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When Supreme Quest won the
extended three-mile novices' handicap hurdle at Uttoxeter
on April 1 2002, Jonjo achieved the distinction of becoming
the first person to win 100 races in a British season
as a jockey and a trainer.
Jonjo has held a dual-purpose licence since
1986 having renovated a run-down farm in Penrith. He succeeded
in sending out plenty of winners under both codes - including
Royal Ascot two-year-old winner Gypsy Fiddler in the Windsor
Castle Stakes. Having purchased Jackdaws Castle in 2001,
J. P. McManus agreed to let Jonjo rents the magnificent
training establishment set amid the Cotswold hills from
June 2001.
Many of his owners stayed with him and
all his staff uprooted to begin an exciting new chapter
in their careers - loyalty which says more about Jonjo
than any statistic ever could.
The team's first runner from their new
Gloucestershire base came 28 days later in a three-mile
novice chase at Stratford. Gladly, it was a winner and
he has never looked back.
In his first full season at Jackdaws Castle,
Jonjo propelled himself into fourth place in the trainers'
championship and sent out 114 winners for the first time,
where highlights included four winners at Aintree's Grand
National meeting. Securing his postion as one of the top race horse trainers.
In 2002/03, his runners earned well over
£1.5 million in total prize money for his owners.
There were three Cheltenham Festival winners - Sudden
Shock (National Hunt Chase), Spectroscope (Triumph Hurdle)
and Inching Closer (Pertemps Hurdle) - Mini Sensation
won the Welsh National, there were four more winners at
the Aintree Festival meeting and Quazar landed the Irish
Champion Hurdle at Punchestown.
Quality, care and
attention to detail are the most important things at Jackdaws
Castle, where the experienced team leave nothing to chance
in the pursuit of perfection.
In the 2007/8 season Jonjo sent out 106 winners, his runners earned well over £1,026,101.00 in prize money for his owners.
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Jonjo O'Neill
Born:
13 April 1952
Started Training:
1986
Based:
Jackdaws Castle
2007-08 winners: 106
Main jockeys: AP McCoy, Noel Fehily, Dominic Elsworth, Richard McGrath, Richie McLernon, Alan Berry.
Prize Money:
£1,230,101.00
Our big race winners: Albertas Run, All the Aces, Beachy Head, Black Jack Ketchum, Bolaney Boy, Butler's Cabin, Carbury Cross, Cherub, Clan Royal, Creon, Danny Connors, Don't Push It, Drombeag, Exotic Dancer, Front Line, Gipsy Fiddler, Hasty Prince, Intersky Falcon, Ivy House, Iris’s Gift, Keen Leader, Legal Right, Lingo, Master Tern, Native Emperor, Quazar, Radiation, Refinement, Rhinestone Cowboy, Rith Dubh, Slide of Hill, Sunnyhillboy, Two Miles West Theatrical, Moment, Vicario de Bray and Witchita Lineman |
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Iris’ Gift, owned by Robert Lester, ridden by Barry Geraghty winning the World Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival
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Isn’t That Lucky winning for Valda Burke ridden by Alan Berry.
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