Colin Maurice Jillings (11 March 1931 – 23 December 2022) was a New Zealand Thoroughbred horse racing trainer from the early 1950s until his retirement in September 2005.
After riding track work at Ellerslie each morning, he would catch the train to school at St Peter's College.
[3] His biggest success as an apprentice was the 1946 Railway Stakes aboard Royal Scot, a race he would later win three times as a trainer.
[1] When asked to name the best horse he ever trained Jillings had no hesitation in labelling Stipulate, the champion stayer of his era in the early 1960s.
Notable horses he trained included: In his earlier years from limited runners, he was also a noted trainer of jumpers, winning: Jillings was also a noted mentor of apprentices, the best being his long time stable jockey Bob Vance who was the rider of: Vance won the NZ Jockeys Premiership, as an apprentice (1977/78) and had a successful career riding internationally in Hong Kong and Macau.