Our Trainers

Bruce Brown

Our newest trainer is Bruce Brown, who trains Talking Blues and our new claiming horses as well. Bruce, who worked for Tim Hills and then for Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott, went out on his own in 2008 and had a stellar debut year, winning more than 20% of his races. Bruce is delighted to welcome CVF partners to visit his barn, which is right on the edge of the Belmont training track, for morning workouts. Bruce has gotten us to the winner’s circle with each of the first two horses he’s had for us, Talking Blues and Good Law.

Bill Turner

Bill Turner currently trains Iguazu. He has also trained some of Castle Village Farm’s best horses, including Introspect, Just Zip It, Seaside Salute and Raf and Ready. Bill is perhaps best know as trainer of the Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. More recently, Bill’s trained the graded-stakes winners Punch Line, Gaviola, Smock and Finery.

What we like about Bill’s training methods are the care that he devotes to each individual horse, and the patience he displays in bringing horses to the races only when they’re ready. That requires patience on our part as well, but in the long run it’s better for the horse.

Bill and Castellano

Leah Gyarmati

Leah Gyarmati has trained many of our successful claiming horses. Leah, who previously worked for Allen Jerkens and Mike Hushion, began her training career with our mare Flippy Diane, whom we claimed for $20,000 and who won the $100,000 Maryland Million Distaff for us in her second start off the claim. Overall, Leah has a very solid record, with 11% wins in her career. Equally important, she understands how Castle Village Farm operates, and she is not bothered by having large numbers of owners. Among the successful horses she’s trained for us are Diligent Gambler (currenly working as Leah’s stable pony), Southern Missile, Fighting Speedy, No Bad Habits, and Storm Magest.