Robert Collet (born 6 May 1948 in

Chantilly, Oise Chantilly ( , ; Picard language, Picard: ''Cantily'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department in the Nonette (river), Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region of Northern Franc ...

) is a French

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trainer. Robert Collet was one of the first European trainers to win a

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race when he won the 1986 edition of the

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with Last Tycoon. In 1987, Collet achieved the extraordinary feat of winning three

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races on three different

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s with the same horse when Le Glorieux captured the Deutschland-Preis in Europe, the Washington, D.C. International in North America and the

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in Asia. Robert Collet's son Rodolphe "Rod" Collet, is also a successful racehorse trainer.

References

Robert Collet at the NTRA
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