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Doug O'Neill was born on 24 May, 1968 in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., is a Douglas F. O'Neill is Thoroughbred horse trainer Thoroughbred horse trainer. Discover Doug O'Neill's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 55 years old?

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Occupation Trainer
Age 55 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 24 May 1968
Birthday 24 May
Birthplace Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
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1968

Douglas F. O'Neill (born May 24, 1968) is an American Thoroughbred horse trainer.

1989

O'Neill became a hot walker while in high school, then went to work at Del Mar racetrack, and obtained his trainer's license in 1989.

His brother, Dennis, is a bloodstock agent and helps select horses at auction for clients.

2000

By the early 2000s he was a major figure on the California racing scene, and at one time had the largest stable in Southern California, and one of the largest and most successful in the United States.

J. Paul Reddam began sending horses to O'Neill in the mid-2000s and has since been one of O'Neill's most loyal clients.

2002

O'Neill's first Grade 1 win came in 2002 when Sky Jack won the Hollywood Gold Cup.

The win was the first time O'Neill had even entered a horse in a Grade 1 race.

2003

He gained national attention for his Breeders' Cup wins and international recognition for winning the 2003 Japan Cup Dirt at Tokyo Racecourse.

2006

In 2006, O'Neill's horse Lava Man won the Santa Anita Derby, Hollywood Gold Cup, and Pacific Classic.

2007

O'Neill's first horses to contest the Kentucky Derby were Liquidity and Great Hunter, both of whom raced in the 2007 Kentucky Derby.

2012

He was born in Dearborn, Michigan, and resides in California, where he trained the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, I'll Have Another, and 2016 Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist.

O'Neill and his family reside in Santa Monica, California.

O'Neill was born in Dearborn, Michigan and moved to Santa Monica, California when he was 10, where his father, Patrick, took him to watch horse racing at Santa Anita Park.

I'll Have Another, owned by Canadian J. Paul Reddam and trained by O'Neill, won the 2012 Kentucky Derby on May 5, 2012.

The horse also won the 2012 Preakness Stakes and was viewed as a potential Triple Crown winner.

However, in the meantime, O'Neill's multiple violations of medication rules caught up with him and he was given a 45-day suspension, though because O'Neill's suspension was not set to begin prior to July 1, 2012, he was permitted to run I'll Have Another in the 2012 Belmont Stakes.

The race featured tightened security, including a "detention barn" where all entrants had to be stabled together in a specially-designated barn, starting three days before the race.

The potential for a Triple Crown also increased the scrutiny given the race.

Furthermore, the New York Racing Association had also been taken over by the state of New York earlier in the year due to problems with horse deaths and questions surrounding "exotic bets."

O'Neill scratched I'll Have Another from the Belmont the day prior to the race, citing a tendon injury.

The decision to scratch I'll Have Another was based on the O'Neill's monitoring of swelling in the horse's foreleg early in the week of the Belmont, and confirmation by Dr. James Hunt, a New York-based veterinarian, that the horse risked further injury if he ran.

Racing fans and some commentators speculated that O'Neill scratched I'll Have Another not because of a relatively minor tendon injury, but because he "couldn't doctor the horse the way he needed to because of the detention barn."

Others dismissed this as a conspiracy theory.

John Sabini, chairman of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board stated that the decision to scratch the horse was disappointing but that the trainer and owner "put the welfare of the horse first, showing true horsemanship."

In May 2012, after a two-year legal battle, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) found that O'Neill was responsible for a horse that tested with excess carbon dioxide levels above the permitted level of TCO2.

As a result, though he was not found guilty of "milkshaking" the horse - providing an "illegal performance-enhancing mixture" - O'Neill was deemed responsible for the animal's care, barred from horse racing for 45 days, and fined $15,000.

A few days after I'll Have Another won the 2012 Derby, The New York Times writers Joe Drape and Walt Bogdanich ran a story discussing O'Neill's extensive history of medication violations.

It ran on the front page of the paper.

Additional criticism came from other quarters, including Frank Deford of NPR, who expressed his view that both O'Neill and the owner of I'll Have Another did not deserve to win the Belmont, describing O'Neill as "a charming enough character, but a drug cheat nonetheless."

Due to the reports of multiple medication violations, O'Neill had been nicknamed "'Drug' O'Neill."

However, some industry experts, such as Andrew Beyer of The Washington Post, felt that O'Neill was a skilled trainer who had made some mistakes but had been "maligned."

Taking a middle ground, Bill Dwyre of the Los Angeles Times viewed O'Neill's violations as a "misdemeanor."

Bogdanich found that O'Neill had 15 medication drug violations during his career and had "milkshaked" horses—an illegal treatment for fatigue that involves inserting a tube down a horse's esophagus to administer a mixture of substances.

In a 2012 interview with NPR, Bogdanich criticized a lack of enforcement of drug rules in American horse racing, noting that although O'Neill faced a 180-day suspension for milkshaking, any punishment imposed upon him have would little impact on his livelihood: "He could turn it over to his assistants, his stable, and never miss a beat. The horses keep running. If they win, they keep getting their purses. You know, that's what America lacks that the rest of the world has. They have law and order."

In October 2012, the Los Angeles Times ran a story on O'Neill's gregariousness and kindness to others, suggesting that jealousy motivated his detractors.

2014

In October 2014, O'Neill was given another 45-day suspension as a result of a June 2013 violation at Belmont Park.

2015

In 2015, O'Neill began to train Nyquist, another Reddam-owned colt.

Nyquist went into the 2015 Breeders' Cup with an undefeated record, won the 2015 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and went on to become the Eclipse Award American Champion Two-Year-Old Male Horse.

2016

In 2016, the undefeated colt moved to an 8:8-0-0 record by winning the 2016 Kentucky Derby with jockey Mario Gutierrez, who had also ridden I'll Have Another in 2012.

Nyquist currently stands at Jonabell Farm for Darley America's stud division having already produced Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Winner Vequist, Summer Stakes (Canada) winner Gretzky the Great, and Queen Mary Stakes winner Crimson Advocate at Royal Ascot.