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Julian Pietropaolo

Roughly a year into his career as a professional jockey, Julian Pietropaolo is still in the early stages of building his reputation, but the numbers are already pointing in the right direction. Since taking his first rides in September 2024, he has racked up 14 winners from 181 races — that works out at around 1 in every 13, or about 8% of his rides. For context, the jump from apprentice to professional is brutal, and even modest improvements in win rate matter enormously at this stage. The fact that he has nudged that figure up from 6% last season to 8% this season suggests someone who is learning quickly and making the most of the opportunities coming his way.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Jockey
Record
14 wins from 181 races
Win rate
7.7%
Best course
Gowran Park (10% from 10 races)
Best going
Soft (muddy)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this jockey's performance over the last 12 months
181
Races
14
Wins
7.7%
Win rate
avg ~10%
23.2%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full 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 Maurice Andrew Ahern, though that combination has yet to fully click — just 1 win from 26 rides together, which is roughly 1 in every 26, or about 4%. That kind of booking frequency tells you there is clearly a working relationship being built, even if the winners have been hard to come by in that pairing so far. Volume of rides with one yard at this stage of a career is worth more than it might look: it means a trainer believes in you enough to keep putting you up, and that trust tends to pay off over time.

The most intriguing detail in Pietropaolo's record so far is what happens when the rain arrives. On wet or muddy ground, he has won 2 from 15 races — a 13% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 7 or 8. That is meaningfully better than his overall average, and while 15 races is too small a sample to treat as gospel, it is the kind of pattern worth watching. Some jockeys just ride differently when the ground gets heavy — more patient, more decisive — and if Pietropaolo genuinely has an edge in those conditions, trainers will start to notice.

Fourteen winners from 181 races in your first year is not headline-grabbing, but it was never going to be. What matters at this point in a jockey's career is momentum, and Pietropaolo has it. A rising win rate, regular bookings, and a possible strength in testing conditions — there is enough here to suggest this is a career worth following from the ground floor.

📈 Form Trend

How this jockey's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Apr
0%
May
16.7%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
14.3%
Sep
10%
Oct
25%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
100%
Mar

🎯 Where This Jockey Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft (muddy)
Loves
Heavy (very wet)
Loves
Good to yielding
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Soft to heavy
Yielding
Avoids
Yielding to soft
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turning
Loves
Right-handed, tight
Loves
Right-handed, tight turning
Loves
Right-handed, undulating
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Ok
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Ok

🏇 Trainer Partnerships

The trainers they work with most, sorted by rides together
3.8%
Win rate
1/26
Won / Rode
15.8%
Win rate
3/19
Won / Rode
16.7%
Win rate
3/18
Won / Rode
12.5%
Win rate
2/16
Won / Rode
16.7%
Win rate
2/12
Won / Rode
10%
Win rate
1/10
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/10
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/7
Won / Rode
20%
Win rate
1/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
Michael Flannery
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this jockey
Form: 762-33
Form: 7853
Form: 233111
Form: 5-3331
Form: 43148
Form: 008-33
Form: 0565-2
Form: 7112-9
Form: 8075-6
Form: 00144-

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Dundalk 71 6 8.5%
The Curragh 16 0 0%
Cork 12 0 0%
Gowran Park 10 1 10%
Naas 9 0 0%
Killarney 8 1 12.5%
Galway 7 1 14.3%
Down Royal 7 0 0%
Navan 6 0 0%
Bellewstown 5 1 20%
Listowel 4 1 25%
Fairyhouse 4 0 0%
Leopardstown 4 0 0%
Punchestown 3 2 66.7%
Tipperary 3 0 0%
Roscommon 3 0 0%
Limerick 3 0 0%
Thurles 2 0 0%
Ballinrobe 1 1 100%
Tramore 1 0 0%
Doncaster 1 0 0%
Sligo 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
6 Mar
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
Won
20 Feb
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
2nd
20 Feb
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
3rd
13 Feb
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
3rd
13 Feb
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
8th
11 Feb
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
7th
11 Feb
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
6th
11 Feb
Dundalk · Long Distance (2m+) · Standard
2nd
11 Feb
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
7th
6 Feb
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
9th
6 Feb
Dundalk · Long Distance (2m+) · Standard
7th
30 Jan
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
4th
28 Jan
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
8th
23 Jan
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
7th
23 Jan
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
7th
23 Jan
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
6th
16 Jan
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
5th
16 Jan
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
13th
16 Jan
Dundalk · Long Distance (2m+) · Standard
9th
13 Jan
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
13th