Condition books are never far from former trainer Peter Miller’s reach this winter at his northern San Diego County home. Neither are the practice and game schedules of the baseball and soccer leagues of his two sons. “I have a lot of kid activities,” he said. “It’s great to be able to spend so much time with the boys. They’re only 7 and 9 once.” Miller shocked California racing in November, announcing he would relinquish day-to-day control of his prominent stable to longtime assistant trainer Ruben Alvarado and take an advisory role. :: Win big at Santa Anita: Get DRF Past Performances, Picks, Clocker Reports and Betting Strategies.  Miller, 55, visits Alvarado’s barn at the nearby San Luis Rey Downs training center “two or three times a week,” he said, and stays in close contact with horse owners. Miller said on Thursday that he does not miss the day-to-day activity of running a large stable, but has not ruled out a return to training at some time, perhaps even this year. But Miller stressed that would require a change from his current mentality. “I could work the summer and the fall and take the winter off,” he said, describing one scenario. “The reason I would come back is more of an ego situation – if I wanted to defend my title at Del Mar.” Miller said that is far from a definite plan. “I don’t feel like I have anything left to prove,” he said. “I’ve won five Breeders’ Cup races and more than a dozen training titles.” Miller led the trainer standings at the Del Mar summer meeting last year, the ninth time he won or tied for the title there. Miller was the leading trainer at the six-month 2019-2020 Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, and was first or tied for first at the spring-summer portion of the track’s 2015 and 2017 meetings. He won or tied for the title at the Santa Anita autumn meeting on four occasions. Last November, Miller cited burnout as the reason for stepping down. He said the same thing on Thursday. “I was burned out and disenchanted with the industry,” he said. In the fall, his stable was under increased scrutiny following the death of six horses in his care in an 11-month period beginning in December 2020, including two from injuries sustained in racing and three in training. Fatalities have been a high-profile subject in Southern California racing since a series of deaths in racing and training at Santa Anita in early 2019. In response, California tracks instituted enhanced security and oversight measures. Miller left 60 horses to Alvarado at San Luis Rey Downs and Santa Anita. Approximately 12 were sent to Oaklawn Park, where the stable is led by former Northern California trainer Rene Amescua. Miller said he is content, for now, with a lesser role in the stable. “It’s a good situation where I don’t have to be there every day, all day,” he said. “I go out two days a week or three days a week and talk to the guys. I help with the PR as far as the owners go. “Ruben has pretty much got the training under control. . . . Maybe I’ll help spot the horses. More clerical. Finding races and finding jockeys. Mostly I do phone work.” Miller plans to attend the leading 2-year-olds in-training sales in spring, which has often been a source of runners for his stable. Through Thursday, Alvarado had won 10 races from 47 runners at the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, good enough for fifth behind leader Bob Baffert, who had 20 wins. “Ruben is extremely qualified,” Miller said. “Look at the numbers. The horses look great. The horses are running great. I have full confidence in him.” Those morning trips to San Luis Rey Downs not only keep Miller attached to the stable, but to the runners. “I miss the horses,” he said. “I may add another day or two just to hang with the horses. “I don’t miss the industry. I have a lot of other interests. I’m not as one dimensional as it may appear. “There’s a lot more to life than horse racing.”