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Jessica O'Gorman

Four years into her career as a jockey, Jessica O'Gorman has quietly built a record that rewards anyone paying close attention. Since starting out in 2021, she has ridden 61 races in the last 12 months and brought home 8 winners — roughly 1 in every 8 rides. That might not sound dramatic on paper, but context matters: race riding is fiercely competitive, and carving out a consistent return at that level takes real skill and patience.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Role
Jockey
Record
8 wins from 61 races
Win rate
13.1%
Best course
The Curragh (10% from 10 races)
Best ground
Yielding (slightly soft)

📊 Key numbers

A snapshot of this jockey's performance over the last 12 months
61
Races
8
Wins
13.1%
Win rate
avg ~10%
26.2%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this jockey's record and recent runs
TrackLab's jockey breakdown

The most telling number in her profile is what happens when she teams up with the yard of Eddie and Patrick Harty. Across 20 races together, she has won 4 times — that's 1 in every 5, a win rate of 20%, well above her overall average. That kind of partnership doesn't develop by accident. It usually means a jockey and a training team have learned to trust each other: the trainer puts her on the right horses, and she delivers when it counts. Four wins from 20 rides is the sort of record that keeps a phone ringing.

Then there's the wet ground question. Some jockeys are simply better when conditions get soft and the race turns into a test of strength and judgement rather than pure speed. O'Gorman appears to be one of them. On wet or muddy ground, she has won 2 from just 5 races — a 40% win rate that stands out sharply against everything else on her record. That's not luck across five rides; that's a rider who knows how to adapt when the conditions get difficult and other jockeys are struggling.

At four years in, O'Gorman is still in the building phase of her career — the stage where the numbers start to tell a story, partnerships deepen, and bigger opportunities begin to follow. The Harty connection gives her

📈 Form trend

How this jockey's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Mar
33.3%
Apr
14.3%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
33.3%
Aug
33.3%
Sep
28.6%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb

🎯 Where this jockey does best

Results split by ground, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Yielding (slightly soft)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Ok
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Right-handed, hilly
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids

🏇 Trainers

The trainers they work with most, most rides first
20%
Win rate
4/20
Wins / rides
9.1%
Win rate
1/11
Wins / rides
22.2%
Win rate
2/9
Wins / rides
John C McConnell
12.5%
Win rate
1/8
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/5
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
Kevin Thomas Coleman
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

⭐ Top horses

The highest-rated horses linked to this jockey right now
Form: 5-3331
Form: 443-42
Form: 73107-
Form: 0089-8
Form: 21-269
Form: 600-77
Form: 11533-
Form: 069-90
Form: 672356
Form: 400-00

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course, most races first
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Dundalk 18 1 5.6%
The Curragh 10 1 10%
Gowran Park 6 1 16.7%
Naas 4 1 25%
Navan 4 0 0%
Leopardstown 4 0 0%
Limerick 3 0 0%
Down Royal 2 1 50%
Roscommon 2 1 50%
Cork 2 1 50%
Tipperary 2 0 0%
Galway 1 1 100%
Tramore 1 0 0%
Lingfield Park 1 0 0%
Fairyhouse 1 0 0%

📅 Recent results

The last 20 results, most recent first
11 Feb
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
4th
7 Feb
Lingfield Park · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
3rd
28 Jan
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
10th
23 Jan
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
12th
16 Jan
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
4th
13 Jan
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
7th
9 Jan
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
10th
19 Dec
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
—
10 Dec
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
8th
5 Dec
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
9th
3 Dec
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
13th
3 Dec
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
9th
28 Nov
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
3rd
12 Nov
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
8th
2 Nov
The Curragh · 7f – 1m · Heavy
4th
20 Oct
Gowran Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy
5th
17 Oct
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
5th
16 Oct
The Curragh · 1m6f – 2m · Yielding
8th
16 Oct
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Yielding
Won
13 Oct
Roscommon · 7f – 1m · Soft
Won