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Kathleen O'Connell
$431,772
2020 earnings
17%
2020 wins
$40,871,073
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2020 Stats
Career Stats
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26
Firsts
2,149
11
Seconds
2,089
18
Thirds
1,951
95
Unplaced
9,616
150
Starts
15,805
$431,772
Earnings
$40,871,073
$2,878
Earnings / Start
$2,586
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Bio
Kathleen O'Connell grew up in Detroit, spending a lot of time at Detroit Race Course, and turned to horse racing as a career after an unsuccessful application to vet school. After working as a hot walker and groom, O'Connell began training on her own in 1981.
Kathleen O'Connell grew up in Detroit, spending a lot of time at Detroit Race Course, and turned to horse racing as a career after an unsuccessful application to vet school. After working as a hot walker and groom, O'Connell began training on her own in 1981.
She has since won more than 2,000 races, including graded stakes with Blazing Sword, Ivanavinalot, Fly By Phil and 2011 Kentucky Derby entrant Watch Me Go. O'Connell also conditioned Lady Shipman to a second-place finish in the 2015 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. On Sept. 12, 2018, O'Connell recorded her milestone 2,000th career victory with Wishful Quality at Delaware Park.
O'Connell won the Grade 2 Princess Rooney Stakes in 2018 with Stormy Embrace and the Florida Sire In Reality Stakes with Well Defined.
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