seek golds trainer

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

atrab last night had him on ron is his name ..this guy seemed like the most down to earth person..hes had the lows and the highs..what a story..and hes handled both with class and a very soft spoken way..i was very impressed with him...if i had a horse he would be heading his way..

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

atrab last night had him on ron is his name ..this guy seemed like the most down to earth person..hes had the lows and the highs..what a story..and hes handled both with class and a very soft spoken way..i was very impressed with him...if i had a horse he would be heading his way..

Ron's a great guy Hooves, a GREAT guy.

[Antitrust32]

I worked for him for a long weekend when he was shipping in to Saratoga at the stakes barn with Asher (who ran in the Spinaway and ran 5th or 6th in the BC Juvi Fillies in 1999). He is a great guy who works hard. Caught up with him again last year in Keeneland. Always a class act. I wish him the best!

Lori

Originally Posted by oracle80

Ron's a great guy Hooves, a GREAT guy.

Yes he is, but don't let that soft spoken side fool you. He's ornery as the day is long.

Originally Posted by Blue Eyes

Yes he is, but don't let that soft spoken side fool you. He's ornery as the day is long.

LOL!! hes a great guy. First thing I did after he won the race was call Steve and give him his cell number and said you gotta have him on the radio show.
I bought a horse off of him for a client named Monocular back in 2004. he won a few races here in NY for Dutrow. he called me this winter and said he had a new client and remembered dealing with me when I bought Monoc off him and asked me to please try and find some horse for him to buy. We talked all winter, and I got him one in April. I knew what station he was at and how important it was that he fire with one and not get a bad one. He ran the horse back and it finished WAY back. The farthest back of any horse I ever bought for somone. I was physically nauseous and 2nd guessed myself and basically felt like i had really hurt the guy. I was really upset. Lo and behold he wins the Foster for the same owner!!! the guy who bought the horse I sold him. Thats why I said I felt better than anyone alive when he won except him. I called him the next morning to congratulate him and apologize for the buy we made. he said not to worry, that the horse I bought him had a splint problem that had been corrected and that he still thought he was the best horse in his barn, lol. he said not to worry and that one day he would be calling me and thanking me after he won a stakes race with him. he never got upset or yelled after the bad race even though at the time every buy meant life or death. That my friends is class and courage personified. Its a grand thing when people like that actually get rewarded. And I certainly hope more than anyone that he goes forward and does even more.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

atrab last night had him on ron is his name ..this guy seemed like the most down to earth person..hes had the lows and the highs..what a story..and hes handled both with class and a very soft spoken way..i was very impressed with him...if i had a horse he would be heading his way..

I really don't know anything about Ron Moquett. The only thing I know is that he has 100 starters this year and his win percentage is 8%. That's all I need to know. I would not give a horse to a guy that only wins with 8% of his starters. I don't care if he is the nicest guy in the world.

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I really don't know anything about Ron Moquett. The only thing I know is that he has 100 starters this year and his win percentage is 8%. That's all I need to know. I would not give a horse to a guy that only wins with 8% of his starters. I don't care if he is the nicest guy in the world.

Rup he never had much of a shot. And he lost horses in a barn fire and a van accident. hes only 34, and hes very polite, bright, and doesnt think he knows it all and learns. hes got a future.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by oracle80

Rup he never had much of a shot. And he lost horses in a barn fire and a van accident. hes only 34, and hes very polite, bright, and doesnt think he knows it all and learns. hes got a future.

As I said, I don't know anything about him. He may be a nice guy. He may even be a good trainer. But the only way a guy can prove to me that he is a good trainer is by having a decent win percentage. I don't mind if a guy has a small stable. I just expect a guy to do well with what he has. This guy must have a fairly big stable. He has over 100 starters this year. That means he must have at least 35-40 horses. Why would you say that a guy with 40 horses never had a chance?
When I started with one of my current trainers back in the 1980s, he only had 13 horses. He didn't have many starters but his win percentage was pretty much always over 20%. Win percenatge obviously does not tell the whole story but to me it is the most important statistic there is. If a guy is winning at better than a 20% clip, he is obviously doing something right. If a guy is winning at under a 10% clip, he is obviously doing soemthing wrong.

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

As I said, I don't know anything about him. He may be a nice guy. He may even be a good trainer. But the only way a guy can prove to me that he is a good trainer is by having a decent win percentage. I don't mind if a guy has a small stable. I just expect a guy to do well with what he has. This guy must have a fairly big stable. He has over 100 starters this year. That means he must have at least 35-40 horses. Why would you say that a guy with 40 horses never had a chance?
When I started with one of my current trainers back in the 1980s, he only had 13 horses. He didn't have many starters but his win percentage was pretty much always over 20%. Win percenatge obviously does not tell the whole story but to me it is the most important statistic there is. If a guy is winning at better than a 20% clip, he is obviously doing something right. If a guy is winning at under a 10% clip, he is obviously doing soemthing wrong.

Rup, he got a new client who basically had cheap plugs that other guys wouldnt win with. He was handed those cheap plugs and had to run them.
Look at his dazzling % in the money and in wins at the CD meet. Those horses he is kicking ass with were claimed or purchased by Ron in the interim. Take a look. I know you wouldnt know that unless someone told you, but now someone has, lol.