Henry de Bromhead, Irish horse trainer who specialises in training horses for National Hunt racing, is born on October 28, 1972, in Knockeen, County Waterford. He trains a number of Grade 1 winners including Sizing John and Honeysuckle, and is based at stables in Knockeen.
De Bromhead commences racehorse training in 2000, having taken over the family stable from his father, Harry. He spends time learning to train with Robert and Sally Alner and Sir Mark Prescott, and works at Coolmore Stud. He wins his first Grade One race as a trainer in 2008 when Sizing Europe wins the Irish Champion Hurdle and since then goes on to have success in Ireland and the United Kingdom. His major successes include the 2021 Grand National, two Champion Hurdles and two Cheltenham Gold Cups at the Cheltenham Festival in 2021 and 2022, four Queen Mother Champion Chase wins, with Sizing Europe in 2011, Special Tiara in 2017, Put The Kettle On in 2021 and Captain Guiness in 2024. His current stable jockey is Darragh O’Keeffe.
Henry de Bromhead is married to Heather de Bromhead. They have three children together: twins Jack and Mia, and their younger sister Georgia. He is educated at Glenstal Abbey School.
On September 3, 2022, de Bromhead’s son, Jack, is killed in a racing accident during the Glenbeigh Racing Festival. He is competing in a pony race, when he falls off his horse, and sustains fatal injuries, aged 13. All upcoming races during the festival are cancelled.
