does this seem really wrong to anyone other than me?

[covelj70]

Summer Bird being moved to new barn
By Mary Rampellini
Trainer Tim Ice has been informed that he is being relieved of his duties as the trainer of champion Summer Bird as well as 24 other horses owned by K.K. and Vilasini Jayaraman. Ice, who is based at Oaklawn, said the loss of the horses will reduce his stable from 31 head to six.

\"It puts me almost out of business,\" Ice said.

K.K. Jayaraman said Tuesday morning he will be moving the horses, but a final decision on a new trainer has not yet been made.

\"I haven\'t decided anything yet,\" he said.

Ice said he believes a slow start to the meet, where he is 2 for 15, and a colt suffering a condylar fracture during a morning workout Sunday at Oaklawn led to the Jayaraman\'s decision. K.K. Jayaraman said there has been a breakdown in communication between he and Ice. Ice said he did not know where Summer Bird would be headed. Jayaraman, who has trained in the past himself, has had a number of trainers through the years.

\"I\'m just another trainer in a long line he\'s hired and fired,\" Ice said. \"But I do have empty stalls, and I\'m looking for new clients.\"

Ice, 35, was in his first year of training last season, when he sent out Summer Bird to win the Belmont Stakes, Travers, and Jockey Club Gold Cup en route to the title of 3-year-old champion. The horse sustained a condylar fracture in late November while in Japan training for the Japan Cup Dirt, and has been rehabbing at Oaklawn.

\"I\'m going to miss Summer Bird,\" Ice said. \"He means the world to me. I hope Summer Bird goes on and is Horse of the Year. He\'s been very good to me. I can only hope for the best for him.\"

Summer Bird is expected to resume training in mid-March, said Jayaraman.

Ice said he will be attending the Ocala Breeders\' sales 2-year-olds in training auction in Ocala, Fla., on Feb. 16 in order to seek new clients.

[TGJB]

That\'s seriously unbelievable.

[dannyboy135]

Certainly, have to feel sympathy for Tim Ice.  While I don\'t know Ice or jayaraman.  When you see owners moving from trainer to trainer you can expect one day you will get shafted just as the last one has.  Mike maker might want to be romancing other owners as my guess is his term with the ramseys is about up.  Hopefully ice will have the same success that Catalano had after his firing

[miff]

What Ice\'s record last 100 starts excluding Summer Bird?(don\'t have a clue)

Summer Bird now with Tim Ritchey according to DRF.


Mike

[jma11473]

Ritchey is 2 for 16 at Oaklawn; Ice is 2 for 28.

It\'s hard to say \"last 100 starts excluding Summer Bird\" when Ice handled Summer Bird so well. Of course it\'s hard to know when to give credit to the trainer and when to give it to the vet, but is Ritchey really a big difference from Ice in that area?

[miff]

I think Ritchey was a \"suspect\" at some point. Kinda think that just about any trainer can do well with a very talented horse.


Mike