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.

Legendary Hills calls it a day
Tue, 09 Aug, 2011 - 01:00
Ashley Iveson

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

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CourtsRacingPlace: DoncasterPlace: IrelandPlace: BritainPlace: MoonaxPlace: BolasPerson: HillsPerson: Tony SheadPerson: Barry HillsPerson: SheadPerson: Hills’Person: RheingoldPerson: RobertoPerson: Lester PiggottPerson: PiggottPerson: Tap On WoodPerson: Steve CauthenPerson: Henry ZeiselPerson: BarryPerson: CharliePerson: Pat EdderyPerson: EdderyPerson: HamdanPerson: Sheikh MohammedPerson: KhalidAbdullahEvent: Dante StakesEvent: Epsom DerbyEvent: Grand Prix de Saint-CloudEvent: Prix GanayEvent: Hardwicke StakesEvent: Prix de l’Arc de TriompheEvent: 2000 GuineasEvent: British ClassicEvent: GuineasEvent: Ebor FestivalEvent: Irish OaksOrganisation: LambournOrganisation: Tap On WoodOrganisation: St Leger
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