Maurice Zilber
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Maurice Zilber (born c. 1921) is a retired Thoroughbred horse trainer who trained horses in Egypt from 1946 to 1962 and then moved to France where he worked for another 43 years.
Based in Chantilly, Zilber conditioned horses for several major stable owners and credits Daniel Wildenstein for "kickstarting" his career. He gained his most fame as the trainer for American owner/breeder Nelson Bunker Hunt with horses such as United States Racing Hall of Famers Exceller and Dahlia. Licensed to train in the United Kingdom, for Hunt Zilber won back-to-back King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes in 1973 and 1974 with Dahlia, back-to-back Benson and Hedges Gold Cups in 1974 and 1975, again with Dahlia, and the 1976 Epsom Derby with Empery. As well, Zilber trained Hunt-owned winners of the 1974, 1976, and 1977 Canadian International Stakes and won the Washington, D.C. International four times.
Before his retirement in 2005, Maurice Zilber also trained for Khalid Abdulla's Juddmonte Farms in France.
