Kinane, Mick (1959– )

Irish flat racing jockey, born in County Tipperary, who was flat racing champion a record ten times between 1983 and 1994. He has ridden winners in many of the world's top races, including the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Carroll House in 1989, and on Montjeu in 1999, the King George VI Stakes in 2000 also on Montjeu, the Belmont Stakes on Go and Go in 1990, the Epsom Derby on Commander-in-Chief in 1993, the Melbourne Cup on Vintage Crop in 1993, and the Japan Cup on Pilsudski in 1997. With victories in the 2,000 Guineas in 1982 and 1986, the 1,000 Guineas in 1988, the Oaks in 1989 and 1996, and the St Leger in 1993 and 1994, he has won a total of seven Irish Classics. Additionally, he rode the winner of the Irish Champion Stakes in 1989, 1994, and 1997.

Kinane rode his first winner in 1975. Son of the jump jockey Tommy Kinane, and originally apprenticed to Liam Browne, he began a highly successful 15-year partnership with the Irish trainer Dermot Weld in 1983. In 1999 he teamed up with Aidan O'Brien.