Stats / Trainers / P. O'Sullivan
P. O'Sullivan
Birthday: Dec 06, 1959
Nationality: New Zealand
Background:
Paul O'Sullivan arrived in Hong Kong in 2004 and has enjoyed major successes with Vital King, Fellowship and champion sprinter Aerovelocity, which during the 2014/15 season became the first Hong Kong horse to win three G1s in three different international jurisdictions. O'Sullivan was Champion Trainer in New Zealand on 11 occasions, acting in partnership with his father Dave for 17 years. His brother, Lance, New Zealand's all-time winning-most jockey, is also a trainer. O'Sullivan won the G1 Japan Cup in 1989 with Horlicks, ridden by his brother, and added scores of other majors on both sides of the Tasman Sea, including the G1 Cox Plate with Surfers Paradise in 1991.
Achievements:
11-time New Zealand Champion Trainer.
Notable Race Wins Include
Hong Kong Sprint (2014 & 2016 Aerovelocity), Hong Kong Derby (2007 Vital King), Stewards' Cup (2010 Fellowship), Centenary Sprint Cup (2016 Aerovelocity), Takamatsunomiya Kinen (2015 Aerovelocity), KrisFlyer International Sprint (2015 Aerovelocity), Japan Cup (1989 Horlicks), Cox Plate (1991 Surfers Paradise), New Zealand Derby (1990 Surfers Paradise, 1993 Popsy), New Zealand Oaks (1994 Snap).
Hong Kong Career Wins
(at start of 2018/19 season): 411 (win strike rate: 8.51%).
General Performances
No of wins for season: 20
No of runs for season: 318
Win %: 6.29
No of wins for all weather: 1
No of 2nds for all weather: 5
No of 3rds for all weather: 2
All weather: 29
Total stakes: $26,876,910
Win stakes: $12,386,100
No of 2nds: 31
No of 3rds: 27
Percentage for season: 24.53
Profit/Loss: ($1,373)
Most Effective Distances
| Year | Happy Valley | Shatin | 1000m-1200m | 1400m-1650m | 1800m-2000m | 2000m+ | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 19 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 121 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 194 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 113 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 152 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Performance
| Distance | Win | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total Ride | Win% | ||
| Happy Valley | 1000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 28.57 | |
| 1200 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 37 | 47 | 6.38 | ||
| 1650 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 51 | 3.92 | ||
| 1800 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 7.69 | ||
| 2200 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Shatin | All weather | 1200 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| 1650 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 9.09 | ||
| 1800 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Turf | 1200 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1800 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1200 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 38 | 5.26 | ||
| 1400 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 49 | 65 | 6.15 | ||
| 1600 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 25 | 12 | ||
| 1800 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 9.09 | ||
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
Odds of Runners
| Draw Year | <4 | 4-10 | 10-20 | 20+ | ||||||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 19 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 87 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 136 |
Draw Statistic
| Draw Year | 1-5 | 6-10 | 11-14 | |||||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| 19 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 130 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 128 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 60 |
Trainer Partnerships
| Trainer | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Lost | Total |
| K. Teetan | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 27 |
| C. Wong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Z. Purton | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 19 |
| J. Moreira | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| M. Chadwick | 2 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 36 |
| C. Schofield | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 15 |
| D. Whyte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 13 |
| K. C. Leung | 1 | 3 | 5 | 56 | 65 |
| N. Callan | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| S. Clipperton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 17 |
| A. Badel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| A. Sanna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Y. Ho | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| G. van Niekerk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| H. Bowman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| H. N. Wong | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| H. T. Mo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| M. F. Poon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| M. Harley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| M. L. Yeung | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| O. Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Bayliss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| S. De Sousa | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| T. H. So | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| U. Rispoli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
