BRIAN LYNCH

2016 RECORD

296 - 47, 37, 36 

$3,785,944

2016 NYRA RECORD

118 - 13, 17, 15 

$1,390,975

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Won his first Breeders’ Cup in 2016 with Oscar Performance in the Juvenile Turf

* Saddled his first Grade 1 winner in the 2014 Longines Just a Game with Coffee Clique at Belmont

* Enjoyed a personal-best year in 2015 with seven graded stakes wins and total earnings of more than $4.2 million, bolstered by multiple graded stakes-winning millionaires Grand Arch, Clearly Now and Coffee Clique

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Moved to North America in 1986 as a bull rider on the professional rodeo circuit

* Took out his trainer’s license in 1992 at Del Mar

* Dispersed his stable in 2004 to become assistant to Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel, eventually overseeing Frankel’s string at Woodbine before going out on his own in late 2005

* Has maintained a string in New York since 2015

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Family was involved in thoroughbred racing in Australia

FIRST WINNER

* Arc’s a Flyin, December 2, 1993, Hollywood Park

NEW YORK AND GRADE 1 STAKES

Clearly Now: Bold Ruler H. (2013)

Coffee Clique: Just a Game (2014); Belmont Sprint Championship (2014)

Five Iron: Fort Marcy (2014); Saranac (2013)

Grand Arch: Shadwell Turf Mile (2015); Fourstardave H. (2015)

Heart to Heart: Knickerbocker (2016); Better Talk Now (2014)

Oscar Performance: Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (2016); Pilgrim (2016)

Lightstream: Soaring Softly (2016)