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#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-03 12:28 PM
Typical some one does all the work, and woman takes credit for it.
What possessed you to comment on something you obviously know nothing about?
Between the horse owners, stables, jockeys and trainers, the trainers are the ones who spend the most time with the horses getting them ready for races and advising owners which horses to buy and why, the range of how much to pay, instructing jockeys (who might be chosen for a specific race by lottery or availability) before the race, and are given most of the credit or most of the blame depending on expectations / handicap, or if anything happens to the horse between the races.
Names of winning horses are most often associated with their trainer, not with their owners or jockeys who won specific race because there are plenty of journeyman jockeys who come and go, but world class winning trainers are very few and they're very much in high demand.
Owners want well known trainers to help them find and buy horses, and then train them for a couple of years of their short racing careers, if any.
Trainers like Bob Baffert, Bill Mott, Todd Pletcher, Brad Cox, Chad Brown etc. are legendary because of the winning horses they trained; most people would be hard pressed to name owners of Triple Crown event winning horses of just few years ago.
Nobody gives a damn about the owners when making bets - outside of horses' records and their pedigrees, it's mostly trainers and to a much smaller degree, the jockeys that get some weight in betting. **
www.aol.com - Who are the trainers for Kentucky Derby 2026? Bob Baffert to Brad Cox
** FD: I am not a gambler, and have never bet on horses or sporting events.
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