Colm O'Donoghue

Colm O'Donoghue (born 13 November 1980, Buttevant, County Cork, Ireland) is a multiple Group 1 and Classic winning flat jockey, based at the Ballydoyle racing stables in Rosegreen, Cashel, County Tipperary.

Colm rode his first winner "My Lorraine" at Sligo in 1997. Less than a week later he partnered Theano to a surprise win in the valuable John Roary Memorial Handicap 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 June 2011 he won the Irish Derby at the Curragh Racecourse on the Aidan O'Brien trained Treasure Beach. This was his second European classic success following victory in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, which he won on Astronomer Royal in 2007.

In August 2011 he won the Shergar Cup at Ascot as a member of the victorious Irish Jockey's team, winning the 12 furlong Shergar Cup Classic race on "'Parlour Games'"; his first ride for Godolphin. In November he was nominated for an Outstanding Achievement Award by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI).

In January 2012 he was invited to represent Ireland in the Meydan Masters International jockeys challenge in Dubai and in March won the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Derby on Daddy Long Legs at the Dubai Carnival meeting.

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