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JAMES MCDONALD

  • New Zealand

Redemption has been a great driver for James McDonald.

After previously being a great apprentice in New Zealand and then twice winning the Sydney Premiership, the kiwi bounced back from a major setback to win it again in 2018/19.

In doing so, his 104 wins saw him the first rider to break the century since Darren Beadman's extraordinary number of 164 over a decade before.

Once the main jockey for Godolphin, he now gets plenty of Chris Waller's rides too. He was also the pilot for (It's A) Dundeel when he won the Triple Crown.

First Runner 01 Aug 2007
Dumbarton (NZ)  
Avondale (NZ)  |  Avondale Sunday Market Mdn
First Win 18 Aug 2007
Johnnie The Sand (NZ)
Te Rapa (NZ)  |  Empire Hotel Stratford Mdn
Best Horse :
VIA SISTINA (Timeform Rating 132)
FASTNET ROCK (AUS)  NIGH (IRE)  [By GALILEO (IRE)]
First Group Win (G1):
SPECIAL MISSION (05 Apr 2008)
TOWKAY (AUS)  TE AKAU TREK (NZ)  [By KHOZAAM (USA)]

JAMES MCDONALD's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
2 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT GORGEOUS WIN $6.5 RST100-80 C2 1200m $562,376 DANNY SHUM 1:08.61
1 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT JOHANNES BRAHMS $1.8 RST80-60 C3 1400m $368,317 PIERRE NG 1:21.48
1 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT DIVANO $1.4 RST80-60 C3 1200m $368,317 K W LUI 1:09.29
1 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT LADY'S CHOICE $6.4 RST80-60 C3 1200m $368,317 C W CHANG 1:08.77
5 of 13 22 Dec 2024 SHAT CHARITY GAIN $1.9 RST60-40 C4 2000m $231,683 DAVID EUSTACE 2:03.45
3 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT BLAZING WIND $3.7 RST60-40 C4 1200m $231,683 DANNY SHUM 1:09.36
6 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT ROMAN CROWN $12 RST60-40 C4 1400m $231,683 PIERRE NG 1:21.80
1 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT SUPER LEGENDS $4.4 RST60-40 C4 1200m $231,683 DANNY SHUM 1:09.04
8 of 14 22 Dec 2024 SHAT CHARMANDER $5.9 RST40-0 C5 1600m $173,267 DAVID HALL 1:35.41
2 of 12 18 Dec 2024 SHATA SELF IMPROVEMENT $5.8 RST80-60 C3 1200m $368,317 MANFRED MAN 1:08.26

Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
DANNY SHUM 5 25.0% 6 55.0% 20 $6,165,209 1 1 0 0 $0.87
P F YIU 3 37.5% 1 50.0% 8 $4,882,761 1 1 0 0 $1.09
DAVID EUSTACE 2 33.3% 1 50.0% 6 $452,314 0 0 0 0 $1.53
K W LUI 2 66.7% 0 66.7% 3 $419,882 0 0 0 0 $2.77
JOHN SIZE 1 7.7% 5 46.2% 13 $994,394 0 0 0 0 $0.43
PIERRE NG 1 14.3% 1 28.6% 7 $333,664 0 0 0 0 $0.40
CHRIS WALLER 1 16.7% 4 83.3% 6 $487,950 0 1 0 0 $0.67
DAVID A HAYES 1 20.0% 0 20.0% 5 $130,765 0 0 0 0 $1.42
MANFRED MAN 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $288,912 0 0 0 0 $1.40
JAMIE RICHARDS 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $150,730 0 0 0 0 $0.70
D WHYTE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $158,471 0 0 0 0 $10.00
C W CHANG 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $209,941 0 0 0 0 $7.40
JAMES CUMMINGS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $314,100 0 0 1 0 $3.00
CASPAR FOWNES 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $144,845 0 0 0 0 -
F C LOR 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $19,926 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CHRIS WALLER 434 21.2% 593 50.1% 2048 $95,135,444 40 33 38 21 $0.93
JOHN O'SHEA 233 20.5% 335 50.0% 1135 $24,423,571 9 17 26 15 $0.82
JAMES CUMMINGS 125 25.9% 151 57.1% 483 $29,704,355 16 12 11 6 $0.81
M, W & J HAWKES 71 23.4% 79 49.3% 304 $6,328,380 1 2 6 4 $0.97
DONNA & DEAN LOGAN 54 22.1% 76 53.3% 244 $1,810,936 1 2 1 2 $0.92
PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN 53 25.9% 56 53.2% 205 $9,390,210 2 6 8 7 $1.24
MARK WALKER 52 17.6% 82 45.3% 296 $959,475 0 2 1 3 $0.80
GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON 40 24.4% 41 49.4% 164 $1,359,619 2 1 3 3 $1.18
J G SARGENT 40 24.8% 45 52.8% 161 $1,124,740 0 0 0 0 $0.83
BJORN BAKER 36 24.8% 44 55.2% 145 $2,154,310 0 0 2 0 $0.95
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 36 34.3% 25 58.1% 105 $7,511,850 0 3 7 3 $1.28
STEVEN RAMSAY & JULIA RITCHIE 35 21.1% 41 45.8% 166 $466,007 1 0 1 2 $0.85
RICHARD & CHRIS OTTO 34 18.5% 52 46.7% 184 $406,130 0 0 0 1 $0.82
SHAUNE RITCHIE 26 23.2% 31 50.9% 112 $717,716 2 3 0 1 $0.97
KRIS LEES 22 13.2% 59 48.5% 167 $3,050,940 0 1 2 0 $0.59

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 79 26.3% 83 54.0% 300 $32,708,440 8 7 5 3 $1.01
2023/24 145 22.8% 175 50.4% 635 $56,338,690 19 10 8 12 $0.84
2022/23 151 21.2% 204 49.9% 711 $44,892,765 14 16 15 6 $0.82
2021/22 151 23.0% 212 55.3% 657 $37,122,106 11 9 16 9 $0.89
2020/21 163 24.7% 187 53.1% 659 $20,927,086 8 8 14 7 $1.04
2019/20 124 18.8% 187 47.1% 660 $18,700,637 6 13 9 4 $0.87
2018/19 143 20.8% 187 48.1% 686 $17,821,956 6 10 11 9 $0.80
2017/18 16 15.1% 27 40.6% 106 $1,137,307 0 1 1 0 $0.78
2016/17 34 21.0% 52 53.1% 162 $5,603,400 3 5 4 4 $0.80
2015/16 135 19.2% 202 48.0% 702 $14,993,427 4 11 15 8 $0.92
Overall 2249 19.1% 3225 27.4% 11768 $301,285,300 106 117 138 98 $0.90