Dermot Weld
Weld in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 July 1948 |
| Occupation | Trainer |
| Horse racing career | |
| Sport | Horse racing |
| Career wins | 4000+ (ongoing) |
| Major racing wins | |
| European Flat racing: Irish Oaks (1981, 1996) Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (1984, 1985) Irish 2,000 Guineas (1986) Irish 1,000 Guineas (1982, 1988, 2006, 2010, 2022,2023) Derby Italiano (1992) St. James's Palace Stakes (1992) Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (1993) Irish St. Leger (1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Irish Derby (1996, 2004, 2016) Prix Royal-Oak (2001) British Classic Race wins: American Classic Race wins: International: Irish Grand National (1988) Triumph Hurdle (1990) Irish Champion Hurdle (1994, 1995) Punchestown Gold Cup (1980) Ryanair Gold Cup (1992) | |
| Racing awards | |
| Champion trainer (Ireland), 8 times | |
| Significant horses | |
| Vintage Crop, Blue Wind, Committed, Media Puzzle Grey Swallow, Go and Go, Vinnie Roe | |
Dermot K. Weld (born 29 July 1948), in Kildare, is a former jockey, and one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers, setting the record in 2000 for the most winners trained in Ireland with 2,578. He won the Irish Flat Training Championship 8 times in 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, and 1998. As a trainer, he won the Melbourne Cup in Australia twice, all five of the Irish Classics, the Epsom Derby and Oaks, the Hong Kong Mile, Italian and American Derby, and Breeders' Cup Turf.