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Shug McGaughey
  
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
2009 Stats:
Starts
216
1st-2nd-3rd
39-44-38
Earnings (Rank)
$3,051,063 (37)
Win % (In-The-Money %)
18% (56%)

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  Gone Astray, Parading, Vacation, Quiet Harbor, Imperial Council, Conservative
 Biography and Highlights:  
  • Born: Jan. 6, 1951, Lexington, Ky.
  • Residence: Old Westbury, N.Y. and North Miami Beach, Fla.
  • Family: wife, Allison; sons Claude, IV and John Reeve
  • Education: Grew up in Lexington, Ky., the son of a real estate agent ... He attended the University of Mississippi, but dropped out in his junior year to keep his job as a groom for trainer David Carr
  • Racing Background: Served as Carr’s assistant and later as an assistant to David Whiteley for five years ... Took out his own license in April 1979 and was stabled at Keeneland ... Started to work for owner John Ed Anthony of Loblolly Stable in 1982 … Named trainer of the Phipps family stable on Nov. 11, 1985. Won his first race for the Phipps family with Erin Bright in the Display Handicap on Dec. 31, 1985
  • Racing Career: Won Eclipse Award as Outstanding Trainer in 1988, a year in which his starters earned more than $8 million and won 15 grade I races ... Leading trainer by winning percentage in New York in 1987, 1988 and 1989 ... Honored by the New York Turf Writers Association with the Outstanding Trainer Award for both 1988 and 1993. He was also honored with the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen Association’s C.V. Whitney Achievement Award for 1993 ... One of his career highlights was his handling of Personal Ensign, who went 13-for-13 during her remarkable career. She was the first major horse in 80 years to complete her career undefeated. She capped her career with a victory in the 1988 Breeders’ Cup Distaff, edging Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors in one of the most thrilling finishes in Breeders' Cup history ... Won 13 Grade I races with five different horses in 1989, including the Belmont Stakes with Easy Goer ... McGaughey won nine Grade I races in 1995 ... Won an unprecedented five stakes races in one day on Breeders’ Cup Preview Day at Belmont Park on Oct. 16, 1993: the Jockey Club Gold Cup (Miner's Mark); Kelso Handicap (Lure); Frizette (Heavenly Prize); Beldame (Dispute); and Lawrence Realization (Strolling Along). Of the seven horses McGaughey entered on that card, six were winners (Regal Solution won an allowance race) ... Trained Coronado's Quest to win five consecutive stakes during his 3-year-old campaign in 1998, including the G1 Haskell at Monmouth and the G1 Travers at Saratoga … In total, has won nine Breeders’ Cup races, second to D. Wayne Lukas. With $8,693,560 he is third in purse money won behind Lukas and Bobby Frankel. His 49 starters are fifth to Lukas, Frankel, Bill Mott and Todd Pletcher ... Twice, McGaughey has won two Breeders’ Cup races in one day – in 1989, Dancing Spree won the Sprint and Rhythm captured the Juvenile. At Belmont Park in 1995, My Flag won the Juvenile Fillies and Inside Information the Distaff. Also, McGaughey’s trainee, Heavenly Prize, finished second in the Distaff ... Won consecutive Breeders’ Cup Miles with Lure in 1992 and 1993 … Won 2002 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies with Storm Flag Flying, who went on to be named champion 2-year-old filly. Storm Flag Flying is out of My Flag, whom McGaughey trained to win the 1995 Juvenile Fillies. Since My Flag is a daughter of Personal Ensign, McGaughey trained a Breeders’ Cup winner from three generations of the same female family … Has won more than 1,400 races for earnings approaching $93 million ... He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame on Aug, 9, 2004 … Has trained eight other champions – Easy Goer, Heavenly Prize, Inside Information, Personal Ensign, Queena, Rhythm, Vanlandingham and the outstanding 3-year-old filly of 2005, Smuggler ... Inside Information was inducted into the Hall of Fame on Aug. 4, 2008, joining two other members trained by McGaughey: Easy Goer and Personal Ensign ... In 2005, McGaughey pulled off a stunning upset in the Distaff with Pleasant Home, who won by 9¼ lengths at odds of 30-1. McGaughey decided to enter Pleasant Home after his star, Smuggler, was sidelined with a lung infection ... In 2006, his 3-year-old filly Pine Island was a contender for the division title after victories in the G1 Alabama and the G1 Gazelle. The second choice in the wagering for Distaff, she suffered a catastrophic leg injury entering the backstretch and was humanely destroyed ... The 5-year-old Dancing Forever, considered a miracle horse, emerged as a top turf runner in 2008 and is headed to the Breeders' Cup ... He finished second by a neck to Einstein in the G1 Gulfstream Park Turf  on Feb. 23, won the G2 Fifth Third Elkhorn at Keeneland on April 25 and captured the Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap at Belmont Park on June 7. He was fifth as the favorite in the G1 Sword Dancer and seventh in the G1 Joe Hirsch; both races were run over ground softened by rain. Dancing Forever is the first foal out of Dancinginmydreams, a full sister to Heavenly Prize, who broke down in the 2000 Frizette. Dancinginmydreams was sent to the New Bolton Center after shattering her right rear pastern. She spent 13 months at the University of Pennsylvania's facility before being released ...  McGaughey's other stakes winners in 2008 are: Criminologist (G3 Beaugay); Carriage Trail (G1 Spinster Stakes, G3 Doubledogdare and De La Rose); Altesse (Sweetzie); Parading (Volponi) ... Through Oct. 12, McGaughey had 39 winners from 191 starters and purse earnings of $2,980,630.

Breeders' Cup Record
Starts1st2nd3rdEarnings
49991$8,693,560

1985ClassicVanlandingham7th
1986DistaffClassy Cathy4th
 JuvenilePolish Navy7th
 TurfDuty Dance7th
1988ClassicPersonal Flag6th
 ClassicSeeking the Gold2nd
 DistaffPersonal Ensign1st
 JuvenileEasy Goer2nd
 SprintMining10th
1989ClassicEasy Goer2nd
 JuvenileAdjudicating11th
 JuvenileRhythm1st
 Juvenile FilliesIn Full Cry10th
 SprintDancing Spree1st
1990ClassicRhythm8th
 SprintDancing Spree6th
1991DistaffQueena5th
 DistaffVersailles Treaty2nd
 JuvenileOffbeat4th
 Juvenile FilliesPreach7th
 SprintPolish Numbers 8th
1992DistaffVersailles Treaty2nd
 JuvenileLiving Vicariously4th
 JuvenileStrolling Along8th
 Juvenile FilliesEducated Risk2nd
 MileLure1st
 SprintFuriously10th
1993ClassicMiner's Mark12th
 DistaffDispute4th
 Juvenile FilliesHeavenly Prize3rd
 MileLure1st
1994DistaffHeavenly Prize2nd
 MileLure9th
1995DistaffHeavenly Prize2nd
 DistaffInside Information1st
 Juvenile FilliesMy Flag1st
 SprintOur Emblem6th
1996DistaffMy Flag4th
 Juvenile FilliesHidden Reserve7th
1998ClassicCoronado's Quest5th
 Juvenile FilliesEmanating5th
 SprintFurlough10th
1999SprintFurlough10th
2001DistaffAtelier4th
 JuvenileSaarland8th
2002Juvenile FilliesStorm Flag Flying1st
2004DistaffStorm Flag Flying2nd
2005DistaffPleasant Home1st
2006DistaffPine Islanddnf

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