09/12/8(Sportinglife)
KINANE CALLS IT A DAY
By Martin Kelly, Press Association Sport
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Veteran jockey Mick Kinane has announced his retirement, ending a 34-year career in the saddle.
The 50-year-old bows out on a high after a truly memorable 2009 which saw him partner wonder horse Sea The Stars to six Group One wins, including an unprecedented 2000 Guineas-Derby-Arc treble.
In a statement, Kinane said: "I have decided this is the right time to retire from race-riding.
"At 50 I still feel fit and sharp enough to do any horse justice but, after the season I have just had in partnership with Sea The Stars, I have the privilege of being able to end my career as a jockey on an incredible high and that's what I want to do.
"I leave with a huge sense of gratitude to all the great horses I have ridden, all the great trainers whose genius developed those champions and everybody else in racing, from the stable lads to the owners, who have made me deeply thankful for my involvement in the game.
"Teamwork is the key to success in racing and I have been blessed with some of the best alliances a jockey could have.
"The most important support of all throughout my career has, naturally, come from my wife, Catherine, along with my family and friends.
"Both Catherine and our two precious daughters, Sinead and Aisling, know how much they mean to me."
Kinane hangs up his riding boots with nearly 1,500 winners to his credit and a string of victories across the world, with the list of great horses he rode almost endless.
He broke new ground when winning the Belmont Stakes in America for Dermot Weld on Go And Go in 1990, as well as the Melbourne Cup on the same trainer's Vintage Crop in 1993.
Montjeu was a magnificent winner of the Arc in 1999 and arguably even better in the following year's King George, while Galileo and Commander In Chief also won the Derby.
Yeats also got in on the Kinane act when he won the Gold Cup in 2007.
But the best was definitely to come in the autumn of his career as Kinane enjoyed that glorious last hurrah with John Oxx's brilliant colt Sea The Stars.
As well as the Guineas and Derby, the duo also teamed up in the Eclipse, the International Stakes and the Irish Champion before topping off an invincible run with that supreme display in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.
Kinane pointed to success on the Henry Cecil-trained Commander In Chief in 1993 as a significant moment.
He got the leg-up at Epsom on the Khalid Abdullah-owned colt with Pat Eddery on the owner's supposed first string Tenby. The pair beat Jim Bolger's Blue Judge by three and a half lengths, with the odds-on Tenby only 10th of the 16 runners.
Kinane said: "Your first Epsom Derby success is very special so winning on Commander In Chief was a huge milestone.
"My Derby-Oaks double on Galileo and Imagine was also very special.
"Dermot Weld is a great man for breaking new ground so the Belmont and Melbourne Cup were both great achievements.
"I will just be a small-time farmer from next week. I have no great plans so am going to spend some time with my wife and family and take stock."
MICK KINANE FACTFILE
Born: June 22, 1959 in Tipperary.
Married: To Catherine, in 1982. Two daughters.
Father: Tommy, won Champion Hurdle on Monksfield in 1978.
Apprenticeship: With Liam Browne.
First winner: Muscari at Leopardstown on March 19, 1975.
Irish Champion apprentice: 1978.
Irish champion jockey: 10 times.
British Classic winners:
2000 Guineas: Tirol 1990, Entrepreneur 1997, King Of Kings 1998, Sea The Stars 2009.
Derby: Commander In Chief 1993, Galileo 2001, Sea the Stars 2009.
Oaks: Shahtoush 1998, Imagine 2001.
St Leger: Milan 2001.
Irish Classic winners:
1000 Guineas: Trusted Partner 1988, Yesterday 2003, Saoire 2005.
2000 Guineas: Dara Monarch 1982, Flash Of Steel 1986, Sea The Stars 2009
Oaks: Alydaress 1989, Dance Design 1996.
St Leger: Vintage Crop 1993 & 1994, Kastoria 2006.
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners: Carroll House 1989, Montjeu 1999, Sea The Stars 2009.
King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners: Belmez 1990, King's Theatre 1994, Montjeu 2000, Galileo 2001, Azamour 2005.
Breeders' Cup winners: Johannesburg (Juvenile) 2001, High Chaparral (2002 and 2003).
Melbourne Cup winner: Vintage Crop 1993.
Belmont Stakes winner: Go And Go 1990.
Other big winners:
Alandi (Pris du Cadran 2009), Alexandrova (Yorkshire Oaks 2006), Among Men (Sussex Stakes 1998), Azamour (St James's Palace Stakes 2004), Blue Duster (Cheveley Park Stakes 1995), Ballingarry (Canadian International 2002), Brief Truce (St James's Palace Stakes 1992), Cape Of Good Hope (Golden Jubilee Stakes 2005), Cezanne (Irish Champion Stakes 1994), Ciro (Grand Criterium 1999, Prix Lupin 2000, Secretariat Stakes 2000), Classic Cliche (Gold Cup 1996), Committed (Prix de l'Abbaye 1985), Definite Article (National Stakes 1994), Donna Blini (Cheveley Park Stakes 2005), Electrocutionist (Juddmonte International 2005), Fasliyev (Heinz 57 Phoenix Park Stakes 1999, Prix Morny 1999), George Washington (Queen Elizabeth II Stakes 2006), Giant's Causeway (St James's Palace Stakes 2000, Sussex Stakes 2000, International Stakes 2000, Irish Champion Stakes 2000, Prix de la Salamandre 1999), Grand Lodge (St James's Palace Stakes 1994), Hawk Wing (Coral-Eclipse Stakes 2002, Lockinge Stakes 2003), Kayf Tara (Gold Cup 2000), Kissing Cousin (Coronation Stakes 1994), Landseer (French 2000 Guineas 2002), Minardi (Middle Park Stakes 2000, Heinz 57 Phoenix Park Stakes 2000), Montjeu (Tattersalls Gold Cup 2000), Mozart (July Cup & Nunthorpe Stakes 2001), Mus-If (National Stakes 1998), Opera House (Coral-Eclipse 1993), Orpen (Prix Morny 1998), Pilsudski (Coral-Eclipse 1997, Champion Stakes 1997, Irish Champion Stakes 1997, Japan Cup 1997), Proclamation (Sussex Stakes 2005), Rock Of Gibraltar (Dewhurst Stakes 2001, Sussex Stakes 2002), Rose Gypsy (French1000 Guineas 2001) Saratoga Springs (Racing Post Trophy 1997), Scorpion (Coronation Cup 2007), Sea The Stars (Coral-Eclipse 2009, Juddmonte International 2009, Irish Champion Stakes 2009), Second Empire (Grand Criterium 1997), Sophisticat (Coronation Stakes 2002) Stravinsky (Nunthorpe Stakes 1999), Sunspangled (Fillies' Mile 1998), Volvoreta (Prix Vermeille 2000), Yeats (Ascot Gold Cup 2007).
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