Colm O'Donoghue

Colm O'Donoghue (born 13 November 1980) is an Irish jockey. For most of his career, he was based at the Ballydoyle racing stables in Rosegreen, Cashel, County Tipperary. at the Curragh on Derby Day, one of the most competitive handicaps of the season. Other trainers began to use him on a regular basis and in October 1999, he partnered Zelden to success in the Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap final at the Curragh. Since then he has won numerous listed, group and other major races in Ireland including the Phoenix Stakes, Noblesse Stakes, Greenlands Stakes, Round Tower Stakes, Debutante Stakes, Ulster Derby, the Irish Cesarewich and the McDonagh Handicap at the Galway Festival.

In 2011, O'Donoghue rode the Aidan O'Brien trained Treasure Beach in The Derby, finishing second by a head. Mick Kinane described O'Donoghue's performance on the horse as the best ride in the race. He then won the Irish Derby at the Curragh Racecourse on the same horse. He rode his first Royal Ascot winner, Sword fighter, for Aidan O'Brien in the Queen's Vase in 2016. By the following month, it had been announced that O'Donoghue would be used by the new training partnership of John Oxx and Patrick Prendergast.

Major wins

Irish 1,000 Guineas – (1) – Alpha Centauri (2018) Irish Derby – (1) – Treasure Beach (2011) Irish Oaks – (1) – Bracelet (2014) Phoenix Stakes – (1) – Spartacus (2002)

Great Britain Coronation Stakes – (1) – Alpha Centauri (2018) Epsom Oaks – (1) – Qualify (2015) Falmouth Stakes – (1) – Alpha Centauri (2018) Yorkshire Oaks – (1) – Seventh Heaven (2016)

Secretariat Stakes – (1) – Treasure Beach (2011) Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes – (1) – Together (2011)

Critérium International – (1) – Jan Vermeer (2009) Poule d'Essai des Poulains – (1) – Astronomer Royal (2007) Prix Jacques Le Marois – (1) – Alpha Centauri (2018)

Copa Republica Argentina – (1) – Perform A Promise (2018)

McDowell's Indian Derby – (1)–- Diabolical (2007) Indian 1,000 Guineas – (2) – Desert Lightning (2005) Sweeping Success (2007) Indian Oaks – (1) – Sweeping Success (2008) Indian 2,000 Guineas – (1) – Burbon King (2007) Royal Western Indian Turf Invitation Cup - (1) - Southern Empire (2007) Ever Ready Calcutta Derby – (1) – Moon Forrest (2007) Calcutta 2,000 Guineas – (1) – Star Team (2007) Calcutta Oaks – (1) – Classic Sky (2007) Bangalore 1,000 Guineas – (1) – Star Luminary (2006) Poonawalla Bangalore Derby – (3) – Star Luminary (2007) The Colts Championship Stakes (Gr.1) – (1) – Phoenix Tiger (2015)

UAE Derby – (1) – Daddy Long Legs (2012)

Canadian International – (1) – Joshua Tree (2012)