Aidan O'Brien was the Champion Amateur Jockey of 1993/94, the same season in which he trained his first winner, on his first day as a licensed Trainer. In 1996, he would become Ireland's youngest ever Champion Trainer, a title he has now held continuously since 1998. In 2001, he became the youngest ever Champion British Trainer, and the first overseas holder of the title since, well, since one Dr. M.V. O'Brien. You may be beginning to spot a pattern here. Under the quiet gaze of the Master of Ballydoyle today, Champions learn their craft. Europe's leading sire Galileo and the USA's best young sire Giant's Causeway are just two of the string of exceptional talents that have blossomed on his watch before making their way to Coolmore farms in Ireland, the US and the Hunter Valley in Australia. Aidan is still a young man, and this table tells quite a tale. Watch this space.
Ireland:
Derby (9):
Desert King, Galileo, High Chaparral, Dylan Thomas, Soldier Of Fortune, Frozen Fire, Fame And Glory, Cape Blanco, Treasure Beach
2000 Guineas (7):
Black Minnaloushe, Desert King, Saffron Walden, Rock of Gibraltar, Henrythenavigator, Mastercraftsman, Roderic O Connor
1000 Guineas (5):
Imagine, Classic Park, Yesterday, Halfway To Heaven, Misty For Me
Champion Stakes (7):
Giant's Causeway, High Chaparral, Oratorio, Dylan Thomas (x 2), Cape Blanco, So You Think
Phoenix Stakes (11):
Johannesburg, One Cool Cat, Fasliyev, Spartacus, Minardi, Lavery, George Washington, Holy Roman Emperor, Mastercraftsman, Alfred Nobel, Zoffany.
National Stakes (8):
Desert King, Beckett, King of Kings, One Cool Cat, Hawk Wing, George Washington, Mastercraftsman, Power
Tattersalls Gold Cup (5):
Black Sam Bellamy, Powerscourt, Duke Of Marmalade, Fame And Glory, So You Think
Moyglare Stakes (6):
Quarter Moon, Necklace, Sequoyah, Rumplestiltskin, Misty For Me, Maybe
Oaks (3):
Alexandrova, Peeping Fawn, Moonstone.
Pretty Polly Stakes (2):
Peeping Fawn, Misty For Me
St Leger (2):
Yeats, Septimus.
Matron Stakes (1):
Lillie Langtry
France:
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1):
Dylan Thomas.
French 2000 Guineas (3):
Landseer, Aussie Rules, Astronomer Royal.
French 1000 Guineas:
Rose Gypsy
Prix Lupin:
Ciro
Prix de la Salamandre:
Giant's Causeway,
Prix Morny (3):
Johannesburg, Fasliyev, Orpen
Prix Maurice de Gheest:
King Charlemagne
Prix du Moulin:
Rock of Gibraltar
Grand Criterium (7):
Hold That Tiger, Rock of Gibraltar, Second Empire, Ciro, Oratorio, Horatio Nelson, Holy Roman Emperor.
Grand Prix de Paris:
Scorpion
Prix Marcel Boussac (2):
Rumplestiltskin, Misty For Me
Criterium de Saint Cloud (4):
Ballingarry, Alberto Giacometti, Recital, Fame And Glory
Prix Ganay (2):
Dylan Thomas, Duke Of Marmalade.
Criterium International (3):
Mount Nelson, Jan Vermeer, Roderic O Connor
Prix Royal Oak:
Yeats
Italy:
Gran Criterium (2):
Spartacus, Sholokhov
Gran Premio del Jockey Club:
Black Sam Bellamy
North America:
Breeders' Cup Turf (2):
High Chaparral x 2
Breeders' Cup Juvenile:
Johannesburg
Keeneland Turf Mile (2):
Landseer, Aussie Rules
Secretariat Stakes (2):
Ciro, Treasure Beach
Canadian International (2):
Ballingarry, Joshua Tree
Arlington Million (2):
Powerscourt, Cape Blanco
Man O War Stakes (1):
Cape Blanco
Joe Hirsch Turf Classic:
Cape Blanco
Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup:
Together
Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf:
Wrote
England:
Derby (2):
Galileo, High Chaparral
2000 Guineas (5):
King of Kings, Rock of Gibraltar, Footstepsinthesand, George Washington, Henrythenavigator.
1000 Guineas:
Virginia Waters.
Oaks (3):
Shahtoush, Imagine, Alexandrova.
St Leger (3):
Milan, Brian Boru, Scorpion
July Cup (3):
Stravinsky, Mozart, Starspangledbanner
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes (3):
Galileo, Dylan Thomas, Duke Of Marmalade
St James‘s Palace Stakes (6):
Black Minnaloushe, Giant‘s Causeway, Rock of Gibraltar, Excellent Art, Henrythenavigator, Mastercraftsman.
Racing Post Trophy (6):
Saratoga Springs, Brian Boru, High Chaparral, Aristotle, St Nicholas Abbey, Camelot
Dewhurst Stakes (2):
Rock of Gibraltar, Beethoven
Sussex Stakes (4):
Rock of Gibraltar, Giant's Causeway, Henrythenavigator, Rip Van Winkle.
Eclipse Stakes (5):
Hawk Wing, Giant's Causeway, Oratorio, Mount Nelson, So You Think.
Prince of Wales's Stakes (1):
Duke Of Marmalade.
Juddmonte International (3):
Giant's Causeway, Duke of Marmalade, Rip Van Winkle.
Middle Park Stakes (4):
Johannesburg, Minardi, Ad Valorem, Crusade
Nunthorpe Stakes (2):
Stravinsky, Mozart
Lockinge Stakes (1):
Hawk Wing
Coronation Stakes (2):
Sophisticat, Lillie Langtry
Queen Anne Stakes (2):
Ad Valorem, Haradasun.
Coronation Cup (5):
Yeats, Scorpion, Soldier Of Fortune, Fame And Glory, St Nicholas Abbey
Ascot Gold Cup (5):
Yeats x 4, Fame And Glory
Nassau Stakes (2):
Peeping Fawn, Halfway To Heaven
Yorkshire Oaks (2):
Alexandrova, Peeping Fawn
Fillies Mile (2):
Listen, Sunspangled
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (2):
George Washington, Rip Van Winkle
Golden Jubilee Stakes (1):
Starspangledbanner
Sun Chariot Stakes:
Halfway To Heaven
