Claude R. McGaughey III

Tags: Horse Trainer.

Claude R. Shug McGaughey III (born January 6 1951 in Lexington Kentucky) is an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. McGaughey began working as a trainer in 1979 and to date has won more than 240 graded stakes races. In 1986 he got his big break when Ogden Phipps hired him to train his stable of horses. In 1988 McGaughey won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer in the United States.

award

Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer

birth date

1951-01-06

birth place

Lexington Kentucky, United States

honours

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

occupation

Horse trainer

race

Kentucky Derby, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Breeders' Cup Mile, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Belmont Stakes, Washington D.C. International Stakes, Gulfstream Oaks, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Brooklyn Handicap, Top Flight Handicap, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Wood Memorial Stakes, Acorn Stakes, Alabama Stakes, Apple Blossom Handicap, Ashland Stakes, Beldame Stakes, Breeders' Futurity Stakes, Carter Handicap, Champagne Stakes (United States), Coaching Club American Oaks, Diana Stakes, Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, Haskell Invitational Stakes, Hollywood Derby, Spinster Stakes, Turf Classic Stakes, United Nations Stakes, Whitney Handicap, Belmont Futurity Stakes, Jamaica Handicap

race horse

Easy Goer, Vanlandingham, Coronado's Quest, Pine Island (horse), Personal Ensign, Orb (horse), My Flag, Storm Flag Flying, Rhythm (horse), Inside Information (horse), Smuggler (horse), Point of Entry, Lure (horse), Dancing_Spree, Heavenly_Prize, Pleasant_Home_(horse)

wins

1797