(1960-08-23) 23 August 1960 (age 63) Skipton, North Yorkshire
Major racing wins
British Classic Race wins: Epsom Oaks (2011) Epsom Derby (1996) Other British Champions Series wins: British Champions Fillies' and Mares' Stakes (2011)
Significant horses
Shaamit, Dancing Rain, Mukhadram & Sea of Class, Baaeed
William Haggas is a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, based at Somerville Lodge stables in Newmarket, Suffolk. He is the son-in-law of the multiple champion jockey Lester Piggott.[1]
He was educated at Harrow and played cricket at Lord's for Harrow against Eton in 1977, 1978 and 1979, captaining the side in the 1979 match.[2][3] He started his working life in his father's textile factory, but quit after three months and headed to Newmarket.[2] Before taking out a licence in his own right, he learnt his trade with John Winter and Mark Prescott. He trained his first winner in 1987.[4] As of June 2013, he had trained two British Classic winners – Shaamit, winner of the 1996 Derby, and Dancing Rain, winner of the 2011 Oaks. The first of these came when he had just 40 horses in his stable.[2] The second gave him the distinction of having two wins from his first two runners in the Epsom Classics.[5] His third, Vow, came fourth in the 2012 Oaks. Largely thanks to the exploits of Dancing Rain, he finished joint 7th in the 2011 British Champions Series trainers' table.
In early 2013 he was appointed to the roster of Royal trainers. He trained his first winner for the Queen (Elizabeth II), when Purple Spectrum won a maiden race at Windsor on 12 May 2014.
Other top-level horses he has trained include Chorist, Aqlaam and King's Apostle. He has also trained winners of the German 2,000 Guineas, Topkapi Trophy and Hong Kong Derby.
With his wife, he was invited to ride in the King's procession at Royal Ascot 2023.[6]
^"Lester Piggott: Record-breaking jockey dies aged 86". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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she won her first big handicap race, the Victoria Cup at Ascot for WilliamHaggas. Gordon rode her first group race winner when Koropick won the Chipchase...
the final race on board Mrs Bee for Eric Collingwood. In 2008, the WilliamHaggas trained Tifernati became the first winner of the Silver Bell for 31...
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daughters, Maureen, an ex-eventer (married to Derby-winning trainer WilliamHaggas) and Tracy (a sports presenter on Irish television station RTÉ). He...
miles 3:19.95 $400,000 II 2018 Call To Mind (GB) 4 Javier Castellano WilliamHaggas Queen Elizabeth II 2 miles 3:16.78 $400,000 II 2017 Red Cardinal (IRE)...
2:40.51 2022 Sea La Rosa 4 Tom Marquand WilliamHaggas 2:36.71 2023 Sea Silk Road 4 Tom Marquand WilliamHaggas 2:29.88 2024 Queen Of The Pride 4 Oisin...
Winkfield's Pride (1897), Prince Barcaldine (1898), Cinderello (1910) WilliamHaggas - High Low (1992), Very Wise (2007), Penitent (2010), Addeybb (2018)...
year in June. The race was first run in 2005. Leading jockey (2 wins): William Buick - Burning Thread (2010), Lazuli (2020) Ryan Moore - Corrybrough (2008)...
Balding, racehorse trainer, and Anna Lisa Balding* WilliamHaggas, racehorse trainer, and Maureen Haggas* John Gosden, racehorse trainer, and Rachel Hood*...
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5 Fran Berry Ralph Beckett 3:00.03 2017 Dal Harraild 4 Paul Hanagan WilliamHaggas 3:02.72 2018 Marmelo 5 Ryan Moore Hughie Morrison 2:54.92 2019 Gold...
included coconut stalls. The crowded meeting was the subject of a painting by William Powell Frith painted in the 1858 and titled The Derby Day; critics have...
Zaham Richard Hills Mark Johnston 2:06.27 2008 Collection Kerrin McEvoy WilliamHaggas 2:07.55 2009 Glass Harmonium Ryan Moore Sir Michael Stoute 2:04.52 2010...
John & Thady Gosden A A Faisal 2:05.92 2022 Baaeed 4 Jim Crowley William Haggas Shadwell Estate 2:09.30 2023 Mostahdaf 5 Frankie Dettori John & Thady Gosden...
Nyaleti 3 Joe Fanning Mark Johnston 1:44.40 2019 Awesometank 4 Pat Dobbs WilliamHaggas 1:37.88 2020 no race 2021 Illykato 3 Edward Greatrex Mick Channon 1:38...
first ascent Frank Hadow (1855–1946), tennis player, Wimbledon champion WilliamHaggas (1960–), British horse trainer Arnold Hills (1857–1927), amateur footballer...
and was renamed the Duke of Cambridge Stakes in 2013 in honour of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. The Duke of Cambridge Stakes is now contested on the...
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