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Shug McGaughey
Occupation
Trainer
Born
(1951-01-06) January 6, 1951 (age 73) Lexington, Kentucky, United States
American Classics wins: Kentucky Derby (2013) Belmont Stakes (1989)
Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Distaff (1988, 1995, 2005) Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1989) Breeders' Cup Sprint (1989) Breeders' Cup Mile (1992, 1993) Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1995, 2002)
Racing awards
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer (1988)
Honours
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2004)
Significant horses
Easy Goer, Personal Ensign, Heavenly Prize, Inside Information, Lure, Coronado's Quest, Code of Honor, My Flag, Pine Island, Pleasant Home, Rhythm, Smuggler, Classy Cathy, Storm Flag Flying, Vanlandingham, Dancing Spree, Point of Entry, Orb, Seeking the Gold, Awe Inspiring, Honor Code
Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III (born January 6, 1951) is an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer.
Claude R. "Shug" McGaughey III (born January 6, 1951) is an American Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer. McGaughey began working as a trainer in 1979...
be the best horse he ever rode, and the best horse his Hall of Fame ShugMcGaughey trainer ever trained. Bred and owned by Ogden Phipps, Easy Goer was...
George Lauder Jr. John George Alexander Leishman Bradley Martin Jr. ShugMcGaughey Ogden L. Mills Addison Mizner Edward A. Neloy The following is a list...
Mayberry Ron McAnally Frank McCabe Michael W. McCarthy Thomas R. McCarthy Byron McClelland Conn McCreary Robert V. McGarvey ShugMcGaughey Kiaran McLaughlin...
1966, followed by John Russell in 1973, Angel Penna, Sr. in 1977 and ShugMcGaughey in 1985. In 2003, Ogden Phipps was voted the Eclipse Award of Merit...
Hoist The Flag He was a full brother to Personal Ensign. Trained by ShugMcGaughey, among his notable race wins, Personal Flag won the Grade 1 Widener...
Washington, D.C. International in 1985 aboard Vanlandingham for trainer ShugMcGaughey. A 1991 Southern Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper story referred to MacBeth...
due to the infirmities of old age. On hearing of the horse's death, ShugMcGaughey said "He was a very, very successful racehorse. One of my all-time favorites...
the United States, Christophe studied under Hall Of Fame conditioner ShugMcGaughey before returning to Europe to work as assistant to trainer Luca Cumani...
racehorse. Owned and bred by Loblolly Stable and trained by Hall of Famer ShugMcGaughey, he achieved success in a number of Graded stakes races in America....
LaPenta, et al. 1+1⁄16 1:41.09 $250,000 II 2018 Fire Away 6 Manuel Franco ShugMcGaughey Phipps Stable 1+1⁄16 1:43.92 $250,000 III 2017 World Approval 5 Julien...
champion filly in Argentina. Personal Ensign was trained by Claude (Shug) McGaughey, and Randy Romero was her regular jockey. She behaved professionally...
of 2:02.89. The win gave Hall of Fame trainer and native Kentuckian ShugMcGaughey his first career Kentucky Derby victory. His horses were 0–6 in six...
Day ShugMcGaughey Ogden Phipps 2:01.00 1988 Alysheba 4 Chris McCarron Jack Van Berg Dorothy Scharbauer 1:59.40 1987 Polish Navy 3 Randy Romero Shug McGaughey...
with 181 wins. Romero's success led to owner Ogden Phipps and trainer ShugMcGaughey choosing him to be the regular rider for Personal Ensign. Romero rode...
2016 Frosted 4 Joel Rosario Kiaran McLaughlin Godolphin 1:32.73 I 2015 Honor Code 4 Javier Castellano ShugMcGaughey Lane's End Racing 1:33.18 I 2014 Palace...
Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Frank Whiteley, whose son David, as well as ShugMcGaughey, were both working as his assistants. In her first start for her new...
Frere 11⁄4 m 2:01.77 $250,000 G1 2019 Code of Honor1 3 John Velazquez ShugMcGaughey William S. Farish III 11⁄4 m 2:00.30 $433,125 G1 2018 Discreet Lover...
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