Kevin Manning (jockey), Date of Birth

    

Kevin Manning (jockey)

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Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1967

Profession: jockey

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Kevin Manning (jockey)

  • Kevin James Manning ) is an Irish flat racing jockey.
  • Manning rides principally for the stable of Jim Bolger.
  • He has won both the English & Irish Derbys. Manning was champion flat racing apprentice jockey in Ireland on two accessions and was appointed as stable jockey to Jim Bolger in 1993.
  • Manning won his first Group 1 race on Eva Luna in the 1994 Phoenix Stakes and his first classic race victory came in the 2002 Irish Oaks on Margarula.
  • He has since won major races in Ireland, Britain, France and Hong Kong, notably on the filly Alexander Goldrun who won 5 Group 1 races . Manning's highest profile victory came in 2008 when he rode New Approach to a half-length victory over Tartan Bearer in The Derby.
  • He subsequently won the Irish Champion Stakes and English Champion Stakes on New Approach who is now a leading sire.
  • He has also won the Gr 1 Dewhurst Stakes on 5 occasions. In 2013 Manning won the 2000 Guineas & St James' Palace Stakes on New Approach's son Dawn Approach. Manning is married to Bolger's daughter, Úna

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