The dismissal of a lawsuit introduced by Corridor of Fame coach Jerry Hollendorfer towards the California Horse Racing Board has been affirmed on attraction.
Hollendorfer sued the CHRB in 2020 after the company refused to take any motion when Del Mar dominated Hollendorfer off its grounds the prior yr following the deaths of a number of horses in his care in California. The trial court docket dismissed a number of theories of legal responsibility claimed by Hollendorfer.
Hollendorfer was allowed to proceed racing on the Southern California monitor after being granted a brief injunction in 2020. His swimsuit for damages towards Del Mar, filed the identical yr, was settled on confidential, unspecified phrases in 2023. Del Mar instructed BloodHorse at the moment the settlement doesn’t mirror an “acceptance of legal responsibility.”
At about the identical time the Del Mar swimsuit was settled, Hollendorfer appealed from the order denying his claims towards CHRB. The attraction was unanimously rejected Oct. 28 by a three-judge panel of the 4th Appellate District of the California Court docket of Attraction. The coach has the proper to ask the California Supreme Court docket to evaluate the choice.
Hollendorfer was inducted within the Nationwide Museum of Racing’s Corridor of Fame in 2011, however he not competes at its greater ranges. In line with Equibase data, from 2007 via 2018 Hollendorfer averaged 159.5 stakes starters per yr. This yr via Nov. 9 he is began 11 horses in 29 races with two wins, two seconds, 4 thirds, and earnings of $105,136.
