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David O'Meara: "I have never been approached by anyone at Coolmore" PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)O'Meara quashes Ballydoyle rumoursBY LEE MOTTERSHEAD7:55PM 24 AUG 2015 THE hottest rumour in racing was on Monday night firmly quashed byDavid O’Meara as one of the sport’s most highly respected and widely admired young trainers poured cold water on intense speculation linking him with a move to Ballydoyle. |
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AOB regained his world record for group 1 wins in a calander year yesterday making it 26 so far this year.
He beat the record held by Bobby Frankel. There are still a few more group 1s to go before flat racing ends in Europe....then there is America and Australia |
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Now 27 following Mendelssohn’s win at Del Mar last night.
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Imagine how Australian centric punters would be carrying on if Churchill was an Aussie horse being asked to test himself out of his comfort zone.....
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Aidan O’Brien: the man, his methods, his beliefs, the Derby and his horsesBy Andy Stephens Wed 30 May 2018 Champion trainer Aidan O’Brien will seek a record-equalling seventh Investec Derby success at Epsom on Saturday. Andy Stephens spent a morning with him on the gallops at Ballydoyle. Saxon Warrior and Aidan O'Brien at Ballydoyle (Racingfotos) It is 7.45am on a mild Monday morning at Ballydoyle and Aidan O’Brien is watching first lot go through their paces. Seventy regally-bred thoroughbreds are exercising in close vicinity in serene surroundings that have been a playground for a dozen Derby winners. The noise of air being inhaled and exhaled through flared equine nostrils, not to mention 280 limbs flicking over the all-weather gallop, is intoxicating. There are few places on earth any racing enthusiast would rather be. One horse is out on his own and catches the eye. O’Brien volunteers that it is Saxon Warrior, the odds-on Investec Derby favourite, and the powerfully-built colt is a sight to behold as he powers past under regular work rider Richella Carroll. “He’s very sober, a relaxed horse but sharp,” the champion trainer says. “What I mean by that is that he reacts to things very quickly. He doesn’t have to go to first gear to second; to third, to fourth and then fifth. He can go from second to fifth in a flash. It’s an impulse, I suppose. “Most horses live in the middle ground but he doesn’t. He sleeps, or he’s alive. It makes him different.” As to why the unbeaten colt is more or less working solo, he adds: “He gets privileges at the moment. We don’t make him do anything he doesn’t want to do.” Saxon Warrior is odds-on for the Derby on Saturday (Racingfotos) There is no suggestion the 2,000 Guineas winner is tricky or resents the company of inferior workmates, but something O’Brien says later resonates. “Very few horses are leaders, it’s like people,” he observes. “Most horses like to drop in with the crowd and go along with the crowd. People are the same.” O’Brien has been out on his own almost since 1996 when he became the youngest person to win the Irish trainers’ championship, a title he has won continuously since 1998. Still only 48, he is seeking a record-equalling seventh Investec Derby success on Saturday when Saxon Warrior will be joined by stablemates Delano Roosevelt, The Pentagon, Kew Gardens and Zabriskie. His overall tally of victories at the highest level stands at an astonishing 302 heading into the two-day meeting at Epsom. His record haul of 28 Group One winners last year indicates he might reach 500 in the next decade. Yet for all his domination you suspect that O’Brien, too, is at times happy to slide back among the pack. _Saxon Warrior is reshod under the gaze of his trainer _(Racingfotos) This is a man who never craves attention or adulation, and always talks in quiet, measured tones. He never shows a hint of arrogance and accepts defeat graciously. He praises his horses, staff, facilities and the owners - the Coolmore collective of John Magnier, Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith - but always falls short of praising himself. He has been there, done that and got a suitcase full of T-shirts but 20-odd years of sustained success have not altered his understated manner. “I’m a small cog in a big machine” became his default answer last autumn as he closed in on Bobby Frankel’s Group One record. At one stage during our morning together he even goes as far as suggesting “if I hadn’t met Annemarie (his wife) I’d still be working for Jim Bolger.” He and Annemarie have four children; two daughters in Sarah and Ana, and two Classic-winning jockeys in Joseph and Donnacha, and have come a long way since their early days when involved in National Hunt racing. “We had a big interest in training jumpers, but we also always had an interest in the well-bred Flat horses,” he says. “One of our big things was to be able to get those good pedigrees and to train those good horses.” These days, virtually every animal in his care begins life with a significant genetic head start and Coolmore’s breeding empire, with star stallions at every turn and 500 broodmares alone based in Ireland, means he has a conveyor belt of brilliance to constantly attack the top races all over the globe. Trainer Aidan O'Brien has considerably more horses than predecessor Vincent O'Brien (Racingfotos) Training bloodstock worth hundreds of millions of pounds brings inevitable stresses and strains but from the outside it appears the only person putting O’Brien under pressure is O’Brien himself. A tortured genius? He often strikes as an intense figure on the racecourse and, even on home soil, the coiled spring does not seem to completely unwind. An example occurs when he talks to every rider as they return from working his string. Each is signed off with a “good man” or “good girl” and, for at least a minute, he is nervously rubbing his hands without seemingly being aware of the habit. He is up by 5am every day and it might not be 10.30pm until he retires. His mobile phone is never switched off. Seven days a week; month after month; year after year. It is an unrelenting cycle. His long days revolve completely around his horses and those closest to him, with his extended family being the 190 staff at Ballydoyle. Impressively, he seems to know the names of them all. When press photographers ask O’Brien to pose with Saxon Warrior, he insists that the first snaps are instead of horse and groom. A small gesture, but one that speaks volumes. Saxon Warrior with groom Richella Carroll (Racingfotos) His manners cost him nothing but earn him the respect and loyalty of everyone. It is difficult to gauge whether O’Brien’s meticulous methods have taken a personal toll but he hints that in the past he has paid for letting his batteries dwindle. “I have found that without rest, you will be broken up emotionally and physically,” he says. “There is an awful lot of stuff going on every day and you have to be as clear as you can and sleep is important for that. I try and sleep whilst we are travelling and empty my mind at night. "I take everything one day at a time and don't take anything for granted. Circumstances change things for everyone in the end, but we'll keep doing our best until we have any changes.” His good time, as he describes it, is in the early evening when he will wander around the 14 yards that make up a base where champions such as Sir Ivor, Nijinsky, Alleged, Roberto, El Gran Senor, Roberto and The Minstrel were moulded before him. Six are for the older horses, with the other eight being for two-year-olds or horses who require isolation or a period of quiet. O’Brien’s home is in the middle of it all. In total, there are 200 boxes. His predecessor, the legendary Vincent O’Brien, no relation, who first trained here in 1951, never had more than about 60. O’Brien talks of friendly rivalry between the respective yards and on occasions the A Team is upstaged by something in the B Team. That happened last year when Wings Of Eagles, a 40-1 chance, gave him his sixth Derby success at the main expense of stablemate Cliffs Of Moher, who started favourite. Groom Kurram Sheikh puts the sheet on to U S Navy Flag (Racingfotos) "The stables are divided up into colts and fillies,” he says. “We then separate the best colts, the second-best colts and the third-best colts. They can't all be in one yard so we have to separate them up and the top colts are in the Giant's Causeway yard. "When we go away to America (for the Breeders’ Cup), Ballydoyle is emptied and washed out and painted for a new year. There is then a pecking order which the lads decide as to what horse ends up in one yard. "A lot of thought goes into all of this and wherever the horse lands, they stay there for the year. There is no promotion or relegation.” O’Brien is content for others to have the final say. “I watch, listen and smile,” he says. “I might not always agree with it (who goes where) but I let it happen. I can often see where there could be a very good horse in the second yard but that’s great for the people in there because I know they have a chance of having a big horse, and they’d know that as well. “That’s what keeps them going because they’d love to have a horse better than in the No 1 yard. It’s a friendly rivalry, but at the same time intense. That’s the way life is, isn’t it?” All the time O’Brien is talking, alarms on his phone are going off and there is regular interaction on walkie talkies. At 9.48am he gets a call asking about overnight declarations and after a brief chat about weather conditions at the track in question, passes on his instructions and asks that Ryan Moore is informed. It seems late to be making decisions about running plans - the cut-off time is 10am - but today he is ahead of schedule. “Things can change ten times in the minutes before 10am,” he says, having moved into the indoor barn where Capri, the St Leger winner, is rearing up on two legs to show his impressive grey physique. “It could go down to maybe the last ten seconds before.” Then it is back outside to see his impressive battalion of two-year-olds who, because it’s been such a wet spring, have yet to gallop on turf. One spooks and it causes a domino effect. O’Brien turns horse whisperer and offers calm, soothing reassurance. “Gently lads. Talk to them. Take your time. Steady. Take your time lads. Just talk to them.” He is learning about each of the youngsters day by day and trying to get inside the heads of each. “There are no hard and fast rules when it comes to training,” he says. “You are trying to find the key to every horse and the craziest things can work sometimes. “They are made up of all these different genes and you have to find methods to kick them off. With some horses you never learn the key but if you have the best people around, all working with the best interests of the horse in mind, then you have a better chance of making it happen.” Eighteen years ago, O’Brien was unlocking the brilliance of Galileo. He was in the infancy of his training career but he handled the son of Sadler’s Wells with precision and in 2001 the colt went on to give him his first Derby triumph. Subsequently, Galileo has gone on to become the Daddy of all sires with many of his gifted sons and daughters keeping O’Brien ahead of the pack. Aged 20, Galileo is still going strong at Coolmore, the centre of equine excellence owned and run by the Magnier family, which is about half an hour from Ballydoyle. Sadler’s Wells was active in the breeding sheds until the age of about 25 and all the signs are that Galileo will emulate him. He remains a strong, passive individual who dislikes his ears being touched but enjoys having his teeth scratched. He might perhaps help produce another 800 offspring before his time as a stallion is up, although the odds on him fathering another blessed with as much ability as the freakish Frankel, himself now excelling at stud, seem slim. "He’s been the most incredible stallion and all of his horses seem to have real courage about them,” O’Brien says. Galileo has sired three Derby winners and two for O'Brien - Ruler Of The World (2013) and Australia (2014). He is also responsible for New Approach (2008) - and features in the pedigrees of the past six 2,000 Guineas winners. He has consistently stamped his horses with speed, stamina, good looks and calm temperaments. The challenge for Coolmore has been mixing up the chemistry and they might just have come up with a game changer in getting access to Deep Impact, the Japanese middle-distance champion, for their Galileo mares. Saxon Warrior, out of Maybe, is one of three Deep Impact offspring at Ballydoyle - the others are September and Conclusion - but plenty more will soon arrive. Multiple Group One winners Minding and Winter are in foal to him. So are Maybe's sisters Fluff and Promise To Be True, plus Found's sister Best In The World. “Deep Impact could be massive and is very exciting,” O’Brien said. “The world is a small place now so he will continue to be important to us. "Saxon Warrior has a very strong blend of Danehill, Galileo and Deep Impact in him. Those three strong traits make him a horse that we haven't had before so he is very different. "He is strong and powerful. He is built like a miler, but we always thought he would stay. He goes like a horse who will love middle distances. You can see all of those strong traits in him.” In the distance is Deep Impact’s daughter, September. She appears extremely fresh and well but a tilt at the Investec Oaks had to be shelved because of a minor muscle problem in her back quarters. ”She wants to canter, but she’s not ready,” says O’Brien, his eye following her every step. “She’s a small filly with a big personality. She’s clean winded and we were looking forward to her for the Oaks. Maybe she will be OK for Royal Ascot.” O'Brien does not drink alcohol and has few hobbies but is a regular church goer who encourages everyone to stay in contact with their beliefs. “You can only control the things you can control and you don’t worry about the things you can’t,” he says. “You just hope there is a far greater power there that might help control the things you can’t. “That’s the reality of life for us all, really. Everyone has their own beliefs and nobody knows who is right or wrong but it’s always a help if somebody has a belief. “We do our best of what we do every day and then if there is extra help out there we are always very grateful for it. If everyone says a prayer it doesn’t matter what it is, or to who it is, it’s always a help for us all. “Have a prayer, learn a prayer and say it. It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or you don’t believe it. If you learn a prayer and say it every day it will be a help to you long term, we believe." Does he pray for his horses? “No” he says. It is difficult to believe he will do anything but train thoroughbreds but a final question, asking him if he can imagine a time when he won’t, draws a surprise response. “Of course I can,” he says without hesitation. “And I’ll be taking it very easy when that does happen.” But first of all there is another Derby to be won. Then another. Then another. The Ballydoyle win machine remains in the safest hands. |
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I wonder how many pass thru his stable that dont give a peep, and where they end up after ???
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animals before people.
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Think I tried this before. These are links to Racing Post Aiden O'Brien "stable tours". Edited by djebel - 12 Apr 2021 at 5:59pm |
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Certainly can't argue with that.
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Do the links work SC ?
The second and third ones seem to. Edited by djebel - 12 Apr 2021 at 5:55pm |
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Unbelievable set up , now I know how Davey Crockett felt like at the Alamo .
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Inside the mind of a genius - what makes Aidan O'Brien tick'We're always chasing. We're just hanging in there, because I know what's coming' ONE of the best ways to find the perfect work-life balance is to chase a job that doesn’t feel like a chore and it’s fair to say that Aidan O'Brien relishes every second he spends in Ballydoyle. "It doesn't really," the world-renowned Flat trainer replies when asked whether the job ever loses any of its excitement. "This is what we love doing every day." Such devotion to a 300-strong squad of the finest equine thoroughbreds brings all types of responsibilities but hearing him greet the names of 40 different work riders in quick succession is a sight to behold. From Brett to Jaykumar to Martin to Colm to Georgia to Santosh to Maria, there's a need to know everyone and anyone that walks through the gates of the luxurious south Tipperary yard. "Sure I suppose I do nothing else every day, this is all I do," O'Brien reasons. "It's a seven-day week and it's every single day. We all work here together the whole time and they're all very important to us. "I'd touch base usually with every work rider between six and eight times on every lot when I'm here by myself. It's all little things that you feel and you're in constant communication learning about each horse. "Everyone is giving little bits and thinking about things. It's communication then with everybody, nothing hidden and there's no agenda. It's said as it is, nothing covered, good, bad or indifferent." O'Brien cruises alongside each lot in his top of the range Land Rover Defender and always has his eyes on the here and now. He doesn't do self-praise, instead lauding others, and is always striving for improvement. The 53-year-old refuses to stagnate - as can be seen with the spacious new outdoor warm-up area which has music piped in - and he has the attitude of a hungry contender rather than the 25-time Irish champion Flat trainer which he is. "No, we're always chasing," the Wexford native says. "We're just hanging in there, believe me, because I know what's coming! I know what's there, the minute we get complacent that'll be it. "We never think back, we always think forward. We don't even think about what's gone, yesterday is gone and that's it. It's about tomorrow always and that's just the way it is." What's coming behind him is another powerful training yard led by his Kilkenny-based son Joseph - his other son Donnacha is also a burgeoning trainer just 20 minutes away in Ballyroe - but there is little fear of their father being left behind given his attitude., "We're always changing, we're always trying to progress, make things sharper, tighter, quicker. And if that stops...you can't get complacent, you always believe that you're behind. So you're always trying to catch up." It's 30 years since O'Brien took out a training licence and the man responsible for Flat superstars like Galileo, Giant's Causeway and High Chaparral - as well as National Hunt icon Istabraq - has no end in sight. He certainly appreciates every day as if it is his last, though. "Every day I get up, I thank God because you're never guaranteed you're going to make the next one and that doesn't matter what age you are, it's the same with everyone. I always say the greatest gift of all for all of us is life so don't take it for granted and appreciate it." He has plenty to be grateful for heading into the new Flat season with particularly positive mention for Alexandroupolis - a three-year-old Camelot colt which "could be anything" after his Galway maiden success - and the unraced Alabama, a brother of sprinter Sioux Nation. English 2,000 Guineas hope Auguste Rodin is the apple of his eye at present, though, and the Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes winner could take all before him this season. "We were very impressed with him at Doncaster because we nearly didn’t run him on the ground. Everything went wrong and he still won," he says of the Epsom Derby favourite. "He was always very classy from the first time Ryan (Moore) rode him. He’s an exceptional mover. He’s the type of horse that could start in the Guineas and stretch out to a mile and a quarter or a mile and a half." Other potential superstars like Little Big Bear and Irish Champion Stakes winner Luxembourg have him rising from his bed each morning at 4.45 with enthusiasm. He sleeps well but anything more than six or seven hours is a rarity as "the day is very full" and he doesn't even have time for a power nap these days - "I just have to keep going". Hobbies outside of racing are non-existent apart from the odd bit of sport on the television when he's having his tea in the evening as "you don't get a lot of time to get hooked into anything". However, daily exercise is imperative and that's a non-negotiable part of his routine. "I do three quarters of an hour when I get up first thing every morning. I do everything, I do Pilates. I've to keep my back strong. I try to do three quarters of an hour as well some time before I go to bed every day,” he says. "I try to do an hour and a half every day if I can. When you're tired is when you need to exercise most. Your body has to keep going." It's a fast-paced life he leads with his string regularly excelling in some of the world's richest prizes - like Broome claiming last week's Dubai World Cup in Meydan - but nothing compares to home. "I love working here every day, that's what I love. If we go racing and we have to do those things then that's the way it is but this is what I love doing every day. "I'm here 30 years but it only feels like two years to me. my heaven is here with the horses." He has everything he needs on his doorstep with the floodlit gallops - it feels like you have landed in Dundalk Stadium upon entry early in the morning - affording them them the opportunity to gallop horses at whatever hour is required. The main gallop features a speedometer to keep track of things while information is always coming his way through a Walkie Talkie. Nothing is left to chance, everything is like military precision. Even O'Brien's clothing is on point as he sports a long coat like you'd see soccer manager wearing - manufactured by Nike no less - with Blackbeard (the latest Coolmore stallion) written on the front, as well as an accompanying image of the pirate carrying the same name. O'Brien, much like Willie Mullins, doesn't watch replays of races - "I used to but I don't get time now, the days are not long enough" - and he instead goes with the "gut instinct" of his first impression. That judgement is shaped by a life in racing where he has accumulated unprecedented success with eight Epsom Derby wins, nine in the Oaks, 10 triumphs in the English 2,000 Guineas and seven in 1,000 Guineas, among numerous others. However, that doesn't stop the long-time Man United follower from seeking the counsel of others in search of any edge that is going. "Oh God yeah we would, all the time," he says of picking other people's brains with former Kilkenny hurling boss Brian Cody one that is name checked. "You'd always be trying to learn from people, absolutely, see if there's something that we could put into our system. There's little things that can make a big difference." What about feeling pressure given the responsibility he carries with the power of the mighty Coolmore behind him? "The only pressure I feel is all the people that are working for us that they keep having jobs because the lads (John Magnier and Co) invest an awful lot of money every year," he says. "It's to keep them having success so that they'll keep investing the money because there's such a spin-off of people with families. "That's the pressure really and I'm always conscious of that, that everyone has to survive, like us all." It's that mentality that keeps him hungrier than ever. O'Brien may be the all-conquering champion, but there's no silk pajamas syndrome here. He continues to graft like someone at the bottom of racing's tree and that thirst for success won’t be going away any time soon. |
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We've got a gelding, that will debut soon here, that finished 3 lengths behind Alexandroupolis and a filly that finished 4 lengths behind Espionage that should also debut here this month some time.
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Aidan O'Brien: 'He's definitely one to watch, you won't go too far wrong with him'David Jennings gets the lowdown from the master trainer of his stellar crop for the new seasonWhat can you say about Aidan O'Brien that hasn't been said already? Well, I suppose he has never done the Triple Crown. Despite Camelot's courageous attempt in 2012, the master of Ballydoyle is still looking for his very own Nijinsky. Has he finally found his doppelganger in Auguste Rodin? He just might, you know. If Auguste Rodin happened to hand him an 11th 2,000 Guineas next month, a race he is shading favouritism for at 7-2, the Derby and St Leger would surely be on his agenda afterwards. O'Brien used the word "strong" when asked to describe his crop of three-year-olds for the season. Sensational may have been more apt. The fact that Victoria Road, the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero, is not even being considered for the starting team at Newmarket and is heading to France instead tells all you need to know about the strength in depth in the Classic division. Little Big Bear was the champion juvenile in Europe last season and ended the campaign with a huge rating of 124. O'Brien felt his phenomenal Phoenix Stakes success was "different". Dynamite might be a better description. The furthest Little Big Bear has gone in his career is six furlongs and 63 yards in the Anglesey Stakes, but O'Brien believes he will stay a mile because he's so relaxed. If he does get home in the Guineas, we could be in for something very special indeed. Statuette is on the sidelines for the first half of the season with a setback, but Meditate has always been the number one Ballydoyle hope in the 1,000 Guineas. O'Brien has won the first fillies' Classic of the season five times in the last seven years. Of the older brigade who are staying in training at Ballydoyle, Luxembourg is the most interesting. Last year's Irish Champion Stakes winner had an interrupted Classic campaign, but an uninterrupted four-year-old season could see him land a whole host of top prizes. He will return in the Prix Ganay but the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot seems to be his main early-season aim. Kyprios won't be able to defend his Gold Cup crown there and Emily Dickinson has been handed the baton for the staying showpiece. There are umpteen juveniles by No Nay Never who could be anything, although it already seems O'Brien knows something about Alabama. Ballydoyle is drenched in quality everywhere you look and 2023 could be one of those memorable years when everything clicks.
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I hope Little Big Bear is not added to the list, He had to be pulled up in the July Cup after missing at least a weeks work after the Commonwealth Cup at Ascot. |
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