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Hollendorfer Seeking Preliminary Injunction To Race At Santa Anita

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer has filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to be allowed to race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., reports the Thoroughbred Daily News. The embattled Hall of Fame trainer has been banned from all tracks owned by The Stronach Group since June of 2019, and is seeking this injunction since no action has been taken against him by the California Horse Racing Board.

“The requested injunction will maintain the status quo which exists at all other non-TSG owned race meets in the State,” the filing states.

Hollendorfer is not requesting stalls at Santa Anita, as he is currently stabled at Los Alamitos and plans to remain there.

The filing argues that Hollendorfer “will suffer further irreparable harm to his business and occupation without the injunction. Plaintiff is 75 years old and has significant underlying medical conditions. The upcoming race meet at SAP may be Plaintiff's last chance to salvage his profession.”

A hearing on the matter is scheduled for Nov. 19.

Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.

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Adena Springs Kentucky Farm Listed For Sale

Once a part of The Stronach Group's internationally renowned breeding and training business, Adena Springs Farm, located in Paris, Ky., served as a cornerstone to the company's formerly integrated breeding and training operations in Ontario, Florida and elsewhere.

The hands-on visionary of the complex, Frank Stronach, purchased the land in 2005 and built a state-of-the-art facility on the 2,300-acre property that opened in 2007, capable of handling over 1,000 horses.

Icon Global' s Bernard Uechtritz said, “We are delighted to make this early campaign announcement on behalf of our client, The Stronach Group, and are truly honored and privileged to be able to do so at this year's Fasig-Tipton illustrious Night of the Stars November Sale event. The Adena Springs contributions, records, awards, and innovations to the Thoroughbred racing industry internationally are incredible and, in some cases, unsurpassed in the annals of modern racing history. This farm is one of the two largest of its kind under one fence in the Lexington bluegrass. The other is the renowned WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., owned by a Texan.

“Although the complex was originally built for Thoroughbred breeding operations, its world-class infrastructure is multifaceted, versatile, and can easily convert to any equestrian discipline showplace, a horse park or even a co-op operation with central amenities. The farm is also easily subdivided into several smaller tracts for cohesive or separate ownerships along with private access. We will be offering the property in several parcel and custom parcel combinations. The market is very strong right now for all sizes of horse farm property, and even as we now prepare the farm for showings, we have early interest as word has gotten out. We will soon be announcing our Kentucky representative team as we progress towards making the farm and data room available for qualified buyer viewing and negotiations.”

Icon Global designs and implements strategic, tactical marketing and sales campaigns for unique, high-end properties globally.

Icon Global was founded by complex deal maker and International real estate advisor, Bernard Uechtritz. The Australian native most notably led the global marketing and sale of the 535,000-acre W.T. Waggoner Ranch in Vernon, Texas – listed at $725 million – the largest ranch in North America under one contiguous fence, in a world record sale that still stands today. Icon Global is an independently licensed and internationally connected full-service brokerage firm.

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Hollendorfer Legal Battle Against Stronach Group Wages On

Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer is soldiering on in his legal fight to be allowed to enter horses at racetracks owned by The Stronach Group. Thoroughbred Daily News reported Monday that Hollendorfer has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in Los Angeles County Superior Court, seeking the ability to enter horses at the upcoming Santa Anita meet.

According to the TDN, Hollendorfer's filing indicates he isn't interested in acquiring stabling, as he is based at Los Alamitos and plans to continue training from there. His motion suggests that track ownership is attempting to bypass the power granted to the California Horse Racing Board by making an illegal determination about whether or not he can enter horses at one of its racetracks.

The argument is similar to one he has made in other pending cases against Del Mar and Golden Gate Fields ownership in other county courts. He has not so far been successful in those cases, but they remain ongoing.

Hollendorfer has been scrapping with California track ownership since September 2019. Stronach Group officials noted at the time they had concerns about safety and welfare practices in his barn. The current filing claims two key veterinarians have since admitted they had not based their opinions on first-hand knowledge.

2022 Maryland Dates to Include August Meet at Pimlico

The inclusion of an August race meet at Pimlico Race Course for the first time in 17 years was the only major change in the 2022 slate of racing dates approved Thursday by the Maryland Racing Commission.

Although not discussed at the Oct. 28 meeting, one obvious benefit to the mid-summer move from Laurel Park to Pimlico will be the ability to give Laurel's turf course a break during the hottest time of the year in Maryland.

Pimlico last ran in the late summer back in 2005, when its calendar also included dates in January, April through June, and August.

In 2006, Pimlico's schedule got cut to an April-through-June meet. Between 2007 and 2015 it raced just April and May. In 2016 Pimlico raced May and June, and from 2017 to 2019 the schedule was pared down to only 12 dates in May in conjunction with the GI Preakness S.

The schedule for the last two years at Pimlico got thrown into an aberrational flux.

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out spring racing in the state, so Pimlico raced just six dates over two weeks in September and October in conjunction with the repositioned Preakness.

In 2021, Pimlico had to pick up dates in April through August because of the emergency closure at Laurel to install a new main track.
After years of debate over what to do with the decaying Pimlico, its owner, The Stronach Group (TSG), has recently partnered with the city and the state for a an approximately $400-million redevelopment plan that will keep the Preakness in Baltimore while revitalizing the track's surrounding neighborhoods.

The Washington Post recently described the plan, which is just getting started, like this: “TSG will turn Pimlico over to the city. Its clubhouse and grandstand will be demolished and the racetrack rotated 30 degrees to free up parcels to sell for other development. A new clubhouse and event center will be erected, but horse training and stable operations will be consolidated at Laurel Park. All racing will move to Laurel, except for a short spring meet in Baltimore that will include the Preakness.”

Maryland's full 2022 Thoroughbred calendar follows:
• Laurel (147 dates over four meets): Jan. 1-Mar. 31, Apr. 1-May 8, June 1-July 31, Sept. 6-Dec. 31.
• Pimlico (21 dates over two meets): May 8-31, Aug 1-25 and Aug. 30.
• Timonium (7 dates): Aug. 25-Sept. 5.

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