Jockey Profile

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From Kilbeacanty, near Gort, County Galway, Ian McCarthy began his career in racing as an apprentice at RACE and was 19 years of age when he rode his first winner on Teffia Native, trained by legendary trainer, the late Dessie Hughes at Fairyhouse, June 17, 2007. He rode his first winner over hurdles on the Jarlath Fahey-trained Maca Rince at Thurles later in the same year.

Ian was a member of the victorious Irish team that beat Australia in the annual jockeys' challenge match in August, 2016, winning a chase on the Robert Smerdon-trained Hucknall at Morphettville on the final day of the series. 

Ian retired from racing during the 2021 Galway Festival, bowing out at his local track with over 80 career-winners to his name to concentrate on his County Kildare-based training, breaking, pre-training and horse-sale business.