Jim Campbell trains three of the top 22 trotters listed in the Hoof Beats/TrackMaster Predictive Rankings, but he is not going to get too excited over anything he sees in print or, for that matter, anything he sees during training miles.
Campbell’s Fashion Athena, Fashion Blizzard and Hall Of Muscles are approximately three weeks from heading to the racetrack to qualify. Fashion Athena, a filly, is rated No. 4 in the Hoof Beats/TrackMaster rankings while colt Fashion Blizzard is No. 10 and colt Hall Of Muscles is No. 22. The ratings, which attempt to predict the fastest 3-year-old trotters of the year, appear in the April issue of Hoof Beats magazine.
All three horses are training well, but Campbell is not making any predictions.
“I guess I’ve been doing this too long; it’s good when one trains good, but I don’t start making bold plans off of training miles,” said Campbell, who trains the highly regarded trio for owner Fashion Farms. “I’ll make bold plans off of good races, but not off of training miles.
“You want them to train good compared to not training good, but you have to keep everything in context. It’s just a training mile and it means nothing. Most of them can go out and train good, anyway. I get excited when they do good in a race.”
