Michael Kinane

Michael Kinane
Michael Kinane
	Tropical, Trusted Partner, Vintage Crop, Volvoreta, Yeats, Yesterday

1000 Guineas (0)

Michael J. Kinane (born 22 June 1959, Killenaule,

flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009.^[1]

A prolific winner of the Irish, English and French Classic races over two decades, Kinane has ridden winners in the

2,000 Guineas four times, The Derby three times, the Melbourne Cup in Australia and, in the United States, the Belmont Stakes once. Kinane also has four wins in Breeders' Cup races. He has been Irish Champion Jockey on 13 occasions.^{[citation needed}

He first came to prominence as the stable jockey to

Longchamp and Epsom, and was regarded as one of the leading professionals of his sport.^{[citation needed}

He retired at the end of 2009, a season which was highlighted by his association with

Post-jockey career

Michael Kinane is current working for Hong Kong Jockey Club in Europe to select horses suitable for running in Hong Kong.^[5] Those horses are resold by Hong Kong Jockey Club in an auction.

His father, Tommy Kinane, was a leading

National Hunt jockey who won the Champion Hurdle on Monksfield

2,000 Guineas – (4) – Tirol (1990), Entrepreneur (1997), King of Kings (1998), Sea the Stars
(2009)

Ascot Gold Cup – (3) – Classic Cliche (1996), Kayf Tara (2000), Yeats (2007)
Champion Stakes – (1) – Pilsudski (1997)
Cheveley Park Stakes – (2) – Blue Duster (1995), Donna Blini (2005)
Coronation Cup – (1) – Scorpion (2007)
Coronation Stakes – (2) – Kissing Cousin (1994), Sophisticat (2002)
Derby – (3) – Commander in Chief (1993), Galileo (2001), Sea the Stars (2009)
Dewhurst Stakes – (1) – Rock of Gibraltar (2001)
Eclipse Stakes – (4) – Opera House (1993), Pilsudski (1997), Hawk Wing (2002), Sea the Stars (2009)
Falmouth Stakes – (1) – Sensation (1996)
Fillies' Mile – (2) – Reams of Verse (1996), Sunspangled (1998)
Golden Jubilee Stakes – (2) – Big Shuffle (1987), Cape of Good Hope
(2005)

International Stakes – (3) – Giant's Causeway (2000), Electrocutionist (2005), Sea the Stars (2009)
July Cup – (2) – Stravinsky (1999), Mozart (2001)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes – (5) – Belmez (1990), King's Theatre (1994), Montjeu (2000), Galileo (2001), Azamour (2005)
Lockinge Stakes – (1) – Hawk Wing (2003)
Middle Park Stakes – (2) – Minardi (2000), Johannesburg (2001)
Nunthorpe Stakes – (2) – Stravinsky (1999), Mozart (2001)
Oaks – (2) – Shahtoush (1998), Imagine (2001)
Prince of Wales's Stakes – (2) – Lear Spear (1999), Azamour (2005)
Queen Anne Stakes – (3) – Alflora (1993), Barathea (1994), Charnwood Forest (1996)
Queen Elizabeth II Stakes – (1) – George Washington (2006)
Racing Post Trophy
– (1) – Saratoga Springs (1997)
St. James's Palace Stakes
– (6) – Dara Monarch (1982), Brief Truce (1992), Grand Lodge (1994), Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Azamour (2004)
St. Leger Stakes
– (1) – Milan (2001)
Sussex Stakes – (4) – Among Men (1998), Giant's Causeway (2000), Rock of Gibraltar (2002), Proclamation (2005)
Yorkshire Oaks – (1) – Alexandrova (2006)

Irish 1,000 Guineas – (3) – Trusted Partner (1988), Yesterday (2003), Saoire (2005)
Irish 2,000 Guineas – (3) – Dara Monarch (1982), Flash of Steel (1986), Rock of Gibraltar (2002)
Irish Champion Stakes – (7) – Carroll House (1989), Cézanne (1994), Pilsudski (1997), Giant's Causeway (2000), High Chaparral (2003), Azamour (2004), Sea the Stars (2009)
Irish Derby – (2) – Galileo (2001), High Chaparral (2002)
Irish Oaks – (2) – Alydaress (1989), Dance Design (1996)
Irish St. Leger – (4) – Vintage Crop (1993, 1994), Kastoria (2006), Alandi (2009)
Matron Stakes – (2) – Eternal Reve (1994), Clerio (1997)
Moyglare Stud Stakes – (3) – Flutter Away (1987), Quarter Moon (2001), Necklace (2003)
National Stakes – (4) – Definite Article (1994), Mus-If (1998), Hawk Wing (2001), One Cool Cat
(2003)

Phoenix Stakes – (5) – King Persian (1983), Fasliyev (1999), Minardi (2000), Johannesburg (2001), One Cool Cat (2003)
Pretty Polly Stakes – (3) – Market Booster (1992), Dance Design (1996, 1997)
Tattersalls Gold Cup – (6) – Cockney Lass (1987), Prince of Andros (1995), Definite Article (1996), Dance Design (1997), Montjeu (2000), Black Sam Bellamy (2003)

Critérium de Saint-Cloud – (1) – Alberto Giacometti (2002)
Poule d'Essai des Poulains – (1) – Landseer (2002)
Poule d'Essai des Pouliches – (1) – Rose Gypsy (2001)
Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp – (1) – Committed (1985)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – (3) – Carroll House (1989), Montjeu (1999), Sea the Stars (2009)
Prix du Cadran – (1) – Alandi (2009)
Prix de la Forêt – (1) – Somnus (2004)
Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère – (3) – Second Empire (1997), Ciro (1999), Rock of Gibraltar (2001)
Prix Lupin – (1) – Ciro (2000)
Prix Maurice de Gheest – (1) – Pursuit of Love (1992)
Prix Morny – (3) – Orpen (1998), Fasliyev (1999), Johannesburg (2001)
Prix du Moulin de Longchamp – (1) – Rock of Gibraltar (2002)
Prix de la Salamandre – (1) – Giant's Causeway (1999)
Prix Vermeille – (1) – Volvoreta (2000)

Champions Mile – (1) – Able One (2007)
Hong Kong Mile – (2) – Additional Risk (1991), Winning Partners (1993)
Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup – (2) – Viva Pataca (2006, 2007)
Hong Kong Cup – (1) – Precision (2002)
Hong Kong Derby – (2) – Sound Print (1992), Che Sara Sara (1996)
Hong Kong Gold Cup – (1) – Idol (2001)
Hong Kong Vase – (1) – Luso (1997)
Stewards' Cup
– (1) – Sound Print (1992)
Queen Elizabeth II Cup – (3) – Deerfield (1994), Red Bishop (1995), Viva Pataca (2007)

Indian 1000 Guineas – (1) – Nauvkhal (1986)
Indian 2000 Guineas – (2) – Eversun (1984), Sir Bruce (1985)
Indian Derby – (3) – Sir Bruce (1986), Cordon Bleu (1988), HotStepper (2008)
Indian Oaks – (3) – Revelation (1985), Silver Haven (1986), Golden Treasure (1990)
Calcutta 1000 Guineas – (1) – Wheels (1983)
Golconda Derby – (1) – Deccan Star (1984)