French coach Freddy Head will retire from training at the end of this year, Jour de Galop reported on Saturday. Best known for his coaching years as the coach of 14-time Group 1 winner Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), Head also celebrated success at the highest level with Marchand d’Or (Fr) (Marchand De Sable), Tamayuz (GB) (Nayef), and Moonlight Drawn Clouds (GB) (Invincible God {Ire}), among others. He was also the first person ever to win the Breeders’ Cup as a racehorse and coach, aboard the Miesque (Kingmambo) in the 1987/88 GI Breeders’ Cup Mile and was the coach with Goldikova in the same race from 2008-2010.
Before beginning his coaching career in 1997, Head was a renowned French champion equestrian, with an all-time winning French Classic, a G1 Prix de l’ Arc de Triomphe, and both Guineas ‘colts’ and fillies in Newmarket.
“I won my first race at 16 and all these years I almost never stopped,” said the 75-year-old. Jour de Galop. “It’s time for me to rest and enjoy.”
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