Kiaran McLaughlin

Kiaran P. McLaughlin (born November 15, 1960) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer best known for training 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor.

Background McLaughlin was born in an area of the country where horse racing and breeding is preeminent. One of his childhood friends was the son of trainer James Burchell and his first job was as a hotwalker.

Career For ten years, Kiaran McLaughlin spent half of each year working in Dubai and half in the New York City area. In both locations he trained horses for Sheikh Mohammed and his brother, Sheikh Hamdan. He was the leading trainer at Dubai's Nad Al Sheba Racecourse on three occasions: 1994–95, 1995–96 and 2002–2003. In 1995, he shipped Dumaani to Japan and won the $1.5 million Keio Hai Spring Cup at Tokyo Racecourse at odds of 56–1. In 2006, he trained Shadwell's colt Jazil, who won the Belmont Stakes, and had enormous success with Invasor, Shadwell's newly acquired four-year-old Argentinian colt. Invasor won several Grade I races in the U.S. including the Breeders' Cup Classic, for which he earned U.S. Horse of the Year honors and the number 1 World Thoroughbred Racehorse Ranking. McLaughlin's 2006 season earned him the New York Turf Writers Association (NYTWA) C.V. Whitney Achievement Award and a share of the Red Smith "Good Guy" Award with fellow trainer Tom Albertrani.

In March 2007, Invasor won the world's richest horse race, the Dubai World Cup with Invasor. Also in 2007, 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.

Year-end rankings Trainer rank (2003–present)By earnings2003 332004 152005 202006 52007 82008 82009 62010 112011152012 112013 132014 182015 8