Overview

• O’Grady passed away on July 28, 2025, days after saddling his last runner, Sovereign Banter, and weeks after his final winner, Our Soldier.
• He was champion jumps trainer in Ireland for four consecutive seasons from 1977 to 1980 while based at Ballynonty in County Tipperary.
• O’Grady led the Irish charge at Cheltenham with 18 Festival victories, a benchmark before the modern era of trainers.
• His long-standing partnership with owner JP McManus produced major successes, including the 1978 Galway Plate with Shining Flame.
• He engineered a mid-1990s resurgence with Sound Man and Ventana Canyon and secured his final Grade 1 win in 2011.