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Originally Posted by cj

I thought the advent of "super trainer" was in regards to the guys that started having strings all over the country with various assistants, but I could be wrong. Like Wayne Lukas was a the original but the term wasn't around yet.

Wasn't Jack Van Berg the original in terms of multiple strings (though not with all high level horses like Lukas)? I think it was Davidowitz in "Betting Thoroughbreds" who talked about the trainer angle of Van Berg horses winning in bunches at tracks when Jack was actually on the grounds instead of at another track. I think Lukas was still training quarter horses when Davidowitz's first edition came out.