Overview

• Horse Racing Ireland announced that O’Grady died peacefully on July 27 at St James’s Hospital, surrounded by his family.
• Over more than five decades, he trained just shy of 1,700 winners under rules and claimed four consecutive Irish champion jumps trainer titles from 1977 to 1980.
• He held Ireland’s Cheltenham Festival record with 18 winners between 1974 and 2006 before Willie Mullins and others eclipsed his milestone.
• His early partnership with owner JP McManus yielded landmark victories, including the 1978 Galway Plate triumph with Shining Flame.
• After a mid-1990s revival featuring stars like Sound Man, his final winner was Our Soldier at Bellewstown earlier this month under amateur Harry Swan.