Henry De Bromhead: Profile, Winners, Career & Earnings

Henry De Bromhead is known as one of the most successful trainers on the National Hunt circuit, having been training for over two decades.

De Bromhead famously trained the one-two in the Gold Cup in successive seasons at the Cheltenham Festival, with Minella Indo and A Plus Tard trading places in 2021 and 2022.

Age: 52

Cheltenham wins: 23

Total Cheltenham winnings: £5,236,390

Net worth: £1,900,000 (estimated)

About Henry De Bromhead

Henry De Bromhead grew up watching his father, Harry, train horses at their home in Knockeen, Co Waterford and would go on to take over that small yard before growing it into one of Ireland's leading jumps yards.

Although learning his craft at home, Henry also spent time with Robert and Sally Alner, Sir Mark Prescott and the world-renowned Coolmore Stud. He had some experience as an amateur rider before taking out his license in 2000.

His first Grade One win came eight years later when Sizing John landed the Irish Champion Hurdle, but he now wins the big races on a regular basis, with two Cheltenham Gold Cups and the Grand National at Aintree on his CV.

Henry De Bromhead age

Henry De Bromhead was born on October 28th 1972, making him 52 years of age.

Henry De Bromhead Net Worth

De Bromhead's horses have won well over £10m in prize money in major races across Britain and Ireland and his own net worth is estimated to be around £1,900,000.

Henry De Bromhead Horses

Sizing Europe was the horse that really helped to put De Bromhead on the map. After his Irish Champion Hurdle win, he went on to land both the Arkle and Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, as well as a Tingle Creek and two Champion Chases at Punchestown.

De Bromhead has a special relationship with the Champion Chase, and his tally now stands at four wins after Special Tiara (2017), Put The Kettle On (2021), and Captain Guinness (2024) added their victories.

Minella Indo gave De Bromhead a maiden success in the Gold Cup in the Cotswolds in 2021 and A Plus Tard bagged another a year later. He has two Champion Hurdles via Honeysuckle, arguably the horse of a lifetime for the Knockeen trainer given the journey she took him on.

Other major Cotswolds winners include Sizing Australia, Bob Olinger, Maskada, Envoi Allen, Quilixios and Slade Steel, while Minella Times bagged the Grand National at Aintree for the trainer during a stunning spring in 2021.

Henry De Bromhead Achievements

The spring of 2021 is one De Bromhead is unlikely to ever forget. He saddled an incredible six winners at the Cheltenham Festival, including Honeysuckle's first Champion Hurdle, Put The Kettle on in the Champion Chase and a one-two in the God Cup with Minella Indo and A Plus Tard.

He remains the only trainer to have won the Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival in the same year.

Just weeks later, Minella Times won the Aintree National as De Bromhead and stable jockey Rachael Blackmore made world headlines for the sport of racing.

The mare Honeysuckle was one of the great Irish racing stories of this century, winning the first 17 starts in her career, including two Champion Hurdles at Cheltenham and a trio of Irish Champion Hurdles. She won 13 Grade 1s in total and was unbeaten in four appearances at the Cheltenham Festival.

She signed off with victory in the Mares' Hurdle in 2023, prompting scenes of raw emotion in the winners' enclosure as De Bromhead savoured a rare moment of joy just six months after his teenage son, Jack, had lost his life in a pony racing accident.

Henry De Bromhead Best Jockey

De Bromhead has formed a magnificent alliance with Rachael Blackmore, the generational talent leading the way for women in the weighing room.

Together they have won 14 races at the Cheltenham Festival, including the Gold Cup in 2022, as well as the Aintree Grand National with Minella Times. Blackmore remains as stable jockey at Knockeen.

Andrew Lynch was the man on board for some of De Bromhead's formative major successes in Britain and Ireland before retiring, while Davy Russell also piloted more than 50 winners for the yard.

Darragh O'Keefe is enjoying an increasing role at the De Bromhead operation now, while Hugh Morgan and Mikey O'Connor are others who regularly ride for the yard.