Wayne Lordan is a multiple

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winning Irish

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. His first winner was Ethbaat for trainer Gerry Cully at

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on 15 July 1998. In his early career he was associated with the stables of

David Wachman David Wachman (born 5 July 1971) is a retired Irish racehorse trainer who specialised in flat racing. Before taking out his own licence to train horses, Wachman worked for trainers in Ireland (Jessica Harrington, Michael Hourigan and Jim Bolger) ...

and

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. He also rode occasionally for Eddie Lynam. It was for Lynam he won his first

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on the unfancied

Sole Power Sole Power (foaled 18 March 2007) is a British-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter, he won twelve of his sixty-five races and competed in five different countries in a nine-year racing career. He is unique in being ...

in the 2010

Nunthorpe Stakes The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs (1,006 metres), and it is sched ...

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. At 100/1, the horse was the longest priced winner of a British Group 1 for 35 years. Another horse owned by the Power bookmaking family,

Slade Power Slade Power (foaled 2 April 2009) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter, Slade Power won one minor race as a two-year-old in 2011 before winning the Sandy Lane Stakes in England and the Belgrave Stakes in Ireland (both List ...

, and also trained by Lynam gave him even greater success, winning three Group 1 sprints over the course of 2013 and 2014 - the

British Champions Sprint Stakes The British Champions Sprint Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it ...

, the

Diamond Jubilee Stakes The Platinum Jubilee Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. Three-year-olds foaled in the Southern Hemisphere are also eligible. It is run at ...

and the July Cup. In January 2017, Lordan was taken on by

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. This led to his first

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winner,

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, who won the

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on 7 May 2017. Lordan also won the 2017 Matron Stakes at

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, a race Lordan also won in September 2015 on Legatissimo.

Statistics

Flat wins in Ireland by year Flat wins in Great Britain by year

Major wins

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* Matron Stakes - (2) - '' Legatissimo (2015)'', ''

(2017)'' * Pretty Polly Stakes - (1) - ''

Iridessa Iridessa (foaled 14 January 2016) is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 2018 she was one of the best fillies of her generation in Europe, winning the Group 1 Fillies' Mile. In the following year she was beaten in her first thr ...

(2019)'' *

Tattersalls Gold Cup The Tattersalls Gold Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 1 mile, 2 furlongs and 110 yards (2,112 ...

- (1) - '' Magical (2020)''

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* 1000 Guineas Stakes - (2) - ''

(2017), Hermosa (2019)'' *

- (2) - ''

(2013)'', ''

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(2014)'' *

- ''Slade Power (2014)'' *

Fillies' Mile The Fillies' Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to two-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is sche ...

- ''Iridessa (2018)'' * July Cup - ''Slade Power (2014)'' *

Nassau Stakes The Nassau Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong ...

- ''Legatissimo (2015)'' *

- ''

(2010)''

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Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for fillies and mares, three years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States as part of the Breeders' Cup World Champion ...

- ''Iridessa (2019)''

Notes

References

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