Birthdate - Nov. 15, 1960
Website - kiaranmclaughlinracing.com
NATIONAL/ECLIPSE CHAMPIONS
Invasor: Horse of the Year (2006); Top Older Male (2006)
Lahudood: Top Turf Female (2007)
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* His first training title (at Saratoga) came by a single victory over his close friend Todd Pletcher.
* Enjoyed a banner year in 2006, campaigning Invasor to Horse of the Year honors and winning the Belmont Stakes with Jazil.
* Leading trainer at Nad al Sheba Race Course in Dubai three times: 1994-95, 1995-96 and 2002-2003.
* Returned to Dubai in 2007 to win the Dubai World Cup with Invasor.
* In 2006 McLaughlin was honored as the MS Champion by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Kentucky-Southeast Indiana Chapter. McLaughlin was diagnosed with MS in 1998.
* Worked as an assistant to D. Wayne Lukas, supervising the careers of several New York-based Eclipse Award winners.
NOTABLE STAKES WINS
Abraaj: Alfred G. Vanderbilt (2008)
Albertus Maximus: Donn (2009)
Alpha: Count Fleet (2012); Jim Dandy (2012); Travers Stakes (2012); Withers (2012)
Alwajeeha: QE II Challenge Cup (2008)
Daaher: Cigar Mile (2007), Jerome (2007)
DivinePark: Metropolitan H. (2008); Westchester (2008); Withers (2007)
Henny Hughes: Vosburgh (2006); King’s Bishop (2006)
Flashy Bull: Stephen Foster (2007)
Invasor: Dubai World Cup (2007); Donn H. (2007); Breeders’ Cup Classic (2006); Whitney (2006); Suburban (2006); Pimlico Special (2006)
It’s Tricky: Coaching Club American Oaks (2011); Acorn (2011); Busher (2011)
Jazil: Belmont Stakes (2006)
Little Belle: Ashland (2008); Busher (2008)
Lahudood: Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2007); Flower Bowl Invitational (2007)
Lunar Sovereign: Man o’ War (2003)
Seventh Street: Apple Blossom (2009)
Shakespeare: Woodbine Mile (2007)
Volga: E. P. Taylor (2003)