Legendary Hills calls it a day

FORMER owner Tony Shead paid tribute to Barry Hills after the legendary Lambourn trainer announced his retirement from the sport.

Shead is better placed than most to assess Hills’ training ability, having owned a share in arguably the trainer’s greatest horse, Rheingold.

In 1972, the Dante Stakes winner was only narrowly denied by Roberto and Lester Piggott in the Epsom