Robert Collet (born 6 May 1948 in

Chantilly, Oise Chantilly ( , ) is a commune in the Oise department in the Valley of the Nonette in the Hauts-de-France region of Northern France. Surrounded by Chantilly Forest, the town of 10,863 inhabitants (2017) falls within the metropolitan area of Pari ...

) is a French

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racehorse 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

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. 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

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captured the Deutschland-Preis in Europe, the

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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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