William Haggas

Welcome to our profile of Trainer William Haggas.

A British trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses, William Haggas has stables at Somerville Lodge in Newmarket, Suffolk. He is Lester Piggott’s son-in-law, a multiple-champion jockey.

He was added to the list of Royal trainers at the beginning of 2013. When Purple Spectrum won a rookie race at Windsor on May 12, 2014, he had trained his first winner for the Queen (Elizabeth II).

He has also trained champion horses like Chorist, Aqlaam, and King’s Apostle. Additionally, he has produced champions in the Topkapi Trophy, German 2,000 Guineas, and Hong Kong Derby.

Find out more about William Haggas in our guide:

Contents

1 William Haggas Runners Today
2 William Haggas Recent Form
3 Key Stats
4 Trainer Profile of William Haggas
5 William Haggas – Key Trainer Stats
6 William Haggas’ Big Race Wins
7 William Haggas’ – Most Famous Victories
8 Summary of Trainer William Haggas
9 Other Leading Horse Racing Trainers

William Haggas Runners Today

Here are all the William Haggas horses running today and future entries.

Time/date	Course	Distance	Class	Horse	Jockey
18:45 24th Mar 23	Newcastle	6f	C3	Rubellite (IRE)	Daniel Muscutt
15:25 25th Mar 23	Curragh	1m		Lattam (IRE)	C D Hayes
15:15 27th Mar 23	Lingfield Park	1m 2f	C3	Rose Bolt (IRE)	Unknown Jockey
18:30 27th Mar 23	Wolverhampton	7f 36y	C4	Girl Racer (IRE)	Unknown Jockey
17:30 29th Mar 23	Kempton Park	1m	C5	Burnish	Unknown Jockey
19:30 29th Mar 23	Kempton Park	7f	C2	Spirit Of Nguru (IRE)	Unknown Jockey
15:35 1st Apr 23	Doncaster	1m	C2	Brewing	Unknown Jockey
15:35 1st Apr 23	Doncaster	1m	C2	Al Mubhir	Unknown Jockey
15:35 1st Apr 23	Doncaster	1m	C2	Montassib	Unknown Jockey
15:35 8th Apr 23	Musselburgh	1m 5f 216y	C2	Tamilla	Unknown Jockey
15:35 8th Apr 23	Musselburgh	1m 5f 216y	C2	Roberto Escobarr (IRE)	Unknown Jockey
14:40 28th May 23	Curragh	1m 2f 110y		My Prospero (IRE)	Unknown Jockey
16:30 3rd Jun 23	Epsom Downs	1m 4f 6y		Desert Hero	Unknown Jockey
16:30 3rd Jun 23	Epsom Downs	1m 4f 6y		Medieval Gold	Unknown Jockey
16:30 3rd Jun 23	Epsom Downs	1m 4f 6y		Naqeeb (IRE)	Unknown Jockey
16:30 3rd Jun 23	Epsom Downs	1m 4f 6y		Unlimited (IRE)	Unknown Jockey
15:45 22nd Jul 23	Curragh	1m 4f		Heavens To Betsy	Unknown Jockey

William Haggas Recent Form

Period	Runs	1st	2nd	3rd	Win%	£ level stake
Season (Combined )	29	8	8	3	27.59	2.8

Key Stats

Name – William Haggas

Date of Birth – 23 August 1960

Birthplace – Skipton, North Yorkshire

Racing Yard – Somerville Lodge, Newmarket

Big Wins: Epsom Derby, Epsom Oaks, British Champions Fillies and Mares, Coral-Eclipse, Champion Stakes, Cheveley Park Stakes, Racing Post Trophy, Yorkshire Oaks, Prix de la Foret, Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, Irish Oaks, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Ranvet Stakes and many more top international races.

Trainer Profile of William Haggas

Haggas is the son-in-law of legendary rider Lester Piggott.

A fine cricketer in his youth, he originally began working in his father’s textile factory but lasted only three months before relocating to Newmarket.

He gained valuable experience working for trainers John Winter and Sir Mark Prescott before setting up on his own and saddling his first winner in 1987.

In 2013 he received Royal approval and was sent horses by Her Majesty The Queen.

He is never afraid to send his horses abroad and has enjoyed remarkable success in Australia with stable star Addeybb.

William Haggas – Key Trainer Stats

Despite training Derby winner Shaamit back in 1996, it is been a slow but steady rise to the top for William Haggas.

He trained only 12 winners in 1997 and did not break 50 winners in a season until 2005.

He has built on those solid foundations, posting a career-best 158 winners in 2017 and topping a century in each of the last nine seasons.

Always a very astute judge of a handicap, Haggas regularly tops a 20% strike rate, peaking at an impressive 27% in 2017.

William Haggas’ Big Race Wins

Shaamit (1996 Derby) and Dancing Rain (2011 Oaks) are the obvious standout victories for Haggas but he has trained many other good winners along the way.

Rosdhu Queen won the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes in 2012 with Mukhadram taking the Eclipse at Sandown in 2014.

Sea Of Class is certainly among the best horses he has trained, the winner of the 2018 Irish Oaks and an impressive winner of the Yorkshire Oaks. She will be best remembered for her unlucky second to Enable in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe from an outside draw.

Addeybb has been the flagbearer for the stable in recent seasons, his victories including the Lincoln Handicap, the Champion Stakes and three Grade 1’s in Australia; twice taking the Queen Elizabeth Stakes and a victory in the Ranvet Stakes.

William Haggas’ – Most Famous Victories

Shaamit went straight to Epsom as a three-year-old where he defeated the favourite Dushyantor and subsequent St Leger winner Shantou. He was beaten on all three subsequent starts but his Epsom victory established Haggas as a trainer who could compete with the best. He had to wait until 2011 for his second Classic success when Dancing Rain won the Oaks under an inspired ride from Johnny Murtagh. The filly later won the British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes at Ascot.

Addeybb has recorded many notable successes but his Champion Stakes win at Ascot in 2020 will always be treasured by Haggas. It was his first Group 1 in the UK, revelling in his favoured soft ground to beat Skaletti and favourite Magical.