TRM issue 19.qxd:Jerkins feature.qxd
28/1/11
21:56
Page 2
www.trmirelandinc.com
January 2, at the Big A is a victory shy of the NYRA record of eight (shared by four modern-day trainers) and ties John Kimmel’s skein at Saratoga in 2008. To Adam Wachtel, whose Wachtel Stable has had horses with Englehart for nearly a decade, the trainer’s success this winter is no great surprise. Wachtel says, “I started out just giving him my NY-breds that weren’t able to compete on the NYRA circuit. But, after seeing the terrific job he had done with every horse I sent him I decided to give him a shot with some of the better horses. There was no doubt in my mind Chris would do a great job with any horse I gave him.� One such horse is Cinder Cone, coowned by Wachtel and Jerry Crawford. Cinder Cone paid $29.40 when winning on opening day at Saratoga last year a few starts after
being transferred from the Pennsylvania circuit. Another Englehart trainee for Wachtel is Smokin Hero, winner of the Ontario County Stakes at Finger Lakes in 2009 and stakes-placed last season. The New York-bred Smokin Mel gelding is one of Englehart’s nine winners in 2011 (through January 26). Finger Lakes and Englehart grew up together in Farmington. He was in grade school when the track opened a few miles down the road and walked hots when he was 12. In 1973, at just 18 years old and having spent some time under Michael Ferraro Sr., Englehart took out his training license. Overall, he has trained the winners of 2,880 races and $24-million in earnings, reaching the $1-million mark every year since 2003 inclusive. Englehart runs a family operation with wife Sheila, four of their five sons,
and his brother Steve. Sheila runs the barn at Finger Lakes and Steve does the same at Mountaineer Park; another assistant, Manny Gonzalez, is in charge of the string running at Aqueduct. Englehart’s farm near Finger Lakes is overseen by Jesse, and the youngest boys, Jeff and Justin, also work there, while Joe is in charge of the financial end of the business. The Engleharts’ eldest son Jeremiah is a Finger Lakes conditioner as well. Only daughter Christie, an administrator at a children’s charity in Rochester, is not in the horse industry. “Sheila really does a lot of the work,� Englehart says of his stable. “I just kind of oversee the operation and talk to the owners, buy and sell horses, and put them in the right races they need to be put in. Sheila and I both have our jobs to do and it works out really well.� I
Excellence in Equine Nutrition FOR OPTIMUM SKELETAL DEVELOPMENT & CONFORMATION A Pelleted Formula Recommended for Pregnant Mares & Young Growing Stock.
‘ T h e C h o i c e o f L e a d i n g B r e e d e r s & Tr a i n e r s W o r l d w i d e .’
THE PROVEN GUT NUTRITION FORMULA 73% of horses supplemented with GNF showed an overall decrease in gastric ulcer severity in just 6 weeks. # % # !% %$" $ " !% %$" $ " " # $ $ $ " !% $ " "' ## $ " # &
Distributed By: TRM-Ireland Inc, 10008 State Rte 43, Streetsboro, OH 44241. Customer Service: 1800 876 5688, Web: www.trmirelandinc.com ISSUE 19 TRAINERMAGAZINE.com 17