.. and a slew of others I don't even want to remember, just doesn't have the guns this particular year and even in an off year he can pull out a horse like the tin man. If you give this man a horse, he can make it run. that has never been a question.
I would still probably put a couple more trainers in there before him (pletcher).. but I could see pletch in the top 10. top 10 out of thousands is not a bad feat at ALL.. Assumssen, Scott Lake (who has races 1200 times..600-800 more than anyone else to get 40 more victors wouldn't sniff my list)
alot of people will take heed to JH being first on my list.. but I riase this question to you.. what trainer has had more of an impact on betting then Jerry?
I play the Nothern and Sothern Cali ciruit on a daily basis. the man has made making money at Bay meadows and golden gate damn near impossible. you can't do it. you can't make money betting against him because he can drop a horse and win by 10. he can raise a horse and win by 10. adn either way the horse is 3/5. .. at best
no trainer has ever had THAT type of impact on a racing circuit. I mean in so Cal even florida, pletch horses get bet, but I can throw a mule out in an allowence n3x race and he wuld go off at even money if jerry trained him... and probably win
