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                      -- Hollendorfer banned by Santa Anita and Golden Gate

"A prominent owner who works with Hollendorfer says the trainer was ordered Saturday pack up his barn and leave Santa Anita Park.

"He hasn't been asked. He's been told," said the owner, who was not prepared to comment further.

Hollendorfer later confirmed he has 72 hours to vacate the property.

"Santa Anita doesn’t want me here or at Golden Gate Fields," The Stronach Group's Northern California track, Hollendorfer said. "I thought that was premature."

Racing wraps up Sunday at Santa Anita. Spokesmen representing Los Alamitos, the next track to open in the region for Thoroughbred racing on June 29, and Del Mar, which follows on July 17, said decisions had not been made as of Saturday afternoon regarding Hollendorfer's presence.

Earlier Saturday, Ray Paulick, publisher of Paulick Report, broke news of what appears the tipping point in The Stronach Group's decision. A fourth Hollendorfer trainee and 30th horse overall, the former claimer American Currency, suffered a fatal leg injury while training at Santa Anita. American Currency was a 4-year-old gelded son of Exchange Rate who finished last of five, 28 1/2 lengths back of first, in his last start on May 17.

"I don’t know why this horse pulled up this morning," Hollendorfer said. "We’re trying to check that out.""