James McDonald
Jockey record & statistics — 2015-06-10 to 2025-06-19, from a decade of UK & Irish racing data.
Over this period James McDonald has won 36 of 223 races (a 16.1% strike rate, an actual/expected ratio of 1.03 versus the market). Below is the full breakdown by course, going and recent form.
Record by course
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR |
| 82 | 6 | 7.3% |
| 37 | 10 | 27.0% |
| 25 | 3 | 12.0% |
| 13 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 11 | 3 | 27.3% |
| 10 | 1 | 10.0% |
Record by going
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR |
| 141 | 27 | 19.1% |
| 53 | 7 | 13.2% |
| 23 | 0 | 0.0% |
Most successful horses
| Horse | Runs | Wins | SR |
| 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
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Recent runs
| Date | Course | Horse | Finish | SP |
| 2025-06-19 | Ascot | Dubai Future (GB) | 3 | 29.0 |
| 2025-06-19 | Ascot | Divine Libra (IRE) | 5 | 15.0 |
| 2025-06-19 | Ascot | Sandal's Song (USA) | 3 | 10.0 |
| 2025-06-19 | Ascot | Tornado Alert (IRE) | 2 | 10.0 |
| 2025-06-19 | Ascot | Defence Minister (GB) | 15 | 34.0 |
| 2025-06-18 | Ascot | Blue Brother (FR) | 18 | 7.5 |
| 2025-06-18 | Ascot | Shine On Me (GB) | 6 | 101.0 |
| 2025-06-18 | Ascot | Crimson Advocate (USA) | 1 | 7.5 |
| 2025-06-17 | Ascot | Carl Spackler (IRE) | 6 | 8.5 |
| 2025-06-17 | Ascot | King's Gambit (IRE) | 3 | 5.0 |
| 2025-06-17 | Ascot | Aesterius (IRE) | 16 | 41.0 |
| 2025-06-17 | Ascot | Underwriter (FR) | 20 | 21.0 |
| 2025-03-09 | Canberra (AUS) | Tropic (AUS) | 8 | 14.0 |
| 2025-03-08 | Randwick (AUS) | I Am Me (AUS) | 3 | 2.6 |
| 2025-03-08 | Randwick (AUS) | Switzerland (AUS) | 6 | 4.8 |
| 2025-03-08 | Randwick (AUS) | Hinged (AUS) | 7 | 4.8 |
| 2025-03-08 | Randwick (AUS) | Wodeton (AUS) | 2 | 2.0 |
| 2025-03-08 | Randwick (AUS) | Yoshinobu (AUS) | 5 | 2.9 |
| 2025-03-08 | Randwick (AUS) | Tempted (AUS) | 1 | 2.9 |
| 2025-03-08 | Randwick (AUS) | Broadsiding (AUS) | 2 | 1.6 |
Data: official UK & Irish results, 2015-06-10–2025-06-19. Strike rate and ROI are historical and not a guarantee of future results. 18+ · BeGambleAware.