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JAMES MCDONALD

  • New Zealand

Jockey : JAMES MCDONALD after winning the Lexus Melbourne Cup.

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
12 of 16 23 Nov 2024 ASCT LIGHT INFANTRY MAN $3.5 3U OPEN G1 1600m $1,500,000 CIARON MAHER 1:35.24
3 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV DENFIELD $4.5 RST80-60 C3 1200m $364,706 DANNY SHUM 1:10.17
5 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV GORGEOUS WIN $8.4 RST100-80 C2 1200m $556,863 DANNY SHUM 1:09.43
5 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV SIMPLY MAVERICK $17 RST80-60 C3 1650m $401,961 P F YIU 1:39.62
1 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV YEE CHEONG SPIRIT $5.3 RST60-40 C4 1200m $229,412 DANNY SHUM 1:09.87
1 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV STORMING DRAGON $1.1 RST60-40 C4 1200m $229,412 JAMIE RICHARDS 1:09.81
12 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV FOREMOST TEDDY $3.6 RST60-40 C4 1650m $229,412 DANNY SHUM 1:40.41
11 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV JOYFUL FRIENDSHIP $5.7 RST40-0 C5 1200m $171,569 P F YIU 1:10.27
11 of 12 20 Nov 2024 HAPV HARMONY GALAXY $9 RST60-40 C4 1650m $229,412 DANNY SHUM 1:39.67
13 of 14 17 Nov 2024 SHAT DIVANO $2.3 RST80-60 C3 1200m $364,706 K W LUI 1:08.81
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CHRIS WALLER 8 24.2% 9 51.5% 33 $9,006,250 4 1 3 0 $1.35
JAMES CUMMINGS 3 25.0% 3 50.0% 12 $647,800 0 0 1 0 $0.70
DANNY SHUM 2 28.6% 1 42.9% 7 $790,137 0 1 0 0 $1.06
KRIS LEES 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 2 $112,725 0 0 0 0 $2.45
CIARON MAHER 1 16.7% 2 50.0% 6 $167,000 0 0 0 1 $0.75
P F YIU 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $612,010 0 1 0 0 $1.17
J G SARGENT 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $262,400 0 0 0 0 $0.40
MATTHEW SMITH 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $38,750 0 0 0 0 $1.35
PETER SNOWDEN 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $136,000 0 0 0 0 $1.80
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $1,831,500 1 0 0 0 $2.50
JAMIE RICHARDS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $130,765 0 0 0 0 $2.10
LIAM HOWLEY 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $105,000 0 0 0 1 $4.40
BRAD WIDDUP 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $28,400 0 0 0 0 $1.67
MARC CONNERS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $82,500 0 0 0 0 $2.40
JOHN O'SHEA & TOM CHARLTON 0 0.0% 4 50.0% 8 $126,350 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 $29,690,255 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 64 28.2% 66 57.3% 227 $20,091,909 6 7 5 3 $1.02
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 2234 19.1% 3208 27.4% 11695 $288,668,769 104 117 138 98 $0.90