Jason Maguire

Jason Maguire
Occupation Jockey
Born 13 April 1980 (1980-04-13) (age 31)
County Meath, Ireland[1]
Major racing wins, honours and awards
Major racing wins
Grand National (2011)

Jason Maguire (born 13 April 1980), is a Irish horse racing jockey who won the 2011 Grand National on Ballabriggs.

Early life and career

Maguire is the nephew of another former jockey Adrian Maguire.[1] He started out in Irish pony races and as he started his career rode his first winner, Search For Peace at Cheltenham on November 12, 1999. He then went on to ride for Tom George's stable for the next seven years and had a Cheltenham Festival victory on Galileo in 2002.

In 2007, he switched to ride for Ginger McCain's son, Donald McCain, Jr.. After eight unsuccessful rides in the Grand National, his best previous finish was sixth on Cloudy Lane in 2008, he went on to win the 2011 Grand National on 14/1 shot Ballabriggs.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b John Donohoe (9 April 2011). "Kilmessan jockey wins Aintree Grand National". Meath Chronicle. http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/meathsouth/articles/2011/04/09/4004220-kilmessan-jockey-wins-aintree-grand-national/. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 
  2. ^ Frank Keogh (9 April 2011). "Grand National: Ballabriggs powers to National win". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/9451559.stm. Retrieved 10 April 2011. 
 WINS RUNS % 2NDS 3RDS 4THS WIN PRIZE TOTAL PRIZE £1 STAKE

NHF 28 204 14 31 22 16 £52,883.53 £81,407.89 -57.97 HURDLE 206 1184 17 179 116 137 £996,389.07 £1,612,339.58 -86.07 CHASE 132 761 17 115 98 80 £1,283,961.22 £1,660,014.32 -118.90

External links

irishexaminer.com