Seamus Cahill
| Seamus Cahill | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Greyhound Trainer |
| Born | 1948-1950 Mullinahone[1] |
| Major racing wins | |
| Classic/Feature wins: English Greyhound Derby (2017) St Leger (2023, 2024) Cesarewitch (2010) Gold Collar (2002) Grand National (2009, 2013, 2016, 2019) William Hill Classic (2012) Trainers Championship (2008) Sussex Cup (2013, 2018, 2019) British Bred Produce Stakes (2021) The Puppy Derby (2010, 2020, 2021) East Anglian Derby (2023) Arc (2006, 2016)[2] | |
| Honours | |
| British Trainer of the Year | |
Seamus Augustine Cahill is an Irish born greyhound trainer. He is a British champion trainer and winner of the English Greyhound Derby.
Career
[edit]Seamus Cahill is from Mullinhoe, County Waterford and joined Catford Stadium in 1994 working for Paddy Milligan. In 1997 he took control of Milligan's Catford Stadium racing kennels in Keston and established himself as a leading trainer.[3] He reached the final of the Laurels in his maiden year of 1997. One year later he moved from Catford to Wimbledon Stadium.[4]
In 2002 finished runner-up in the 2002 English Greyhound Derby final with Call Me Baby[5] and Shevchenko provided the first Classic win when sealing a Gold Collar triumph in the same year.[6]
A short lived move to Walthamstow Stadium was followed by a switch to Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium before he won his first Trainers Championship at Wimbledon in 2008 and became Greyhound Trainer of the Year in 2010. He trained the brilliant sprinter and 2010 Greyhound of the Year Jimmy Lollie and has won four Grand National's.
His greatest achievement to date is winning the 2017 English Greyhound Derby with Astute Missile.[7] In 2023, he won the St Leger for the first time with Droopys Clue, who broke the track record in the final and the East Anglian Derby, also for the first time.[8] Droopys Clue successfully defended the St Leger title in 2024 for Cahill.[9]
Awards
[edit]He was the winner of the Greyhound Trainer of the Year in 2010.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile Seamus Cahill". Greyhound Star. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "It could be a record-breaking summer". Irish Examiner. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When 1996) December edition". Greyhound Star.
- ^ "Seamus Cahill". Greyhound Trainers.com.
- ^ "2002". Greyhound Data.
- ^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2004). Greyhound Annual 2005. Raceform. ISBN 1-904317-58-8.
- ^ "Missile strikes at 28-1". Greyhound Star. 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Perry Barr meeting 23 Sep". Greyhound Board of Great Britain. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ "John Lambe bids to bring the St Leger home after Birmingham's 59-year wait". Birmingham World. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ Hobbs, Jonathan (2002). Greyhound Annual 2003. Raceform. ISBN 1-904317-07-3.