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AIDAN O'BRIEN

  • Ireland

A former champion amateur jockey, Aiden O'Brien took up a trainer's license at the age of 23 and made an immediate impact as a jumps trainer sending out two winners at his first meeting.

O'Brien broke the record for number of wins in a year at only his second season before trying his hand at training flat horses in 1996 after taking over at the famous Ballydoyle stables in Tipperary for Coolmore.

Success started to come for Aiden O'Brien during the 1997 season winning the Irish 1,000 with Classic Park, and the 2,000 Guineas-Irish Derby double with Desert King.

The following season, O'Brien picked up his first English Classic when King Of Kings won the 2,000 Guineas and in 2001 he became the first overseas trainer since Vincent O'Brien (His Predecessor) to win the British trainers' title.

O'Brien has continued to train Group 1 winners all over the world and is recognised as one of the top trainers with feature wins in Ireland, Britain, France, America, Hong Kong, Australia, UAE, Canada and Italy.

Some of the best horses O'Brien has trained include Desert King, Rock Of Gibraltar, Yeats, High Chaparall, Dylan Thomas, So You Think, Holy Roman Emperor, Henrythenavigator and Galileo.

First Runner 08 Jan 2000
Kaldan Khan (Gb)  
Leopardstown (Ire)  |  Fitzpatrick Castle Hurdle
First Win 23 Jan 2000
Istabraq (Ire)
Leopardstown (Ire)  |  Aig Europe Champion Hurdle (Grade 1)
Best Horse :
ISTABRAQ (Timeform Rating 163)
SADLER'S WELLS (USA)  BETTY'S SECRET (USA)  [By SECRETARIAT (USA)]
First Group Win (G1):
ISTABRAQ (23 Jan 2000)
SADLER'S WELLS (USA)  BETTY'S SECRET (USA)  [By SECRETARIAT (USA)]

AIDAN O'BRIEN's Career

Latest Runners

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM USD $ Jockey Time
11 of 14 08 Nov 2024 DDLA NORTH AFRICA 12/1 3UFM OPEN LR 1 m $56975 NATHAN CROSSE 1:37.83
10 of 14 08 Nov 2024 DDLA ISEULT OF IRELAND 11/1 3UFM OPEN LR 1 m $56975 WAYNE HASSETT 1:37.83
4 of 14 08 Nov 2024 DDLA ANDROMEDA 12/1 3UFM OPEN LR 1 m $56975 MARK CREHAN 1:37.83
3 of 19 03 Nov 2024 ICU OSPREY 7/2 3U MDN 1 ½ m $22791 DYLAN BROWNE MCMONAGLE 2:41.39
5 of 17 03 Nov 2024 ICU ISEULT OF IRELAND 40/1 3U OPEN LR 1 ½ m $45576 WAYNE HASSETT 2:38.34
4 of 17 03 Nov 2024 ICU RUBIES ARE RED 11/1 3U OPEN LR 1 ½ m $45576 CHRIS HAYES 2:38.34
11 of 17 03 Nov 2024 ICU ANDROMEDA 16/1 3U OPEN LR 1 ½ m $45576 GAVIN RYAN 2:38.34
3 of 17 03 Nov 2024 ICU NORTH AFRICA 25/1 3U OPEN LR 1 ½ m $45576 NATHAN CROSSE 2:38.34
4 of 5 03 Nov 2024 ICU GET 20/1 3U OPEN G3 2 ¹⁄₁₆ m $62001 DECLAN MCDONOGH 3:46.48
2 of 5 03 Nov 2024 ICU LILY HART 13/2 3U OPEN G3 2 ¹⁄₁₆ m $62001 GAVIN RYAN 3:46.48

Jockey Statistics

Last 100 Rides
Career
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
W M LORDAN 7 22.6% 8 48.4% 31 $507,824 0 0 2 0 $0.66
RYAN MOORE 6 25.0% 5 45.8% 24 $3,081,971 3 1 1 0 $0.85
GAVIN RYAN 1 12.5% 3 50.0% 8 $50,738 0 0 0 0 $0.54
DECLAN MCDONOGH 1 25.0% 0 25.0% 4 $28,727 0 0 0 0 $0.75
MARK CREHAN 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $34,539 0 0 0 0 $9.67
JACK CLEARY 0 0.0% 2 22.2% 9 $15,028 0 0 0 0 -
WAYNE HASSETT 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5 $6,734 0 0 0 0 -
C SOUMILLON 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $92,326 0 0 0 0 -
NATHAN CROSSE 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $6,642 0 0 0 0 -
DYLAN BROWNE MCMONAGLE 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 $9,631 0 0 0 0 -
R P WHELAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,030 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS HAYES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $6,642 0 0 0 0 -
LANFRANCO DETTORI 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $15,221 0 0 0 0 -
SEAN LEVEY 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 $198,339 0 0 0 0 -
COLIN KEANE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $8,884 0 0 0 0 -
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
SEAMIE HEFFERNAN 579 18.4% 884 46.5% 3145 $54,000,702 35 16 61 64 $0.88
RYAN MOORE 557 25.5% 644 55.1% 2181 $184,693,415 143 79 99 66 $0.88
JOSEPH O'BRIEN 412 26.6% 466 56.6% 1551 $36,837,408 31 13 44 32 $0.81
MICK KINANE 275 31.9% 279 64.3% 861 $28,545,921 48 15 29 32 $0.92
DONNACHA O'BRIEN 249 24.3% 303 54.0% 1023 $17,556,949 8 6 14 19 $0.83
JOHN MURTAGH 208 25.8% 232 54.6% 806 $33,394,830 48 18 25 12 $0.87
W M LORDAN 151 13.4% 275 37.9% 1124 $18,522,761 5 3 13 14 $0.75
K FALLON 126 24.6% 151 54.1% 512 $17,271,049 26 10 12 15 $0.85
C O'DONOGHUE 98 11.0% 207 34.1% 894 $12,688,179 10 4 11 13 $0.82
JAMIE SPENCER 86 24.9% 100 53.8% 346 $7,416,510 13 8 9 14 $0.81
ANASTASIA O'BRIEN 42 9.8% 80 28.4% 430 $912,158 0 0 0 1 $0.54
SEAN LEVEY 30 14.1% 24 25.4% 213 $1,858,275 1 0 2 2 $0.85
MISS S O'BRIEN 27 24.3% 28 49.5% 111 $357,753 0 0 0 0 $0.79
M C HUSSEY 18 8.2% 36 24.5% 220 $900,258 0 0 2 2 $0.67
ROBBIE POWER 17 28.8% 13 50.8% 59 $205,264 0 0 0 0 $1.18

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 88 25.3% 103 54.9% 348 $19,587,245 14 7 12 7 $1.07
2023/24 147 21.8% 198 51.3% 673 $38,806,638 21 10 17 14 $0.84
2022/23 138 22.0% 168 48.8% 627 $27,319,988 17 11 16 14 $0.81
2021/22 104 18.2% 134 41.6% 572 $15,289,760 10 8 13 13 $0.82
2020/21 140 18.6% 193 44.3% 751 $27,550,725 19 7 17 10 $0.92
2019/20 123 16.1% 185 40.3% 764 $26,678,913 15 9 14 11 $0.74
2018/19 166 16.5% 256 41.9% 1006 $33,292,430 15 13 22 17 $0.79
2017/18 167 19.7% 229 46.8% 846 $32,490,987 24 14 22 22 $0.78
2016/17 151 17.6% 267 48.8% 857 $33,549,499 23 14 17 12 $0.71
2015/16 192 20.3% 266 48.5% 944 $26,690,446 24 9 19 20 $0.86
Overall 3062 20.0% 4129 26.9% 15328 $458,186,847 399 184 336 297 $0.80