Irish racehorse trainer Vincent O’Brien dies in Ireland at 92 after 51-year career

Irish racehorse trainer Vincent O’Brien dies at 92

LONDON — Irish racehorse trainer Vincent O’Brien has died after a 51-year career in which he won 16 English and 27 Irish classics. He was 92.

His family said he died Monday at his home in Straffan in County Kildare. He retired from training in 1994 and had been spending his winters in Australia.

O’Brien also had 25 victories at Royal Ascot and 23 wins at the Cheltenham Festival.

He began training in 1943 and masterminded the career of three-time Champion Hurdle winner Hatton’s Grace. He won straight Grand National steeplechases with Early Mist, Royal Tan and Quare Times.

O’Brien later switched to thoroughbred racing and trained Nijinsky, Sir Ivor, Alleged, Sadler’s Wells, Golden Fleece, The Minstrel, El Gran Senor, Ballymoss and Roberto.