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JAMES MCDONALD

  • New Zealand

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 :
NATURE STRIP (Timeform Rating 131)
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
4 of 10 27 Mar 2024 RAWT AWESOME WONDER $11 3U BM78 1800m $60,000 JOHN O'SHEA 1:49.54
7 of 10 27 Mar 2024 RAWT ADMONISH $9.5 3UFM BM72 1150m $60,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:06.70
5 of 8 27 Mar 2024 RAWT ABLE WILLIE $3.0 3U BM78 1150m $60,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:06.18
3 of 10 27 Mar 2024 RAWT MAKENA $5.0 3 BM72 1400m $60,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:22.64
5 of 10 27 Mar 2024 RAWT USEAPIN $3.8 2F OPEN 1100m $60,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:03.23
3 of 8 27 Mar 2024 RAWT MISS REILLY $4.5 MDN 1300m $100,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:16.35
2 of 8 27 Mar 2024 RAWT IMPERIAL FORCE $1.8 2CG OPEN 1100m $60,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:03.05
8 of 14 24 Mar 2024 SHAT SINBA $7.5 RST80-60 C3 1400m $365,422 A S CRUZ 1:21.57
2 of 13 24 Mar 2024 SHAT C P BRAVE $4.5 RST85-60 C3 1800m $402,750 P F YIU 1:47.22
9 of 14 24 Mar 2024 SHAT HELENE FEELING $12 OPEN 2000m $5,108,055 DANNY SHUM 1:59.85

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 14 26.4% 16 56.6% 53 $3,090,900 2 3 1 0 $1.00
JAMES CUMMINGS 2 22.2% 2 44.4% 9 $224,650 0 0 0 0 $0.73
DANNY SHUM 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $1,464,961 1 0 0 0 $0.40
JOHN SIZE 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $232,298 0 0 0 0 $1.27
P F YIU 1 33.3% 2 100.0% 3 $235,431 0 0 0 0 $2.27
PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $185,250 0 1 0 0 $2.00
G WATERHOUSE & A BOTT 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $172,000 0 1 0 0 $1.17
JOHN O'SHEA 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $43,475 0 0 0 0 -
CIARON MAHER 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $25,000 0 0 0 0 -
JAMIE RICHARDS 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $50,570 0 0 0 0 -
DAVID A HAYES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
A S CRUZ 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $134,853 0 0 0 0 -
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $22,250 0 0 0 0 -
M, W & J HAWKES 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 $32,150 0 0 0 0 -
DAVID HALL 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 $26,434 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CHRIS WALLER 390 20.7% 544 49.6% 1884 $79,305,144 34 29 32 18 $0.90
JOHN O'SHEA 231 20.5% 335 50.2% 1127 $24,235,846 9 17 25 15 $0.82
JAMES CUMMINGS 109 25.2% 133 56.0% 432 $26,145,255 13 11 9 5 $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
MARK WALKER 52 17.7% 82 45.6% 294 $954,475 0 2 1 3 $0.81
PETER & PAUL SNOWDEN 52 25.7% 55 53.0% 202 $9,340,460 2 6 8 7 $1.25
GRAEME & DEBBIE ROGERSON 40 24.4% 41 49.4% 164 $1,359,619 2 1 3 3 $1.18
J G SARGENT 39 24.7% 43 51.9% 158 $862,340 0 0 0 0 $0.84
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
BJORN BAKER 35 24.5% 44 55.2% 143 $2,122,310 0 0 2 0 $0.95
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
MS GAI WATERHOUSE 21 24.4% 24 52.3% 86 $3,213,770 1 0 1 0 $0.84

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2023/24 95 20.6% 123 47.3% 461 $40,727,185 12 7 3 6 $0.77
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 $18,705,637 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
2014/15 155 21.1% 217 50.8% 733 $14,029,342 6 5 11 8 $1.02
Overall 2120 18.8% 3090 27.4% 11294 $252,970,355 91 107 128 89 $0.90

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