Dermot K. Weld (born 29 July 1948), a former jockey is one of Ireland's most successful racehorse trainers. He set a new record for the most winners trained in Ireland with 2,578 in August 2000, holding the record until Willie Mullins overtook it in May 2024.[2]

Dermot Weld
OccupationTrainer
Born (1948-07-29) 29 July 1948 (age 76)
Ireland
Career wins3000+ (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:
Epsom Derby (2016)
Epsom Oaks (1981, 2024)
2,000 Guineas (2003) Coronation Stakes (2023)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1990)

International:
Hong Kong Mile (1991)
Melbourne Cup (1993, 2002)[1]
Secretariat Stakes (2008)

Steeplechase / Hurdling:

Anniversary 4-Y-O Novices' Hurdle (1986)
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), 21 times
Significant horses
Vintage Crop, Blue Wind, Committed, Media Puzzle
Grey Swallow, Go and Go, Vinnie Roe

Weld maintains his stable, Rosewell House, in Curragh, Ireland. He is married, with two sons.

Irish bookmakers, Paddy Power, tried to launch a campaign to change the name of the Galway Races to the Dermot Weld Retirement Fund Races; however, it proved to be unsuccessful.

He was played by Brendan Gleeson in the feature film The Cup.

Education

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Educated at Newbridge College, a qualified veterinarian (UCD 1970). In 2016, Weld was awarded UCD Alumnus of the Year in Veterinary Medicine.[3]

Major wins

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  Ireland


  Australia


  France


  Germany


  Great Britain


  Hong Kong


  Italy


  United States


References

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  1. ^ 2002 Melbourne Cup result
  2. ^ Fennelly, Conor (3 May 2024). "Willie Mullins becomes the winningmost Irish trainer as Ballyburn lands Punchestown Champion Novice Hurdle". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "DERMOT WELD". UCD Alumni Awards. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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