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KIARAN MCLAUGHLIN

KIARAN MCLAUGHLIN
Birthdate - Nov. 15, 1960
Birthplace - Lexington, KY
Residence - Garden City, NY
Family - Wife Letty, daughter Erin, son Ryan
Website - kiaranmclaughlinracing.com

2016 RECORD

402 - 73, 69, 61 

$9,459,634

2016 NYRA RECORD

302 - 52, 52, 46 

$6,798,510

NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS

Invasor: Horse of the Year (2006); Top Older Male (2006)

Lahudood: Top Turf Female (2007)

Questing: Top 3-Year-Old Filly (2012)

NEW YORK TRAINING TITLES

* 2008 Saratoga, 17 wins

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Captured the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile with Tamarkuz

* Saddled Frosted to a 14 ¼ length victory in the Metropolitan Handicap; he also won the Whitney Stakes, Wood Memorial, and Al Maktoum Challenge

* Had a career-high $9.6 million in earnings in 2015

* In 2012 won four Grade 1s at Saratoga, including a dead-heat victory in the Travers with G2 Jim Dandy winner Alpha

* His 2008 training title at Saratoga came by a single victory over his close friend Todd Pletcher

* Enjoyed a banner year in 2006, campaigning Invasor to Horse of the Year honors and winning the Belmont Stakes with Jazil

* Three-time leading trainer at Nad al Sheba Race Course in Dubai: 1994-95, 1995-96 and 2002-2003

* Returned to Dubai in 2007 to win the Dubai World Cup with Invasor

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Attended University of Kentucky for one year and then entered racing

FIRST WINNER

* Lead The Dance, Dec. 31, 1993, Jebel Ali

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Abraaj: Alfred G. Vanderbilt (2008)

Albertus Maximus: Donn (2009)

Allied Forces: Jamaica (1996)

Alpha: Woodward (2013); Travers-DH (2012); Jim Dandy (2012); Withers (2012); Count Fleet (2012)

Alwajeeha: QE II Challenge Cup (2008)

Angliana: Aqueduct (2008)

Annual Report: Futurity (2015)

Antipathy: Shuvee H. (2014)

Atraf: Jaipur H. (1997)

Bay of Plenty: Alydar (2015)

Bending Strings: First Flight (2004); Nassau County (2004)

Cairo Prince: Nashua (2013)

Captivating Lass: Busanda (2012)

Carolyn’s Cat: Vagrancy (2009); Cicada (2008)

Cavorting: Personal Ensign (2016); Ogden Phipps (2016); Ruffian (2016); Prioress (2015); Test (2015); Jersey Girl (2015); Adirondack (2014)

Charitable Man: Peter Pan (2009); Futurity (2008)

Clothes Fall Off: Correction (2016)

Cowgirls Don’t Cry: Shuvee H. (2008)

Daaher: Cigar Mile (2007), Jerome (2007)

Dance Card: Gazelle (2012)

Day Pass: Nashua (2006)

Divided Attention: Ladies H. (2015)

Divine Park: Metropolitan H. (2008); Westchester (2008); Withers (2007)

Dream Play: Comely (2009); Dearly Precious (2009)

Elghayoor: Cicada (2013); Dearly Precious (2013)

Elhayq: Bowling Green (2000)

Emcee: Forego (2012)

Etched: Nashua (2007)

Eye of Taurus: Athenia (2010)

Fantastic Shirl: De La Rose (2007)

Farhaan: Alydar (2014); Stymie (2014)

Flashy Bull: Stephen Foster (2007)

Fort Hughes: Jimmy Winkfield (2011)

Frosted: Whitney (2016); Metropolitan H. (2016); Wood Memorial (2015)

Genuine Devotion: Saranac (2002)

Haul Anchor: Damon Runyon (2016)

Henny Hughes: Vosburgh (2006); King’s Bishop (2006)

Kayrawan: Tom Fool H. (1996)

Krypton: Hill Prince (2010)

Imperia: Pilgrim (2014)

Intidab: True North (2000); A Phenomenon (1999)

Invasor: Dubai World Cup (2007); Donn H. (2007); Breeders’ Cup Classic (2006); Whitney (2006); Suburban (2006); Pimlico Special (2006)

It’s Tricky: Ogden Phipps H. (2012); Top Flight H. (2012); Coaching Club American Oaks (2011); Acorn (2011); Busher (2011)

Jazil: Belmont Stakes (2006)

Justenuffhumor: Bernard Baruch (2009); Fourstardave (2009)

Justwhistledixie: Ruthless (2009); Love Affair (2008)

Kareena: Jersey Girl (2016)

Kayrawan: Tom Fool (1996)

Lady Shipman: License Fee (2016); Smart N Fancy (2016); Coronation Cup (2016)

Lahudood: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2007); Flower Bowl Inv. (2007)

Lavendar Lass: Correction (2005)

Lear’s Princess: Gazelle (2007)

Lethal Combination: Saranac (2010)

Like Now: Fred Capossela (2006); Gotham (2006)

Little Belle: Busher (2008); Ashland (2008)

Long River: Evening Attire (2014)

Lucky Island: Tom Fool (2008); Bold Ruler (2008)

Lunar Sovereign: Man o’ War (2003)

Makderah: New York (2007)

Maleeh: Fred “Cappy” Capossela (2013)

Mamdooha: Correction (2015); Cicada (2014); Ruthless (2014)

Midnight Watch: Riskaverse (2013)

Mohaymen: Nashua (2015); Remsen (2015)

Mr. Fantasy: Withers (2009)

Mustanfar: Lexington (2004)

North Slope: Evening Attire (2015); Bowl Game (2014)

Questing: Alabama (2012); Coaching Club American Oaks (2012)

Randaroo: Distaff (2004); Top Flight (2003); First Flight (2003)

Redding Colliery: Evening Attire (2012)

Sahm: Knickerbocker (1998)

Sayaad: Forbidden Apple (2014)

Seattle Fitz: Brooklyn (2004); Aqueduct (2004)

Sentiero Italia: Sands Point (2015); Lake Placid (2015)

Seventh Street: Apple Blossom (2009)

Shakespeare: Woodbine Mile (2007)

Shakis: Bernard Baruch (2007-08)

Soldat: With Anticipation (2010)

Soviet Line: Fourstardave (1997)

Spindrift: Fort Marcy (2000)

Sticksstatelydude: Discovery (2016)

Tamarkuz: Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (2016)

Taqarub: Jimmy Winkfield (2009)

Thunder Touch: Fall Highweight H. (2004)

Trademark : Bernard Baruch (2003); Fourstardave (2003)

Trappe Shot: True North H. (2011)

Volga: E. P. Taylor (2003)

Wedding Toast: Ogden Phipps (2015); Beldame (2015); Ruffian (2015); Comely (2013)

Wow Me Free: Next Move (2008); Ladies (2007)


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