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Thumb_grening David Grening , Belmont Park , 06/23/2019 - DRF Live Posted : Jun 23, 2019, 4:17 PM

Hollendorfer permitted to race, train at NYRA tracks

Jerry Hollendorfer, the Hall of Fame trainer who was banned from training and racing his horses at tracks owned by the Stronach Group, will be permitted to race and train at New York Racing Association tracks.

In a statement put out Sunday afternoon, NYRA's Pat McKenna, director of communications wrote, "Mr. Hollendorfer is currently utilizing stall space at Belmont Park and was approved for stalls at Saratoga Race Course for the 2019 summer meet. NYRA will honor those agreements and he will be permitted to stable and enter horses at both Belmont and Saratoga."

On Saturday, Hollendorfer had a horse suffer a fatal breakdown during a workout at Santa Anita. It was the fourth horse he trained that suffered a fatal breakdown since the meet opened Dec. 26. Santa Anita management has been under scrutiny from state officials as well as animal rights activists for months.

About a month ago, Hollendorfer shipped in a handful of horses to Belmont. Under the care of Don Chatlos, a former trainer who has worked as an assistant for Hollendorfer for several years, Hollendorfer has six horses currently stabled at Belmont. He was allotted 16 stalls, with the idea of him sending in several horses he purchased at 2-year-old sales.

Rowayton, a 3-year-old, won an allowance race here on June 6. On Sunday, Rowayton worked five furlongs in 59.09 seconds over the Belmont training track. Rowayton is pointing to the Grade 2 Dwyer Stakes here on July 6.

Rowayton worked in company with the 3-year-old filly Brill, who was entered Sunday for an allowance race for Friday but the race did not fill.

Chatlos said Hollendorfer told him "you just worry about what you got over there ... do your job."

Hollendorfer has three 2-year-old stabled at Belmont in addition to a 3-year-old maiden. Two of those juveniles as well as the 3-year-old also worked at Belmont Sunday without incident.

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