Four years into his riding career, Hugh Horgan has built the kind of record that tells a story of quiet persistence. Since 2021, he has ridden 35 winners in total, and over the last 12 months he has added 3 of those from 60 rides — winning roughly 1 in every 20 races this season. That is a modest rate, but 60 rides in a year represents real, consistent work in a competitive profession where getting on horses at all is half the battle.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Jockey Breakdown
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His most regular partnership is with trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien, one of the most respected yards in Irish racing. Horgan has had 24 rides for O'Brien, producing 1 winner — about 1 in every 24, or a 4% win rate. That might sound thin, but a jockey who keeps getting the call from a top operation is clearly doing something right. Big yards don't waste their horses on riders they don't trust.
Where Horgan looks most comfortable is on normal ground conditions, where he has won 2 of his 18 races — roughly 1 in every 9. That 11% win rate on a standard surface is comfortably his best, and it suggests he times his rides well when conditions are straightforward and the racing is clean. Jockeys who can show a clear pattern like that — even a small one — give trainers a reason to keep the phone calls coming.
At 35 career winners and still only four years in, the foundation is there. The next step is turning those steady opportunities into a slightly sharper return.
📈 Form Trend
How this jockey's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
25%
Dec
20%
Jan
0%
Feb
0%
Mar
0%
Apr
🎯 Where This Jockey Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good to yielding (mild give)
Loves
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Good (firm-ish)
Avoids
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids
🏇 Trainer Partnerships
The trainers they work with most, sorted by rides together