“I started out with nothing and grew up learning under great horsemen. But the only difference between me and other great trainers is that they train for other people and I’ve always trained for myself,” Headley said with typical bluntness at his dining table in his Arcadia home, old family photographs spread before him. Headley refers to one vital component of his success – that he has owned, either in whole or in part, a significant portion of the horses that have leaned their chests against the webbings in his barn.
“I’ve always invested my own money since I’ve started and owned the majority of my horses, which gives you the purse as well as everything you make when you sell them. No other trainer today has done what I’ve done.”
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