best and to be in the top class and on top 
     
     of the game. I strive for excellence in 
     
     everything I do with horses and I want to 
     
     get there the right way." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dr. Moore remembered talking to Mark 
     
     MacDonald when the latter was a young— 
     
     ster seeking advice. The veteran replied, 
     
     “Horse racing is a pretty tough business 
     
     but it is one that can give you a lot of 
     
     rewards and many fulfilling and reward- 
     
     ing moments. You must work hard and 
     
     take the long route to success. There are 
     
     no overnight successes in this game; 
     
     however, success means you must leave 
     
     the Atlantic provinces for bigger and 
     
     brighter centers in Quebec and Ontario. 
     
     You can get a good foundation here but 
     
     you must eventually leave.“ 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 2008, Ian Moore had been a practicing 
     
     equine veterinarian for 26 years. He was 
     
     able to earn a good living from his pro— 
     
     fession and still have a lot of fun racing 
     
     horses. He was able to enjoy the best of 
     
     both worlds. He saw a lot of things and 
     
     learned a great deal about horses and 
     
     people and he was still learning. His 
     
     hobby helped his career and vice versa. 
     
     He kept his stable small because he was 
     
     concerned about the possibility of a con— 
     
     flict of interest. Even if he were in the 
     
     same race as his client’s horse, he would 
     
     perform his duties to the best of his abil- 
     
     ity with no thought of whether he was 
     
     going to beat his client‘s horse. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ian worked for a number of experienced 
     
     and astute horsemen. They included 
     
    
   
   
    
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     George Sobey, Ron MacArthur, Hughie 
     
     MacKay, Cecil Champion, Basil Whelan, 
     
     Walter Whelan, Stanley Mayhew, Bill 
     
     Companion Sit, Cyril Smith and Dr. Russ 
     
     Furness, Some of the workers in the 
     
     Moore Stable over the years were 
     
     Alphonse Pineau, Raymond Kelly, Parnell 
     
     Kelly, Gerald Kelly, Terry Gallant, Albert 
     
     Bernard, Lennie Myers, Vaughn Doyle 
     
     and Charles Hall. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I asked Ian to name the person he 
     
     respected the most in the industry and to 
     
     explain why he chose that person. He 
     
     answered, “Over the years there were a 
     
     lot of horsemen that I respected for dif— 
     
     ferent reasons. Some of them were 
     
     Glydon Willis, Earl Smith, Albert Bernard, 
     
     Ron Matheson, Ken Arsenault, Joe 
     
     Hennessey, Gillis Barrieau, Basil Whelan, 
     
     Archie McNeil, Dr. Russ Furness, and I 
     
     am sure I missed someone; however, the 
     
     person I respected the most and the one 
     
     that I learned a lot from and the horse— 
     
     man that was a true gentleman and who 
     
     cared for and trained his horses properly 
     
     was Cyril Smith." 
     
    
   
   
    
     Examine Ian Moore’s statistics over the 
     
     years and you must conclude that he was 
     
     a very capable driver and trainer. He 
     
     enjoyed both roles but thought of himself 
     
     as a better trainer than driver. He had 
     
     some strong opinions about both roles. 
     
     He asserted, “A driver can pick up a 
     
     horse some but you sure got to have 
     
     some horse-power in front of you. If you 
     
     got horse—power and you do the right 
     
     moves, your horse is going to get you