Jessica Harrington

Still listed in the ‘Racing Post’ and elsewhere as ‘Mrs. John Harrington’, Jessica Harrington has officially been training, in one form or another, since taking over the permit from her late husband, Johnny – who died in 2014 after a long battle with cancer – in 1989. Based at Commonstown Stud in the small, rural village of Moone in the south of Co. Kildare, which is nevertheless within 15 miles of the Curragh, Jessica Harrington first attracted wider attention when saddling Oh So Grumpy, winner of the Grade 2 Galway Hurdle in July 1994.

Thereafter, Mrs. Harrington was responsible for a succession of top-class National Hunt horses, including the prolific Moscow Flyer, winner of the Arkle Challenge Trophy in 2002 and the Queen Mother Champion Chase twice, in 2003 and 2005, and Sizing John, winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2017. She is likewise no stranger to high-profile winners on the Flat, either. Career highlights on the level include no fewer than a dozen Group 1 wins, starting with Pathfork in the Vincent O’Brien National Stakes at the Curragh in September 2010 and ending with Magical Lagoon on the same course in July 2022. Mrs. Harrington also has a Classic success to her name, having won the Irish 1,000 Guineas, also at the Curragh, with Alpha Centauri in 2018.

 

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