Tim Ritvo, president of chief operating officer of The Stronach Group (TSG), which owns Laurel, said in a phone interview that he and Maryland Jockey Club vice president and general manager
Sal Sinatra asked for and obtained proof that Gonzalez would not be just a “paper trainer” in lieu of the barred Navarro.
“Sal made sure and verified there was a complete transfer [by] the ownership that the horse [would be] staying with Claudio [and that] he was responsible for all the actions of the horse, and we clearly made sure it wasn’t just a trainer transfer to an assistant trainer or something like that,” Ritvo said. “I wanted no ‘program’ trainer. We wanted to make sure it wasn’t just a program trainer.”
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