ELMONT, N.Y. – In an about face from a week ago, the New York Racing Association will not allow trainer Jerry Hollendorfer to run horses at its tracks under his name, the Hall of Fame trainer and his attorney told Daily Racing Form on Saturday. The decision came a week after The Stronach Group announced it had banned Hollendorfer from stabling, training, or racing at its tracks after he had a fourth horse sustain a fatal breakdown during a six-month span. However, the day after The Stronach Group banned Hollendorfer, the NYRA put out a press release saying Hollendorfer “is currently utilizing stall space at Belmont Park and was approved for stalls at Saratoga Race Course for the 2019 summer meet. NYRA will honor those agreements and he will be permitted to stable and enter horses at both Belmont and Saratoga.” On Saturday, NYRA officials declined to comment on why it changed its position. At least four of the six horses Hollendorfer has based at Belmont Park were in the process of being officially transferred to his assistant, Don Chatlos Jr., who now has his own trainer’s license. NYRA steward Braulio Baeza said that transfer was not complete as of mid-afternoon Saturday. Hollendorfer planned to enter Brill for Friday’s Grade 3 Victory Ride Stakes at Belmont. On Wednesday, Rowayton, who won an allowance race here on June 6, will be entered for Saturday’s Grade 3 Dwyer Stakes. Chatlos will be the trainer of record for both horses, which are owned by Larry Best, who races under the banner OXO Equine. “They’ll be in Don’s name, he is now the trainer, he has his own insurance, everything,” Hollendorfer said. “I’m going to be forced to do that because my counsel told me that he understood if we entered horses that we could enter them but they would be scratched. How they would do that I don’t know. I didn’t want to take a chance on Larry’s horses getting to run.” Asked if he transferred his horses voluntarily, Hollendorfer said “No.” Drew Couto, a San Diego-based attorney representing Hollendorfer, said he spoke with NYRA’s general counsel, Joe Lambert, and was told “they don’t feel it’s appropriate for Jerry to run there currently.” Hollendorfer, 73, has a valid trainer’s license in New York and there is no ruling against him in this state or in Southern California. Hollendorfer, a Hall of Fame trainer who ranks third all-time in wins (7,619) and seventh all-time in purse-money won ($199.7 million), had four horses fatally break down during the Santa Anita meet which ran from Dec. 26 through June 23. The fourth one, American Currency, came on the morning of June 22. That day, The Stronach Group, which has come under fire after 30 horses died at Santa Anita during the meet, informed Hollendorfer he could no longer train, race, or stable his horses at Stronach-owned tracks. In addition to his string at Santa Anita, Hollendorfer also had horses based at Stronach's Golden Gate Fields in Northern California. Hollendorfer moved the bulk of his stable to Los Alamitos, which is allowing him to run horses during their 10-day meet which began Saturday. Best wanted Hollendorfer to have horses on the East Coast this summer and several shipped here in mid-May. The NYRA allotted Hollendorfer 16 stalls. “We were allotted 16 stalls up at Saratoga, then they said we could have a few more if we needed them,” Hollendorfer said. “We were planning on doing that but it hasn’t worked out.” Hollendorfer said Best “probably will” send more horses, mostly 2-year-olds, to Chatlos during Saratoga. Chatlos trained from 1995-97 and again from 2002-08, winning 42 races from 337 starters. Chatlos said he has worked for Hollendorfer for the last 4 1/2 years. Hollendorfer is still waiting to get official word whether he would be permitted to train, stable and race at Del Mar, in Southern California, which opens July 17. Couto sounded pessimistic that Hollendorfer would be able to have horses at Del Mar. “The nomenclature of [The Stronach Group’s] ban has put every racing association in a bind from a [public relations] standpoint,” Couto said. “My sense would be a board and management would look at it as someone else has taken away from us the power to decide who can run at our meet.” Asked if he has initiated legal action against The Stronach Group, Couto said, “not as of yet.”