Aidan O’Brien

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Aidan O'Brien bigraphy, stories - Irish Thoroughbred trainer

Aidan O’Brien : biography

16 October 1969 –

Aidan Patrick O’Brien (born 16 October 1969 in County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish horse racing trainer. Since 1996, he has been the private trainer at Ballydoyle Stables near Cashel in County Tipperary for John Magnier and his Coolmore Stud associates.

Coolmore Stud

O’Brien is backed by the Coolmore operation. The Coolmore operation is renowned for high priced yearling purchases at the Keeneland September Yearling Sales and elsewhere.

Major wins

Ireland 
  • Irish 1,000 Guineas – (5) – Classic Park (1997), Imagine (2001), Yesterday (2003), Halfway to Heaven (2008), Misty for Me (2011)
  • Irish 2,000 Guineas – (9) – Desert King (1997), Saffron Walden (1999), Black Minnaloushe (2001), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Henrythenavigator (2008), Mastercraftsman (2009), Roderic O’Connor (2011), Power (2012), Magician (2013)
  • Irish Champion Stakes – (7) – Giant’s Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Oratorio (2005), Dylan Thomas (2006, 2007), Cape Blanco (2010), So You Think (2011)
  • Irish Derby – (10) – Desert King (1997), Galileo (2001), High Chaparral (2002), Dylan Thomas (2006), Soldier of Fortune (2007), Frozen Fire (2008), Fame and Glory (2009), Cape Blanco (2010), Treasure Beach (2011), Camelot (2012)
  • Irish Oaks – (3) – Alexandrova (2006), Peeping Fawn (2007), Moonstone (2008)
  • Irish St. Leger – (2) – Yeats (2007), Septimus (2008)
  • Matron Stakes – (1) – Lillie Langtry (2010)
  • Moyglare Stud Stakes – (6) – Sequoyah (2000), Quarter Moon (2001), Necklace (2003), Rumplestiltskin (2005), Misty for Me (2010), Maybe (2011)
  • National Stakes – (8) – Desert King (1996), King of Kings (1997), Beckett (2000), Hawk Wing (2001), One Cool Cat (2003), George Washington (2005), Mastercraftsman (2008), Power (2011)
  • Phoenix Stakes – (12) – Lavery (1998), Fasliyev (1999), Minardi (2000), Johannesburg (2001), Spartacus (2002), One Cool Cat (2003), George Washington (2005), Holy Roman Emperor (2006), Mastercraftsman (2008), Alfred Nobel (2009), Zoffany (2010), Pedro the Great (2012)
  • Pretty Polly Stakes – (2) – Peeping Fawn (2007), Misty For Me (2011)
  • Tattersalls Gold Cup – (6) – Black Sam Bellamy (2003), Powerscourt (2004), Duke of Marmalade (2008), Fame and Glory (2010), So You Think (2011, 2012)

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Canada 
  • Canadian International – (2) – Ballingarry (2002), Joshua Tree (2010)

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France 
  • Critérium International – (3) – Mount Nelson (2006), Jan Vermeer (2009), Roderic O’Connor (2010)
  • Critérium de Saint-Cloud – (4) – Ballingarry (2001), Alberto Giacometti (2002), Fame and Glory (2008), Recital (2010)
  • Grand Prix de Paris – (2) – Scorpion (2005), Imperial Monarch (2012)
  • Poule d’Essai des Poulains – (3) – Landseer (2002), Aussie Rules (2006), Astronomer Royal (2007)
  • Poule d’Essai des Pouliches – (1) – Rose Gypsy (2001)
  • Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe – (1) – Dylan Thomas (2007)
  • Prix Ganay – (2) – Dylan Thomas (2007), Duke of Marmalade (2008)
  • Prix Jacques Le Marois – (1) – Excelebration (2012)
  • Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère – (7) – Second Empire (1997), Ciro (1999), Rock of Gibraltar (2001), Hold That Tiger (2002), Oratorio (2004), Horatio Nelson (2005), Holy Roman Emperor (2006)
  • Prix Lupin – (1) – Ciro (2000)
  • Prix Marcel Boussac – (2) – Rumplestiltskin (2005), Misty for Me (2010)
  • Prix Maurice de Gheest – (1) – King Charlemagne (2001)
  • Prix Morny – (3) – Orpen (1998), Fasliyev (1999), Johannesburg (2001)
  • Prix du Moulin de Longchamp – (1) – Rock of Gibraltar (2002)
  • Prix Royal-Oak – (1) – Yeats (2008)
  • Prix de la Salamandre – (1) – Giant’s Causeway (1999)

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