Kiaran McLaughlin was a student at the University of Kentucky for a year before he decided focus on pursuing a career in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry.
11 Facts About Kiaran McLaughlin
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Kiaran McLaughlin spent close to three years as an assistant for various trainers before going to work for US Racing Hall of Fame trainer, D Wayne Lukas in 1985.
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Kiaran McLaughlin was leading trainer in Dubai three times and has campaigned multiple graded stakes winners.
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For ten years, Kiaran McLaughlin spent half of each year working in Dubai and half in the New York City area.
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Kiaran McLaughlin returned to the US permanently in 2003 and opened a public stable in New York.
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Kiaran McLaughlin won his first Grade I race in 2003 with Lunar Sovereign in the Man o' War Stakes.
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Also in 2007, Kiaran McLaughlin trained Lahudood to victories in the Flower Bowl Invitational and the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf, for which she earned the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Turf Mare.
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On March 12,2012, Kiaran McLaughlin earned his 1,000th North American career win at Aqueduct Racetrack with Que Posse.
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Later that year at Saratoga, Kiaran McLaughlin scored Grade I victories with Emcee in the Forego Stakes, Alpha in the Travers Stakes and Questing in both the Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama Stakes.
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In 2015, Kiaran McLaughlin trained Frosted, owned by his oldest client Sheikh Mohammed, to victories in the Wood Memorial and Pennsylvania Derby, finishing second to American Pharoah in the Belmont Stakes.
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The Daily Racing Form reported in March 2020 that Kiaran McLaughlin, who had ended his training operations in New York a few months prior, would stop training horses in April and become a jockey agent , representing Luis Saez.