Alec Head receives the Longines and IFHA International Award of Merit 2014 (Paris, FRANCE)

Paris (France) / Saint-Imier (Switzerland), 6 October 2014 – The Longines and IFHA International Award of Merit 2014 was awarded to Alec Head at a ceremony in Paris on 6 October 2014. The Frenchman, a leading figure in his country's horseracing industry, has enjoyed enormous success as a jockey, trainer, owner and breeder over the course of a career spanning several decades. Among the many triumphs that have marked his career are his win with Three Troikas in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 1979, with Trêve in the 2013 Prix de Diane Longines and repeat victories in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe in 2013 and 2014, and the naming of this filly as Longines World's Best Racehorse in 2013.