A couple of thoughts on Grening's article:
1. Dutrow claims that training for a prolonged period of time over the Calder surface tends to screw a horse up. If that's the case, then what Wolfson is doing is even more remarkable.
2. Sallusto is correct in saying that "not all trainers are created equal." However, the PPs above in this thread, as well as the work Dutrow did with horses like Saint Liam and Silver Train (amid countless others), each of whom were with pretty respectable horsemen before they went into his barn, force one to reach either one of two conclusions: (a) Dutrow, Wolfson and the like are either 10-15 lengths better than any other trainer on the backstretch; or (b) they have some "edge" that no one else does, which causes their horses to run that much better than everyone else's.
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