Seamus
Cahill has been training in England since 1997 and is now
established as one of the top trainers in the country.
Having orginally taken out his license in 1997 at Catford,
he moved to Wimbledon in 2001 and then moved to premier
track Walthamstow at the beginning of 2006.
Seamus and his team finished a
brilliant 5th in the Trainers Championship in 2003, a year
that saw the kennel claim the Grenwich Cup and Gold Collar
with Shevchenko, The Champion Hurdle with Farloe Browny, The
Tony Morris Derby Week Trophy (Lonely Buster) and the
Consolation Derby with Farloe Style. 2003 also saw Farloe
Style beaten a short-head by Droopys Shearer in the Select
Stakes and Prize Hero reached the Final of the Nottingham
Eclipse.
Other notable achievements
include another Champion Hurdle (Top Jock, 2002), a Derby
Finalist (Call Me Baby) in 2002 and The Platinum Collar (One
Point Seven, 2004). One of Seamus's best dogs is without
question, Druids Mickey Jo. He landed The Springbok and
Champion Hurdle in
2005 having previously won the Racing Post Festival
Maidens Derby at Walthamstow in 2004 and was voted BGRB
Hurdler of the Year for 2005. Milldean Billy won the
Category 1 Ladbrokes.com Arc in 2006 shortly after Seamus
joined the training ranks at the Stow. Lenson Ace, a
multiple Open race winner for the kennel landed the A.E.
Bullard Rose Bowl Final at Crayford (April, 2006) and
Gottabe Rooney won the Ocean Trailers Puppy Stakes later the
same month. Droopys Majella took the Coral Puppies Final at
Hove in December the same year. Whiskey Coffee took the Star
Racing Puppy Cup in 2006, a year that saw the kennel finish
5th in the Trainers Championship. Seamus's fine record with
hurdlers was further enhanced in the summer of 2007 when
Snazzy Time took the Labrokes Hurdle Final at Walthamstow.
Early 2008 saw the kennel land
the £3,000 Tony Williams Coronation Cup at Romford with
Ronaldos Merit and a flying start to the new season also saw
Hotdog Jack land the £5,000 Springbok Final with ease. In
March, Cahill landed his first Trainers Championship
meeting, narrowly shading Champion Trainer Charlie Lister to
take the £10,000 first prize.