John Oxx is best known as the trainer of Sinndar and Sea The Stars.
10 Facts About John Oxx
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John Oxx has been widely praised for the care and undemonstrative authority with which he approaches the training and racing of his horses.
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John Oxx is particularly known for being highly selective when choosing when and where his horses will run.
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In 1950 John Oxx's father purchased Currabeg, at the southwestern end of the Curragh in County Kildare, where John Oxx Jr.
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John Oxx graduated from University College, Dublin, as a veterinary surgeon in 1973, and worked as his father's assistant before taking over the stable in 1979.
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John Oxx had a further success in the same race with Petite Ile two years later.
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In 2000 John Oxx trained the Aga Khan's brilliant Sinndar to wins in the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, making the colt the only horse ever to have won that trio of races and at that time one of only three Irish-based horses that had ever won the Arc.
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John Oxx came to wider public attention when guiding Sea The Stars through a famous 2009 season in which he won Group One races in England, Ireland and France, his six consecutive triumphs including the 2,000 Guineas, The Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
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John Oxx was typically understated when assessing the role of the trainer in the career of a great horse like Sea The Stars.
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John Oxx served as chairman of the Irish National Stud from 1985 to 1990; he was chairman of the Irish Racehorse Trainers' Association from 1986 to 1991 and from 1993 to 1996; he has served on numerous other racing bodies and is chairman of the Racing Academy and Centre of Education.