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Hollendorfer deportation request denied in San Diego case


Jerry Hollendorfer announced that he was illegally banned from horse racing in 2019 Del Mar summer meet was denied by the California Superior Court in San Diego more than 900 days after he filed a lawsuit seeking redress.

A minutes order was prepared by Judge Ronald F. Frazier to direct Defendant’s attorney in the case, the California Horse Racing Board, to file a proposed judgment against Hollendorfer. The minutes order, dated November 22, was not available on the court’s online register until several days after it was entered.

The legal controversy began after numerous horse deaths occurred in Santa Anita . Park in 2019, causing bad publicity for athletics in particular and sports in general. Hollendorfer’s expulsion from races owned by The Stronach Group, including Santa Anita, comes after six horses died in the trainer’s care between 18 November 2018 and the trainer’s date. was deported on June 22, 2019.

Frazier’s order said that two weeks later, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club rejected Hollendorfer’s booth application for the 2019 summer meetup; and reasons for refusal include “lack of space” and “recent actions by the Stronach Corporation and the New York Racing Association, among others.”

Hollendorfer and his attorney, Drew Coutu, ultimately responded to both evictions with litigation. The procedural context of the San Diego case is different from that of the case brought by the Los Angeles Superior Court, but whether Hollendorfer will come forward in either case is an important defense to be considered. set out at both locations.

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Following Hollendorfer’s disqualification at Del Mar, a complaint was filed with the CHRB on July 24, 2019 by California Thoroughbred Trainers. It allegedly violated the 2019 race response agreements. The CHRB appointed Patrick Cane as the hearing officer. Legal briefs were filed, but a hearing was not held before Cane recommended no action. Any allegation, he concluded, of violating the meet-race agreement is a point of contention as the agreement has expired. The CHRB adopted this recommendation at the end of February 2020.

Hollendorfer disagreed with the ruling and sued CHRB, but CTT did not. The San Diego court ruled that only the CTT was qualified to do so.

On April 29, Judge Maurice Leiter dismissed one of Hollendorfer’s many lawsuits filed in Los Angeles, alleging that he lacked the right to assert a breach of the agreement to meet the race between California Thoroughbred Trainers and Santa Anita ownership.

In early June 2022, Hollendorfer and Stronach Group entities entered into a confidential settlement agreement. The terms have not been publicly disclosed, but in a memo dated September 16, Leiter wrote, “Affiliate notifies the Court that final payment was received on Monday.” Hollendorfer has not been involved in Santa Anita since the settlement was announced before one meeting closed on June 19 and another from September 30 to November 6.

In the San Diego case, Frazier also refuted Hollendorfer’s claim that he was entitled to a hearing from Del Mar officials before he was denied stall space, arguing that the trainer failed to prove it. request a hearing under the California Business and Professions Code.

One thing that was not disclosed in the court decision, perhaps because it was inconsistent with the issues, was that Hollendorfer raced at the Del Mar meeting scheduled to end on December 4. According to Equibase, he started four horses, none of which hit the board, earning $4,560 cash.

Whether Hollendorfer will appeal the San Diego ruling has yet to be determined.

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