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Times Newspapers Staff
Photo/Betsy Parker Champion apprentice rider in Ireland in 1980, Michael Cooney, above, left flat racing - and his homeland - behind when he moved to the U.S., and steeplechasing, in 1995.
Michael Cooney • Age: 45 • Hometown: Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland. • Education: Apprenticed to flat trainer Michael Predergrast on the Curragh; was leading apprentice (on the flat) in Ireland, 1980. Took up steeplechasing later. • Other: Moved to the U.S. in 1995; he and Diana married in 1996. Won the International Gold Cup in 2002 on Stevie Radiance.
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