Willy Molter

Ansel said Bill Molter was the leading race horse trainer in Canada, he trained the great horse Round Table. Got him to be the leading money earner of the world. Round Table himself would make a book on his own.

When Bill was still riding he was called Willy. He had (owned) a gray horse by Iron Crown II, and one time he ran him at Calgary at the Stampede Park, and they were all in the Jock's room just before the riders went out to get on their horses. He gave his valet $10.00 and told him to go bet on the gray horse to win. So Ansel saw this and said, well if thats what he thought, then that was worth his money too, and gave the valet $10.00 to bid on the gray horse for him too, and then the horse finished third. When Bill came back to the Jock's room, he patted himself on the back and said to himself laughing, “well Pally you got him beat today, but I’ll let you ride him back the next time I run him”.

Addendum taken from: TexasEscapes.com by Bill Bradfield

Willie No. 2 is William Molter Jr. who outgrew his first occupation -- jockey -- and became one of the nation's greatest racehorse trainers. A native of Fredericksburg, he was born in 1910 and launched his training career in 1935. He trained Determine, the 1954 Kentucky Derby winner, and 1958's horse of the year, Round Table.

For four consecutive years, 1946 through 1949, he led America in the number of winners saddled. In his career, Molter saddled 2,160 winners collecting $11.9 million in purses.