Awful: 'Mattress Mack' fires Borell day after fairytale BC Sprint win

[ateamstupid]

What a colossal scumbag. Hope he never gets another winner and a tornado hits his mattress warehouse.

@IMariaValentine 41m41 minutes ago
Waiting hear back from @mattessmack. Racing manager laura telling me she will be training #runhappy after I argued with her this morning..

@IMariaValentine 40m40 minutes ago
#runhappy had fill and heat in an ankle this morning , laura wanted to send him to the track. Now she tells me I'm gone.

@IMariaValentine 39m39 minutes ago
Just went from the best day of my life to the worst day of my life.

@IMariaValentine 39m39 minutes ago
My heart is in a million pieces.

@IMariaValentine 30m30 minutes ago
Since the Kings Bishop, it's been a fight about everyone wanting to change everything

[bare it all]

@BH_JBalan: Laura Wohlers confirms Maria Borell is no longer the trainer of Runhappy. Wohlers will take over care. Probably running next in Malibu.

Wow.

[bare it all]

@raypaulick: After 15 years & 1,000+ starters as owner, @MattressMack had 0 G1 wins. Then @IMariaValentine won G1 King's Bishop, BC Sprint w Runhappy

[casp0555]

what an a-hole....and to think I tweeted congrats to that dip$hit

[pointman]

Just when you thought that Coburn could not be eclipsed. Wow, what a d'bag.

[wac]

And that is why he never had success b4 this. I know people like this they think bc they are rich they are smarter then everyone else. Typical rich jerk off

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by bare it all

@raypaulick: After 15 years & 1,000+ starters as owner, @MattressMack had 0 G1 wins. Then @IMariaValentine won G1 King's Bishop, BC Sprint w Runhappy

I bet the sister-in-law wants a G1 on her resume too and this is a quick way to get it.

An argument with Mac's sister-in-law is totally gonna get you canned (was it over whether he was sound for something like the Malibu?) and I can believe they've been trying to tell her what to do since the King's Bishop. They didn't know he was gonna do this well and when he did, they thought they could just make her a figurehead but being a person of substance she didn't wanna roll over and compromise her principles. I don't buy for a minute that there was absolutely no physical issue. Who'd know Runhappy inside and out better than Maria with her experience? Maybe it ended up not being as serious, but nothing? Nah. They probably didn't think they could get away with firing her before. Turns out Laura Wohlers allegedly found and initially trained Runhappy and got too busy at the store or something? http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...030-story.html Seriously, lady, work at a store, train horses, one or the other. Not someone I'd want training if she's also focused on the family business.

[Seattleallstar]

I only knew this guy from Wimbeldon and the money he pumped in with Baffert. I also remember they had a horse named Work purchased for 950k and was deemed a special horse before it ran, then the horse was injured

[tanner12oz]

From a betting perspective this horse appears to be a total bet against next out. Can't imagine the training routine and what got them to this point ain't gonna be flipped upside down.

was with a guy who met Maria after the post draw..got his pic taken..said she was all class. Hopefully she lands on her feet

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

I bet the sister-in-law wants a G1 on her resume too and this is a quick way to get it.

An argument with Mac's sister-in-law is totally gonna get you canned (was it over whether he was sound for something like the Malibu?) and I can believe they've been trying to tell her what to do since the King's Bishop. They didn't know he was gonna do this well and when he did, they thought they could just make her a figurehead but being a person of substance she didn't wanna roll over and compromise her principles. I don't buy for a minute that there was absolutely no physical issue. Who'd know Runhappy inside and out better than Maria with her experience? Maybe it ended up not being as serious, but nothing? Nah. They probably didn't think they could get away with firing her before. Turns out Laura Wohlers allegedly found and initially trained Runhappy and got too busy at the store or something? http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...030-story.html Seriously, lady, work at a store, train horses, one or the other. Not someone I'd want training if she's also focused on the family business.

Actually, a guy on this board whom we all know and love trained the horse first as a 2yo.

McIngvale is the definition of scum. Horrible person, horrible business practices.

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/br...print-victory/

She goes 5 for 5 with the horse and fired for virtually no reason.

[DonGuido]

Pathetic. A real shame. A very stupid person with too much money selling mattresses. Then he gets a nice horse, hires a fledgling but very smart and astute young trainer to win him a Breeders Cup and the maroon fires her. I know people in Houston . . . that can . . and I leave it at that!!!

Runhappy deserves more form an owner than him!!! Pathetic!!!

[DonGuido]

Somebody help me here. What does Wholers now about horse racing or training? Never heard of either Borell or her but in my book, it sounds like an inside arrangement between the Mattress Maniac and his favorite, maybe. I mean this is insane . . . who the helk is Wholers anyway?

Something not related to horse racing or training that's going on behind the scenes here, I guarantee it!!!

[RHT2004]

This is from the comment section in the Paulick report.... These are not my words, but if this is true would it change anything?


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ADavidson • 33 minutes ago





Maria is being sued for animal neglect and property damage done to a farm she leased. She owes dozens of people at the training center money. She's NOT a good person or good horseman!! This is KARMA at work.

[DonGuido]

True is the real question. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw one of his small mattresses.

Someone in the business who really cares about race horses will come to her rescue if deserved. Not knowing all the facts none of us can figure this out but I'll take a stand and say it smells real fishy to me, against the mattress mole and all of this connections. How do you think he got where he is in the wonderful world of Houston mattresses . . . by being a nice guy?

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by RHT2004

This is from the comment section in the Paulick report.... These are not my words, but if this is true would it change anything?


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ADavidson • 33 minutes ago





Maria is being sued for animal neglect and property damage done to a farm she leased. She owes dozens of people at the training center money. She's NOT a good person or good horseman!! This is KARMA at work.

Sounds like someone ate some sour grapes. What a soap opera this is turning into!

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Originally Posted by RHT2004

This is from the comment section in the Paulick report.... These are not my words, but if this is true would it change anything?


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ADavidson • 33 minutes ago





Maria is being sued for animal neglect and property damage done to a farm she leased. She owes dozens of people at the training center money. She's NOT a good person or good horseman!! This is KARMA at work.

If there were any genuine animal-neglect issues surrounding a Breeders' Cup-winning trainer, I feel like PETA would have made a huge deal about it straight away.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by RHT2004

This is from the comment section in the Paulick report.... These are not my words, but if this is true would it change anything?


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ADavidson • 33 minutes ago





Maria is being sued for animal neglect and property damage done to a farm she leased. She owes dozens of people at the training center money. She's NOT a good person or good horseman!! This is KARMA at work.

If she's a "program trainer" that Mattress Jerk is making her out to be, then he should be on the hook for paying for service at the training center. The rest smells of a smear campaign to push his agenda.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by DonGuido

Somebody help me here. What does Wholers now about horse racing or training? Never heard of either Borell or her but in my book, it sounds like an inside arrangement between the Mattress Maniac and his favorite, maybe. I mean this is insane . . . who the hell is Wholers anyway?

It's his sister in law.. She's been his "trainer" on and off for years.

http://www.horseracingnation.com/person/Laura_Wohlers#

[DonGuido]

Originally Posted by Arletta

It's his sister in law.. She's been his "trainer" on and off for years.

http://www.horseracingnation.com/person/Laura_Wohlers#

She won one race with Runhappy . . . and one other with another horse . . . Impressive?! Like I said, there's more to this than logic for sure.