Ronny Werner

2009 Record: (299-48-50-45)

2009 Earnings: $1,783,049

2009 Win %: 16% In-The-Money %: 47%

Born: Dec. 19, 1959, San Antonio, Tex.
Residence: Louisville, Ky.
Family: wife, Cindy; sons Rowdy and Will Clay. Rowdy serves as his assistant trainer, and Will Clay attends Murray State University in Kentucky and plays on the football team
Education: Attended two years of junior college and one year at Texas Tech University. Cody Lambert, who went on to become a champion bull rider, was his roommate in college
Racing Background: Second-generation horseman whose father trained Quarter Horses at his family's training center in New Braunfels, Tex. … Werner was a state champion bareback rider in high school and rodeoed in college
Racing Career: Werner began training at age 21 in 1981 after college … Like D. Wayne Lukas and Bob Baffert, he started his career with Quarter Horses. Made the switch to Thoroughbreds in 1998 … Gained national attention in 2001 when he saddled five winners from just seven starters at the Keeneland spring meeting. Four of those wins were with 2-year-olds, which have become his forte … Generally splits his stable of approximately 45 horses between the Kentucky and New York circuits, but also runs at Arlington Park, Fair Grounds and Oaklawn Park … Werner is a hands-on horseman who takes many of his techniques from his experience training rodeo and applies them to his racehorses, teaching them cues and increasingly complex tasks. When one of his horses is nearing a race, Werner will gallop the horse himself, saying "I can tell in three strides what's going on." … Ermine gave Werner his first grade 1 victory when she won the Apple Blossom Handicap at Oaklawn in April 2007 … About Ermine, he said, “She showed me quite a bit when I first got her. The way she did things it was effortlessly but still fast. She runs like a deer and hits the ground real light.” … Also has had considerable success in 2007 with Breeders' Cup Juvenile candidate Preachin Man, winner of the $200,000 NATC Futurity at the Meadowlands on Sept. 29 ... Some of his top trainees include Awesome Humor, Badge of Silver, Most Feared and Touch Tone ... Through Oct. 7, Werner's stable had 44 wins from 277 starts and earnings of $2,083,955.

Breeders' Cup Record

Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
2	0	0	0	$0

2002	Juvenile	Most Feared	6th
	Sprint	Touch Tone	9th