Longtime New York-based trainer Jimmy Jerkens, 64, will head to Saudi Arabia next month to train for Prince Faisal bin Khalid Al Saud, reports the Daily Racing Form. The son of Hall of Famer H. Allen Jerkens has trained a pair of Breeders' Cup winners and multiple Grade 1 winners, but the younger Jerkens has only sent out 16 winners from 155 starters since the end of 2020.
Jerkens said his stable has been reduced to 10 horses.
“Can't get going here,” Jerkens told DRF. “Built up a lot of debt. Not enough happening fast enough. It's hard driving through the gates seven days a week knowing you're losing money. Hope can only last so long. It just hasn't been happening.”
Among Jerkens' top trainees are: Effinex, Shaman Ghost, Artie Schiller, Wicked Strong, Holy Helena, Corinthian, Preservationist, Delta Prince, and V.E. Day.
Read more at the Daily Racing Form.
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