Bruce Headley

Bruce Edmund Headley (14 February 1934 – 15 January 2021) was a Thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.

[1] Involved with horse racing since his teens, Headley worked as an exercise rider from 1949 until taking out his trainers license in 1959.

Based in California, he first gained national attention with Bertrando who won the 1991 Norfolk Stakes by a record nine lengths and went on to a second-place finish behind a brilliant performance by European star, Arazi.

[2] In 2003, Headley trained Got Koko, owned by his wife Aase in partnership with Paul Leung.

The filly was just the third-ever winner of the La Cañada Series at Santa Anita Park since its inception in 1975.