County of origin: Kildare
Date of licence: 2011
First winner: Grey Danube (Leigh Roche) Dundalk, 30th March, 2012
Notable horse: Hit The Bid
Assoc. Jockeys: Leigh Roche
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From Kildare Town, County Kildare, Darren Bunyan worked with trainers John Oxx, Dermot Weld and Ken Condon before taking out his licence in 2011. He saddled his first winner when the Leigh Roche-ridden Grey Danube won thetote.com Handicap at Dundalk on March 30th, 2012. He landed his first major success when Hit The Bid, also ridden by Leigh Roche, took the Group 3 Jimmy O'Neill Irish Racing Excellence Curragh Stakes at his local track on August 20th, 2016.
Jimmy O'Neill Excellence Curragh Stakes (Group 3) (Hit The Bid (GB) - L.F. Roche - 2016)
Midsummer Sprint Stakes (Listed) (Hit The Bid (GB) - L.F. Roche - 2017)
Leading Jockey&Trainer Awards 2015 H'cap (Grey Danube - L.F. Roche - 2015)
Tally Ho Stud EBF M'dn (Mister Trader (GB) - L.F. Roche - 2016)
Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Fillies) M'dn (Madame Thunder - L.F. Roche - 2015)
Ladbrokes Download The App H'cap (Grey Danube - L.F. Roche - 2015)
Irish Stallion Farms EBF M'dn (Low Latency (GB) - L.F. Roche - 2017)
Next Racing June 10th Median Auction Mdn (Enchanteresse - L.F. Roche - 2015)
Hospitality At Naas Racecourse M'dn (Flower Of May (GB) - L.F. Roche - 2017)
Ramada Resort, Dundalk H'cap (Grey Danube - D.M. Melia - 2017)
Leading Jockey&Trainer Awards 2014 H'cap (Grey Danube - L.F. Roche - 2014)
Dundalk Driving Tourism Forward H'cap (Grey Danube - K.J. Manning - 2014)
Hen & Stag Packages at Dundalk H'cap (Grey Danube - L.F. Roche - 2012)
Christmas Party Nights Nursery H'cap (Storm Has Broken - L.F. Roche - 2017)
Elusive Pimpernel Median Auction M'dn (Beat The Bank (GB) - P.J. Smullen - 2017)
Dundalk Lights Up Friday 28th Sept H'cap (Grey Danube - L.F. Roche - 2012)
thetote.com H'cap (Grey Danube - L.F. Roche - 2012)
Irish Injured Jockeys Fund M'dn H'dle (Age Of Glory (GB) - P. Townend - 2013)
*Statistics are up to close of business the previous day. Prize-money is allocated within 1 week of the race date (allow 1 week for Prize-money).
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