William Haggas

List of horses in training


William Haggas, son-in-law of Lester Piggott, realised his greatest training achievement when winning the Vodafone Derby with Shaamit in 1996 who quite remarkably was running in his first race as a three-year-old. He spent time with John Winter and Sir Mark Prescott before taking up his own license and training his first winner in 1987. He has trained a number of successful horses including Cheveley Park's Chorist, Superstar Leo, Yeast and High Low.

William has been a trainer for Highclere since 1991 and has trained a number of very successful horses including Brunel, winner of the German 2000 Guineas and the Topkapi Trophy in Istanbul in 2005; Conquest, winner of the Gimcrack Stakes (Group2) and Collection, winner of the Hampton Court (Listed) at the Royal Meeting last year. Collection went on to win the Hong Kong Derby in 2009.