Halford calls time on training career
END OF AN ERA: Michael Halford who has announced his retirement from training, ending his partnership with Tracey Collins. Picture: PA
It has been no secret that, on a personal and professional level, the last few years have been difficult for trainer Michael Halford, but it still came as quite a shock when he announced on Tuesday that he was calling time on a career that has spanned more than four decades.
Halford, 62, who sent out Group 1 winners in Ireland and the UK, as well as enjoying great success on his trips to Dubai, separated from his wife in 2023, and moved from his then base, in Copper Beech Stables, Kildare to hold a joint licence with Tracey Collins, which they operated from Conyngham Lodge on the Curragh.
