Dylan Browne McMonagle

Dylan Browne McMonagle（born 6 March 2003) is a multiple Group 1-winning Irish jockey who competes in flat racing. He was the 2025 Irish Champion Jockey.

Background Dylan Browne McMonagle was born on 6 March 2003 in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. He rode on the pony racing circuit for his uncle Adrian Browne and secured 218 wins including the Dingle Derby. He was twice pony racing champion. He also won an All-Ireland boys' boxing championship.

Racing career Aged 16, Browne McMonagle was apprenticed to trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien in 2019. He rode his first winner, Jumellea, on 9 October 2019 at Navan. In April 2021 he had his first ride in a Group race, winning the Group 3 Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan on 20/1 outsider Baron Samedi. He was champion Irish apprentice in 2021 with 48 winners, and also won an emerging talent award from Horse Racing Ireland. In 2023, his first season riding with a full professional licence, Browne McMonagle won two Group 3 races and a Group 2 race for Joseph O'Brien. His first Royal Ascot winner was Uxmal, trained by Joseph O'Brien, in the 2024 Queen Alexandra Stakes. On 1 November 2025, he won the Breeders' Cup Turf on Ethical Diamond, trained by Willie Mullins, at odds of 20/1. He secured an invitation to ride in Hong Kong for three months from January to March 2026.

In 2026, Browne McMonagle won his first British Classic with a last-to-first, hands and heels ride on Thundering On for Joseph O'Brien in the Oaks.

Major wins Ireland Irish Oaks - (1) - Johanna Walsh (2026) Irish St. Leger - (1) - Al Riffa (2025) Vincent O'Brien National Stakes - (2) - Al Riffa (2022), Scorthy Champ (2024)

France Critérium de Saint-Cloud - (1) - Tennessee Stud (2024)

Germany Grosser Preis von Berlin - (1) - Al Riffa (2024)

Great Britain Epsom Oaks - (1) - Thundering On (2026)

United States Breeders' Cup Turf - (1) - Ethical Diamond (2025)