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Nicholas Gonzalez

Statistics by Year:
 

Category Starters Starts Starts/Starter 1st 2nd 3rd Win % % 1st, 2nd or 3rd Earned Avg Earnings per Start Avg Earnings Per Starter
Dirt 1 2 2 0 0 1 0% 50% $7,700 $3,850 $7,700
Turf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $750 $750 $750
All Weather 1 1 1 1 0 0 100% 100% $21,000 $21,000 $21,000
Total 1 4 4 1 0 1 25% 50% $29,450 $7,363 $29,450
  
Graded Stakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Black-type Stakes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Two-year-olds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Claiming 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
First-time starters 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0% $0 $0 $0
Name: Nicholas Gonzalez
Address:
229 EMERICK AVE.
FORT ERIE, ON  L2A2W4
Phone: (905) 871-3686
Phone (Mobile): (905) 658-1824
Fax: (905) 871-4764
Email: ngonzalez21@cogeco.ca
Trainer Bio

Born: 1/26/1952 in
Resides: Fort Erie, Ontario

  • first career stakes victory came in the 2000 Muskoka Stakes with Prettyaspuppies
  • first career win May 23, 1976
  • In 2009, Gonzalez  won more races in Ontario than any other trainer with a career-best 104 tallies at Woodbine and Fort Erie, where he led the meet with 61 scores…credit his fourth straight year of increasing win totals to a strong spike in volume as he increased his starts by 46.6% to a career-high 280.
  • 20th in Woodbine tallies from 2000 to 2009 with 191 from 1080 starts.
  • Since 2006, Gonzalez is ranked ninth in Woodbine Polytrack wins (61-for-336, a rate of 18.2%). In 2007, the Gonzalez barn shattered its previous earnings high at Woodbine, padding its already impressive 2006 total by almost $1 million. The commitment to Toronto racing also resulted in new highs in starts, victories, top-three finishes (71), stakes wins (7) and stakes starts
  • In 2010, captured the Queen’s Plate with Big Red Mike
  • Added 43 wins at Fort Erie
  • He made it to the 1,000-win milestone with Michael’s Bad Boy on June 20
  • In 2011, fifth consecutive season with more than $1-million in purse earnings, added an additional 25 wins at Fort Erie, good for second in the standings.
  • Best win yet with recent victory in the 2013 Queen's Plate with Midnight Aria.

 

 

Locations Manager on location Email Phone Day Rate # of horses trained
Woodbine
What's your normal use of veterinary services to manage horses on a day-today basis:
  • Aggressive ($700+ month/horse)
  • Moderate ($300 - $600 month/horse)
  • Occasional (less than $300 month/horse)
Other than day rate, does your billing include charges for:
  • Veterinary
  • Blacksmith
  • Vanning
  • Travel
  • Other
How often do you communicate with Owners:
  • Daily
  • 2-3 times a week
  • Once a week
  • As needed

Top 10 Winning Horses - Past 12 months

Horse Sex Current Earnings Best Win Race Class Best Win Stake
Human Desire Ridgling $36,303 Winner
Horse Sex Earnings Best Race Class Best Stake
Riker Gelding $253,386 Champion 2-year-old colt Grey S. G3
Big Red Mike Gelding $859,280 Champion 3-year-old colt Queen's Plate S.
Wholelottabourbon Gelding $439,310 Champion 2-year-old colt Colin S.
Silent Poet Gelding $987,884 Grade 1 winner Highlander S. G1
River Seven Gelding $810,266 Grade 3 winner Grey S. G3
My List Filly $568,804 Grade 3 winner Whimsical S. G3
Artie Hot Gelding $479,174 Grade 3 winner Seagram Cup S. G3
Silent Sonet Filly $298,069 Grade 3 winner Ontario Fashion S. G3
Barracuda Boy Gelding $195,450 Grade 3 winner Durham Cup S. G3
Midnight Aria Colt $738,051 Listed winner Queen's Plate S.
Individual Ratings
Submitted by: Mary Ellen Kennedy
Monday July 16, 2012
Overall Experience:
4

Communication:
5

Integrity:
5

Professionalism:
4

Availability:
5

Billing:
0

Staff:
5

Horse Trained:


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