John Oxx

John Oxx
OccupationTrainer
Born (1950-07-14) 14 July 1950 (age 74)
Major racing wins
British Classic Race wins:
2,000 Guineas (1)
Epsom Derby (2)
Irish Classic Race wins:
Irish 1,000 Guineas (1)
Irish Derby (2)
Irish Oaks (2)
Irish St. Leger (4)
Significant horses
Eurobird, Petite Ile, Timarida, Ridgewood Pearl, Sinndar, Alamshar, Azamour, Sea The Stars

John M. Oxx (born 14 July 1950) is a retired Irish trainer of thoroughbred racehorses. By the end of the 2009 season Oxx had trained 35 Group One winners over his career, including the winners of 11 Classic races.[1] He is best known as the trainer of Sinndar and Sea The Stars.

Oxx has been widely praised for the care and undemonstrative authority with which he approaches the training and racing of his horses.[2] [3] He is particularly known for being highly selective when choosing when and where his horses will run.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference p48 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ McGrath, Chris. "The greatest horse of all time?", The Independent, 3 October 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  3. ^ Oakley, Robin. "Derby hopeful", The Spectator, 9 May 2009. Link to the article on Infotrac Periodicals Database (login required). Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  4. ^ "John Oxx", Horse Racing Ireland, October 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
  5. ^ Sweetman, Alan. "Shrewd Oxx sure to get best out of Swing", The Racing Post, 11 April 2007. Link to the article on The Free Library. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  6. ^ Cook, Chris. "John Oxx targets his latest English Classic win with Born to Sea", The Observer, 28 April 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2012.