{"id":6147,"date":"2025-09-10T09:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=6147"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:10:50","slug":"how-many-times-has-aidan-obrien-won-the-irish-champion-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/how-many-times-has-aidan-obrien-won-the-irish-champion-stakes\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Times Has Aidan O’Brien Won The Irish Champion Stakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leopardstown racecourse gets set to stage one of its biggest meetings of the year this Saturday (13th Sept) – with the Irish Champion Stakes 2025 the big highlight.
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The \u20ac700,000 race always attracts some of the best middle distance horses from around the world and it’s also a prize the Ballydoyle team have won many times.<\/p>\n

But just how many times has Aidan O’Brien landed the Irish Champion Stakes?<\/p>\n

We answer this question below as the O’Brien maestro looks to add to his tally with a number of entries in 2025 – headed by his Coral-Eclipse Stakes winner Delacroix.<\/p>\n

Aidan O’Brien Has Won The Irish Champion Stakes a Record 12 Times<\/strong><\/h2>\n

No trainer in the history of the Irish Champion Stakes has won the race more times than Aidan O’Brien<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Ballydoyle maestro has mopped up a staggering 12 successes over the years and he’s certainly not finished yet.<\/p>\n

Of those 12 wins, Dylan Thomas (2006 & 2007) and Magical (2019 & 2020) were his double winners.<\/p>\n

While he’s taken the prize with other great equine stars over the years – including High Chaparral and So You Think.<\/p>\n

O’Brien’s First Irish Champion Stakes Winner Was Giant’s Causeway in 2000<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Aidan O’Brien Has Won the Irish Champion Stakes 12 Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Giant’s Causeway<\/strong> was billed as one of the toughest racehorses in the modern era and it was this son of Storm Cat that got the Aidan O’Brien winning haul in the Irish Champion Stakes off and running (watch below).<\/p>\n

Owned by John Magnier and Michael Tabor, Giant’s Causeway was as tough as they came and added the Irish Champion Stakes to his already impressive CV in 2000.<\/p>\n

It was in fact to be Giant’s Causeways last ever win too, as despite running twice more after this Leopardstown win – he only managed close seconds in the QE II Stakes at Ascot and Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.<\/p>\n

During his 13-race career Giant’s Causeway won nine times and finished in the first two in ALL his starts – winning a staggering \u00a32,031,426 in total prize money in the process. Which would be worth even more in today’s cash climate.<\/p>\n

Giant’s Causeway was ridden in all-bar-one of his career starts by top Irish jockey Mick Kinane, who is also the most successful rider in the race with seven wins.<\/p>\n

The only other rider to get the leg-up on Giant’s Causeway was George Duffield, who guided him home in an epic battle with Kalanisi in the 2000 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown.<\/p>\n