Multiple Grade 1 winning trainer based on the East coast of the US but hailing from England. Father of Grace, Willow and George. Husband of the amazing wife
Impossible to describe in words what she means to me and our girls. A truly astonishing lady, a beacon of her profession, the queen of the paddock but the very finest of mothers and loving of wives. Grace, Willow, George and I are lucky to have you.HB My darling
@MaggieWolfndale
Dad died peacefully at home last Monday with his five sons and our mum by his side. His service will be on May 11th at 2pm St Johns, Cirencester. All are welcome. No Flowers. Donations to UK Parkinson’s Research. Ref:1250830.
Willow Lynn Morley is among us. I am so proud of
@MaggieWolfndale
for bringing us this second amazing daughter. Grace is SO excited to meet her tomorrow. What an absolute joy.
Come along now Twitter. Today is my Super Woman like wife
@MaggieWolfndale
birthday!! She’s the best paddock analyst in the world
@TheNYRA
and the best Mum in the world to Grace and Willow and George and Yeager and Harry... and she still has time to be the best wife in the world
Martin Zapata worked for me for two years, today COVID-19 took Martin from us. Words can not describe how his family must feel, and we his racetrack family. He always had the brightest of smiles. Our family has lost a member, NY racing and Panama a son. God Speed Martin
Yesterday was a big day for our barn, for the first time we broke $2,000,000 in earnings for our clients in a year and we still have December to try and push that as far as we can. Thank you so much to all our clients, our wonderful staff and fast horses!!!!
Anyone who doesn’t think this is epitome of one of the hardest working horse women on earth needs to think again. My admiration for
@MaggieWolfndale
is beyond measurable. Here she is on a Saratoga dark day galloping for me at Belmont Park. 😍😍😍😍
It’s not IF, it will be WHEN you see this amazing mother, horse lady and wife today, please do wish her Happy Travers Day but also wish her HAPPY BIRTHDAY. The best thing that ever happened to the whole Morley clan, everyone one of us loves u and is proud of you.
@MaggieWolfndale
For the amount of times I have been beaten by them,the amount of money and wins they have cost me, but MUCH more importantly for the wrongs they did to their horses and the industry I hope they are given the harshest terms possible and enjoy federal prison
I have to say, as a NY trainer married to a NY broadcaster trying to raise a young family in NY, it makes my heart bleed that we have lost two titans of our training ranks in NY due to the impossibilities of doing business here. It’s an absolute tragedy and many more will follow
Today is
@MaggieWolfndale
birthday everyone. She is the most beautiful, funny, hard working inspiration to so many people. She is just the most amazing wife and extraordinary mother. From all our little family “HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DARLING”
Next up in the 2020 Fan Choice Awards is Favorite Racing Analyst.
And the winner - as chosen by the fans - is...
@MaggieWolfndale
!
Congrats to Maggie
@TheNYRA
.
And that is a wrap for us at the Spa. What a sensational meet it’s been, 7 winners that is numerically our strongest and winning The Lure with DynaDrive being the highlight. A MASSIVE thank you to Axelle and
@kerrygara
who have worked tirelessly along with ALL my team members.
People often ask why I love training at Belmont so much, but here in the US it’s hard to find barns as good as these and areas of green (which I treat as sacred ground) for our equine athletes to enjoy.
@TheNYRA
No point in denying that Saratoga can be stressful, but then also no point in denying I woke up at 3:15am and COULDNT GO BACK TO SLEEP. Biggest smile ever as I drove in to see FANS queuing at 3:45am. As Marvin Gaye sang “Lets get it on”
@TheNYRA
Extremely proud of my team today. 4 runners, 2 winners and a second
@TheNYRA
the Spa is a really really good day at the office. Massive thanks to
@jjcjockey
for two sensational rides, as per normal.
So incredibly proud of Benjamin Hernandez who wins his first race from 8 starts with two seconds along the way. Has worked for me for some time and is pursuing his dream like we all should. Really really good rider
Today has been a day of thoughts and reflections and the main one is how much help we need as an industry. We clearly can not regulate or police it properly and the Federal Agents have shown us this today. Today is a monumentally sad day, but a day we needed badly.
What a wonderful day yesterday to win The Lure
@TheNYRA
Saratoga with DynaDrive. Superb ride from
@Ericcancel85
who has given this horse two of the best rides you will ever see. Tell Your Daddy’s little brother making it 2 stakes in 2 years at the Spa for this family.
England to Aqueduct he won,dirt and turf, when he couldn’t do that,he became my trusty steed taking me track to track, set after set.He carried
@MaggieWolfndale
on
@FOXSports
across the
@TheNYRA
circuit and even tried the
@TheRealRiderCup
. RIP Yeager I’ll miss this view terribly
Wednesday nights in Saratofa are our only time to do family evenings.
@MaggieWolfndale
gets off after first half of show and I get back from Belmont. So far they have been invaluable family time
Dark Money, an ABSOLUTE DUDE and a war horse for so many on the
@TheNYRA
circuit retires aged 6 after a 32-13-4-2 career. Massive kudos to Jason Provenzano
@flying_partners
for doing the right thing and ensuring this wonderful horse can pursue a second career. Thank you DM
Wow! So we treated the entire card and let the first runners get saddled and the second race go to the holding barn before someone decided it was hot today!!! Amazing, the ineptitude and lack of respect for horses and humans alike is staggering
There really are not words to describe how many ways I wish to say Happy Birthday to
@MaggieWolfndale
. As my wife, my confidante, as a leading industry professional, sometimes I wonder if she realizes how many people love her, but none love her as much as I do. Happy Birthday
Can’t express how grateful I am for my team at Belmont, and such a great group of clients too. It’s a huge team effort and right now we are being rewarded. Many Thanks to you all, but especially the horses. Great double today at Belmont
Racing has lost a really bright light today. Callie was a sweet, hard working, smiley, incredibly polite young lady. To her family and dear friends, Trey and the whole team
@mjsharp75_joe
we send our love and hugs
Grade 1 Secretariat winner Carrick has touched down in Albany. Looking forward to having him back in the barn. Huge well done to all my team, a monster effort. And thank you
@xxmcg1120
and
@DonegalRacing
for bringing it home
This is another excellent example of why racing in the US needs a central body of regulation and accountability. I have fielded a lot of calls about the situation at Santa Anita of which I know very little apart from the tragedies and we have NO INDUSTRY VOICE...
It’s been a whole year since we went “home”. Can’t wait to spend ten days with family and friends in England!!! We will miss
@GeorgeTheJRT
of course but finally some Family Christmas Time
Splashtastic!!!! That was tremendously cool of Johnny I to tip his cap to Tom Durkin on the way out of the Saratoga booth for the final time. Two wonderful race callers
Can’t express how thankful I am about today with our small stable, what an effort from the team. All five runners ran phenomenally well. Just very moved to get Xanthique her deserved stakes win.
Today is the Anniversary of the day I became the luckiest man alive, on this day
@MaggieWolfndale
stood next to me at the altar and agreed to be my wife. Since then we have been even more fortunate and blessed to add Grace to our little family to go with George. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Art Collector was a REALLY cool horse, and a REALLY good one too. Laminitis is an awful thing, it’s a trainers biggest nightmare. RIP to a bloody good horse and love to all in the Mott and Drury barns who adored him
"I train horses cause its my passion. I could do a thousand other things to make more money, but this is what I love to do."
Get to know Trainer George Leonard, III & his talented 2-year-old filly California Angel, who's taking him on a journey of a lifetime to the
@BreedersCup
!
The total incompetence of the
@NYSGamingComm
stewards has been truly shown by the fact they can’t even adjudicate which jockeys they are looking at.We have known for ages they are archaic, now is time to replace them for good. Let’s get with modern times and make modern day calls
Anyone who thinks synthetic tracks operated alongside turf and dirt is a bad thing is archaic and ill informed. And I am not talking about a gambling perspective, I am talking for the horses
Best job and most important in the world is made so much easier by these two being such wonderful young ladies. Grace amd Willow (and
@MaggieWolfndale
) made today a wonderful Fathers Day.
2,000 wins is a hell of a milestone for any jockey...but to do that at ONE TRACK, and it be on the toughest circuit in the US is astonishing.
@ljlmvel
will go down as one of the all time greats, both as a jockey and a human being. Total legend
NYRARACING: Good morning horsemen. The racing office is taking entries for Wednesday, June 3. Please enter early. Thank you.
BEST TEXT I HAVE RECIEVED IN AGES
"Her enthusiasm and knowledge of the sport attracts new viewers and fans of the game and also encourages younger generations of females that they can make significant contributions to the industry."
No better way to celebrate Dads 80th than being able to watch a winner with him at home. Sweet Franny Lu confirms he love of the lawn in emphatic style
@TheNYRA
huge congratulations to the Newman family and my whole team who have worked hard with this girl
Once upon a time we had a baby, now we have a young lady, Grace today celebrates being 7, and we could not be prouder of the caring, ridiculously fun young lady she is growing into
Jena
@jenaantonucci
just gave us all the belief we can dance in the big dances, at the head of the table, if we work hard enough. Thank you Arcangelo, thank you Jena and ALL your team
After 40 days and nights it comes to a close for another year. I want to say an enormous thank you to my phenomenal team, we won, we won stakes, we won a Grade 1 on the road. You guys are the ones, with our wonderful owners and tremendous horses and jockeys and fans. THANK YOU
There are very few results that showcase how hard my team work at getting horses to fulfil their potential. DynaDrive did just that today under a phenomenal ride from
@Ericcancel85
so a HUGE thank you to all my wonderful team.
I finally got to watch the replays from yesterday and I can’t not express how well
@DavisJockey
rode Locally Owned and Ocala Dream. He is a seriously talented young rider.
Great day for our barn, all three horses ran extremely well with Joqular taking the opener and then Ocala Dream taking the stake
@nyra
. Thank you to
@jjcjockey
@JuniorandKellyA
and
@DavisJockey
and of course my wonderful team at home. I really appreciate all they do
Another rock solid big day from my phenomenal team as we have a 1st a 2nd and a 3rd from 3 runners
@TheNYRA
. Can’t thank the whole Team enough and the wonderful horses
Could Not be more proud of one of previous assistant trainers
@MichelleGiangi1
getting her first win of her training career in the Evan Shipman
@TheNYRA
. All her horses have run well but this just makes it all look easy
The sooner Stewarding in the US comes into line with the rest of the world the better, and I am not saying this because I am not American, we are decades behind the rest of the world in accountability and application of the rules.
A 2yo NY Bred Stake at Saratoga named after Rick Violette is absolutely the correct way to honour a man who gave so much to NY racing and it’s people and was so good at training two year olds (bloody good at everything else too). Well played
@TheNYRA
@NewYorkTHA
What I do for a living can be jolly tough, and so days like today need to be enjoyed, there are hundred and hundreds of seriously good horsemen out there who simply don’t have the numbers to be 20% guys in arenas like NY. So thank you to the owners who believe in us
Let’s have a smile for progress as
@MaggieWolfndale
continues to prepare Zandar for Potenial TV Stardom. Retired
@ZillaStable
dude is making real strides, today he ponied Dream House, first attempt and success
Something to make you laugh at the beginning of your day, this was a conversation with Grace last night on the way home
“Daddy you are the BEST Daddy”
“Thanks Grace”
“And I love you SO much”
“Well that’s terribly sweet”
“Can we go to the Pizza shop”
3yo
For 3 years Tommy Lee Edwards headed home to Lousiana with his FAVOURITE horse Ninety One Assault. Today, from Heaven, Tommy watched down with pride as Ninety and
@BridgmohanShaun
won back to back Lousiana Champions turf stakes. That was for you old friend... thank you