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Originally Posted by Vortech
One thing I wouldn't mind CP looking at with Peter Moody as I don't quite have all the data available going back over a good period of testing.
Horses trained by Moody
Male horses 1st up (not on Metro tracks)
Regards
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Colts Geldings and Horses
No first starters
First Up
Metro
11.60% S/R
-13.75% Loss
Provincial
18.64% S/R
-22.02% Loss
Country
23.44% S/R
-30.19% Loss
For what it's worth, I'm a very strong believer that the majority of trainers are of equal ability and talent. You'll notice that some very good trainers of the past are struggling now. And those that were previously struggling are doing extremely well in the past couple of years.
It doesn't come down to feeding, fitness, race selection, they mostly all have the same talent in this regard.
Gai nearly gave the game away a few years ago completely.
It comes with the quality of horses which owners give and later after some great success, the ability of the trainers to pick horses for wealthy owners.
Many are great trainers, but lack that final ability to pick quality horses.
Breeding is not the only consideration and paying high prices on breeding ALONE, has seen many trainers go to the wall and almost disappear.
One multiple Melbourne Cup winner went broke, and was rescued by a wealthy owner, many identities have gone broke including a well known journalist.
So when you see a trainer at the top of their game, it's usually the horses making them look good, or they have an extra ability when it comes to selecting breeding, stride and conformation.
At least two racing dynasty's are almost finished, such a pity.