birth_place awards race birth_date horses article_title name occupation
london , england united -lrb- 1997 -rrb- thoroughbred trainers of america award for outstanding trainer tremont -rrb- -rrb- fayette stakes -lrb- 1999 -rrb- regret stakes -lrb- 1999 lexington -rrb- widener handicap -lrb- 1999 -rrb- swale stakes -lrb- 2002 stakes -rrb- san fernando stakes -lrb- 2003 -rrb- ben ali stakes -lrb- -lrb- 2002 -rrb- 1996 -rrb- long island handicap -lrb- stakes 1996 -rrb- alcibiades stakes -lrb- 1997 -rrb- breeders ' futurity -lrb- stakes -lrb- 1997 -rrb- derby trial stakes -lrb- 1997 -rrb- 1988 stephen foster handicap -lrb- 1997 , 1998 -rrb- hopeful stakes -rrb- -lrb- 1997 -rrb- jerome handicap -lrb- 1997 -rrb- sanford stakes bourbon -lrb- 1997 -rrb- saratoga special stakes -lrb- 1997 -rrb- spinaway stakes stakes -lrb- 1997 -rrb- hawthorne gold cup handicap -lrb- 1998 -lrb- , 2001 -rrb- kentucky cup classic stakes -lrb- 1998 -rrb- 1995 princess elizabeth stakes -lrb- 1998 -rrb- whitney handicap -lrb- 1998 march 8 , 1956 awesome golden missile again , countess diana , favorite trick , patrick b. byrne
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patrick b. byrne

patrick b. byrne -lrb- born march 8 , 1956 in london , england -rrb- is an american thoroughbred racehorse trainer who has won three breeders ' cup races and who in 1997 conditioned favorite trick to american champion two-year-old colt and american horse of the year honors and countess diana to american champion two-year-old filly honors .
a native of london , england , byrne was from a family involved in horse racing .
he rode horses in europe before emigrating to the united states in 1978 where he worked in new york as an exercise rider .
he then spent eight years learning the training business from trainers such as leroy jolley , john russell , howard tesher and david whitely before taking out his trainers license in 1986 .
in 1998 , patrick byrne trained awesome again to an undefeated year that was capped off with a win in the breeders ' cup classic .
byrne makes his home in louisville , kentucky , where he settled in 1990 , competing from a base at churchill downs .
