Barclay Tagg
Barclay Tagg (born December 30, 1937 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.
A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide…and now for the up-and-coming Showing Up, as well as Nobiz Like Shobiz. He trains horses year round in New York, and in Florida during the winter. His assistant trainer is Robin Smullen.
Formerly a steeplechase jockey, Tagg won his first race in 1972 at Old Liberty Park. He has been a journeyman trainer for many years now, and with Funny Cide became the first trainer to win the Kentucky Derby in his first attempt since Cam Gambolati with Spend a Buck in 1985.
Like the famous trainer of Seabiscuit, the silent Tom Smith, Tagg has a long-standing reputation of being conservative and judicious, so when he gets aggressive with a colt, people pay him heed.
