Seamus Cahill

Seamus Augustine Cahill is an Irish born greyhound trainer. He is a British champion trainer and winner of the English Greyhound Derby.

Seamus Cahill
OccupationGreyhound Trainer
Born1948-1950
Mullinahone [1]
Major racing wins
Classic/Feature wins:
English Greyhound Derby
(2017)
Cesarewitch
(2010)
Gold Collar
(2002)
Grand National
(2009, 2013, 2016, 2019)
William Hill Classic
(2012)
Trainers Championship
(2008)
Sussex Cup
(2013, 2018, 2019)
Honours
British Trainer of the Year

Career

Seamus Cahill is from Mullinhoe, County Waterford and joined Catford Stadium in 1994 working for Paddy Milligan. In 1997 he took control of Milligan's Catford Stadium racing kennels in Keston and established himself as a leading trainer.[2] He reached the final of the Laurels in his maiden year of 1997. One year later he moved from Catford to Wimbledon Stadium.[3]

In 2002 finished runner-up in the 2002 English Greyhound Derby final with Call Me Baby[4] and Shevchenko provided the first Classic win when sealing a Gold Collar triumph in the same year.[5]

A short lived move to Walthamstow Stadium was followed by a switch to Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium before he won his first Trainers Championship at Wimbledon in 2008 and became Greyhound Trainer of the Year in 2010. He trained the brilliant sprinter and 2010 Greyhound of the Year Jimmy Lollie and has won four Grand National's.

His greatest achievement to date is winning the 2017 English Greyhound Derby with Astute Missile.[6]

Awards

He was the winner of the Greyhound Trainer of the Year in 2010.[7]

References
  1. "Profile Seamus Cahill". Greyhound Star. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. "Monthly Greyhound Star (Remember When 1996) December edition". Greyhound Star.
  3. "Seamus Cahill". Greyhound Trainers.com.
  4. "2002". Greyhound Data.
  5. Hobbs, Jonathan (2004). Greyhound Annual 2005. Raceform. ISBN 1-904317-58-8.
  6. "Missile strikes at 28-1". Greyhound Star.
  7. Hobbs, Jonathan (2002). Greyhound Annual 2003. Raceform. ISBN 1-904317-07-3.
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