With 42 winners to his name at the recently-concluded Fair Grounds meet in New Orleans, La., Ron Faucheux took home the leading trainer title for a third straight year in 2023. According to the Thoroughbred Daily News, Faucheux now plans to step away from training and launch a career as a jockey's agent for Jose Luis Rodriguez.
“Basically, the last couple of years, I was just breaking even doing what I was doing,” Faucheux told TDN. “I love training horses, but I wasn't getting the kind of day rate trainers in places like New York and Kentucky get and our expenses are pretty comparable to theirs. This was a lot of work and, in all honesty, over the last several years, I wasn't making any money doing it.”
With a day rate set at $75, Faucheux said he was unable to keep pace with the rising cost of doing business as a trainer. Other considerations included have more time for his family, as well as less stress.
“My kids are getting a little bit older and I can spend a little bit more time with them being a jock's agent,” Faucheux told TDN. “There is quite a bit of work that goes into it, but not nearly the amount of work that I was used to as a trainer. [Rodriguez is] a good rider and he finished sixth at the Fair Grounds, his first full meet ever in the U.S. This is a good opportunity to spend more time with my family, have a little more free time and a little less stress and try this out. I'll see how it works.”
Faucheux will represent Rodriguez at the upcoming Evangeline Downs meet.
Read more at the Thoroughbred Daily News.
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