Dean McKeown
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| Dean McKeown | ||
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| Occupation: | Jockey | |
| Birthplace: | United Kingdom | |
| Birth date: | February 5, 1960 | |
| Career wins: | ongoing | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Cambridgeshire Handicap (1987, 1989, 1992) Queen Mary Stakes (1990) Queen Alexandra Stakes (1990) Princess Margaret Stakes (1992) Ebor Handicap (1992, 2002) Vintage Stakes (1993) Great St. Wilfrid Stakes (1997) Beeswing Stakes (1997) Chipchase Stakes (2002) Chester Cup (2003) Irish St. Leger (2005) International race wins: |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| Griffins Richard Davis Award (1999) | ||
| Significant Horses | ||
| Hugs Dancer, Collier Hill | ||
Dean Russell McKeown (born February 5, 1960) is a British Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He embarked on his professional career as a teenager, earning his first win in 1977. While never a Champion jockey, McKeown has won a number of important Conditions races in the United Kingdom including three editions of the Cambridgeshire Handicap at Newmarket Racecourse. He also won the Ebor Handicap (2002) and Chester Cup (2003) aboard Hugs Dancer then in the fall of 2004 became the regular jockey for trainer Alan Swinbank where he became an integral part of the racing success of Collier Hill.
Riding Collier Hill, McKeown won a number of major international races, including the 2005 Group 2 Gerling Preis in Cologne, Germany, the C$2 million Grade 1 Canadian International at Woodbine Racetrack in Canada, and the HK$14 million Hong Kong Vase in Hong Kong, China.
[edit] Family
Dean McKeown and his wife Catherine have three daughters: Lauren, Hayley, Francesca.
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