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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 AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Jockey
Record
8 wins from 61 races
Win rate
13.1%
Best course
The Curragh (10% from 10 races)
Best going
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%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Jockey Breakdown
Auto-Generated

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 Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding (slightly soft)
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Soft (muddy)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
🏅 Competition 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

🏇 Trainer Partnerships

The trainers they work with most, sorted by rides together
20%
Win rate
4/20
Won / Rode
9.1%
Win rate
1/11
Won / Rode
22.2%
Win rate
2/9
Won / Rode
12.5%
Win rate
1/8
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this jockey
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, sorted by number of races
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