Adrian Maguire

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Adrian Maguire (born 29 April 1971 in Kilmessan,[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/maguire-must-wait-to-relieve-the-hurt-686833.html Longmore, Andrew. Maguire must wait to relieve the hurt. Independent. 11 March 2001.]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved 1 January 2009. County Meath, Ireland), is a racehorse trainer and former jockey.

Maguire began his career in Irish pony racing at the age of nine, in which he rode more than 200 winners.{{Cite web |url=http://www.racenewsonline.co.uk/newslink/archive/300/280300.htm |title=Racenews Newslink Archive: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 |access-date=January 1, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083900/http://www.racenewsonline.co.uk/newslink/archive/300/280300.htm |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead }} In 1990 he rode his first winner under rules, at Sligo, before his first victory in the United Kingdom a year later. In the 1993–1994 season he rode 194 winners but lost the jockeys' championship by a margin of three to Richard Dunwoody. Maguire won a total of 1,024 races in the UK[https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-maguire-resists-the-lure-to-ride-his-luck-one-last-time-615159.html Montgomery, Sue. Racing: Maguire resists the lure to ride his luck one last time. Independent. 29 October 2002.]{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Retrieved 30 December 2008. and has been described as "the greatest jump jockey never to end up as [British jump racing Champion Jockey]".[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/2368855.stm Lysaght, Cornelius. Right place, wrong time. BBC Sport. 28 October 2002.] Retrieved 30 December 2008.

He announced his retirement from race riding on 28 October 2002, at the age of 31,[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/2368487.stm BBC Sport: Maguire retires from racing]. Retrieved 30 December 2008. following a fall at Warwick in March in which he broke his neck and was lucky to avoid paralysis.[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2002/dec/23/horseracing.gregwood Wood, Greg. Interview: Adrian Maguire. Guardian. 23 December 2002.] Retrieved 30 December 2008. Maguire later became a racehorse trainer and is based in Lombardstown, County Cork.[http://www.thoroughbred-businessguide.com/Single_Result.asp?ID=3876 Thoroughbred Business Guide.com: MAGUIRE, Adrian] Retrieved 30 December 2008.

Maguire's nephew, Jason Maguire, is also a National Hunt jockey and won the 2011 Grand National on Ballabriggs.{{cite web |url= http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/meathsouth/articles/2011/04/09/4004220-kilmessan-jockey-wins-aintree-grand-national/|title= Kilmessan jockey wins Aintree Grand National|author= John Donohoe|date= 9 April 2011|publisher= Meath Chronicle|access-date=14 April 2011}}