Niall M. O'Callaghan
Niall O'Callaghan | |
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Occupation | Trainer |
Born | May 21, 1963 County Cork, Ireland |
Career wins | 531 |
Major racing wins | |
Pan American Handicap (1992) Jersey Derby (1992) Bowling Green Handicap (1992) Oklahoma Derby (1994) Bernard Baruch Handicap (1996) Arlington Oaks (1997) First Lady Stakes (1998) Just A Game Handicap (1998) Coaching Club American Oaks (1999) Cornhusker Handicap (1999) Lecomte Stakes (2000) Maple Leaf Stakes (2000) Seagram Cup Stakes (2000) Kentucky Cup Classic Stakes (2001) San Antonio Handicap (2001) Stephen Foster Handicap (2001) Washington Park Handicap (2001) Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (2002) Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (2002) Lone Star Derby (2002) West Virginia Derby (2002) Mac Diarmida Handicap (2003) West Virginia Governor's Stakes (2003) Royal North Stakes (2005) Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes (2006) | |
Significant horses | |
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Niall M. O'Callaghan (born May 21, 1963, in County Cork, Ireland) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.
O'Callaghan became involved in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing as an apprentice jockey in his native Ireland. In 1982 he emigrated to the United States where he studied at Miami Dade Community College in Florida. In 1988, he went to work as an assistant to trainer In 1990, O'Callaghan set up his own public stable, handling fifteen horses from prominent owner, Frank Stronach. With John Gunther's colt, , O'Callaghan won his first Graded stakes race, the 1992 Pan American Handicap at Gulfstream Park Racetrack.
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- American horse trainers
- Sportspeople from County Cork
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- Irish equestrian biography stubs