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Kiaran McLaughlin
Top Associated Horses: National Pride,
That's How I Roll,
Starship Angel,
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2009 Record: (556-113-88-83)
2009 Earnings: $7,103,433
2009 Win %: 20% In-The-Money %: 51%
Born: Nov. 15, 1960, Lexington, Ky.
Residence: Garden City, N.Y.
Family: wife Letty (daughter of trainer John Hennig), daughter Erin and son Ryan ... McLaughlin’s brother, Neal, is one of his assistant trainers and shares the duties with Art Magnuson.
Education: Left the University of Kentucky after one year to pursue a career in racing
Racing Background: McLaughlin worked for trainers James Burchell, John Hennig, Mark Casse, Dave Kassen and Tim Muckler before joining the D. Wayne Lukas stable at age 24 in January 1985, where one of his co-workers was his future brother-in-law, Mark Hennig … Was introduced to racing through his friendship with Burchell's son, Greg ... Left the Lukas operation in February 1992 to become the agent for jockey Chris Antley
Racing Career: McLaughlin represented Antley until November 1993 when he became the trainer for Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum in Dubai. He split his year between Dubai and New York through 2003 when he returned to the United States full-time … While training in Dubai, McLaughlin trained for Sheikh Mohammed and his brother, Sheikh Hamdan … Led the trainer standings in wins four times Nad Al Sheba Race Course in Dubai –1994-95, 1995-96, 2001-02 and 2002-03 … In April of 1995, he shipped Dumaani to Japan and won the $1.5 million Keio Hai Spring Cup at odds of 56-1. Dumaani also won renewals of the Keeneland Breeders' Cup in 1995 and 1996 ... Upon his return to the U.S., McLaughlin opened a public stable in New York with 18 horses ... Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Farm and Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud have remained his two biggest clients ... Currently has a barn of just over 120 horses; announced in early September that he was reducing his numbers by ending a successful relationship with West Point Thoroughbreds … Won his first U.S. Grade 1 stakes in 2003 when Lunar Sovereign took the Man o' War at Belmont Park … Began to make his presence felt in the Triple Crown series in 2005 when G3 Holy Bull Stakes winner Closing Argument finished second in the Kentucky Derby at odds of 71-1 ... Jazil gave McLaughlin and Sheikh Hamdan their first American classic win with a victory in the 2006 Belmont Stakes ... With his victory in the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Classic, Invasor capped a career best year for McLaughlin and became the trainer’s first Eclipse Award champion. Invasor, who raced for Sheikh Hamdan, also won the G1 Pimlico Special, Suburban Handicap and Whitney Handicap en route to being named Horse of the Year and Champion Older Male … In early 2007, Invasor won the G1 Donn Handicap and $6 million Dubai World Cup before he was retired to stud in June with an injury … McLaughlin had his second Breeders' Cup winner in 2007 with the Shadwell homebred Lahudoodin the Filly & Mare Turf ... Other McLaughlin-trained stakes winners have been 2007 Stephen Foster winner Flashy Bull, Lear's Princess, who upset Rags to Riches in the G1 Gazelle, Shakis, Henny Hughes, Intidab, Trademark, Volga, Randaroo, Seattle Fitz, Bending Strings, Eye of the Tiger, Mustanfar, Millennium Dragon, Binya, Roar Emotion, Thunder Touch and Dynamite Lass ... Was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1998 and takes daily injections to combat it ... His large stable doesn’t leave McLaughlin with much time for hobbies, but he does manage to get some poker playing in now and then. McLaughlin nearly made it through Day 2 of the main event of the 2007 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. ... Was one of the featured trainers in the 2008, award-winning documentary "The First Saturday in May," by the Hennegan Brothers, Brad and John, which covered the road to the 2006 Kentucky Derby ... During the summer of ’08, he won the first North American training title of his career, earning the Saratoga crown with 17 victories, two more than his friend Todd Pletcher ... Through Oct. 4, 2009, he ranked fourth nationally with North American purse earnings of $5,922,644, with 99 wins. He has won 18 stakes, 12 of them graded. ... Top victories in 2009 include G1 wins in the Donn Handicap with Albertus Maximus, and Apple Blossom with Seventh Street as well as G2 wins with Charitable Man in Peter Pan Stakes, Carolyn's Cat in the Vagrancy Handicap, Dream Play in the Comely Stakes, Florentino (Jpn) in the Jefferson Cup, and Justenuffhumor in the Fourstardave and Bernard Baruch Handicaps. He also took over Brave Tin Soldier from trainer Mike de Kock as owner and trainer, and scored with him in the G3 Cliff Hanger Stakes... Charitable Man finished fourth in the 2009 Belmont Stakes (G1).
NOTE: Bio stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list. Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships. Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
