Dylan Browne McMonagle
{{Short description|Irish jockey (born 2003)}}
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Dylan Browne McMonagle（born 6 March 2003){{cite web|url=https://www.theirishfield.ie/racing/racing-features/the-big-interview-dylan-browne-mcmonagle-810611|title=The big interview: Dylan Browne McMonagle|date=22 March 2024|work=The Irish Field|url-access=subscription}} is a Group 1 winning Irish jockey who competes in flat racing.
Background
Browne McMonagle was born in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. He rode on the pony racing circuit for his uncle Adrian Browne and secured 218 wins including the Dingle Derby. He was twice pony racing champion.{{cite web|url=https://www.theirishfield.ie/racing/racing-features/the-big-interview-dylan-browne-mcmonagle-810611|title=The big interview: Dylan Browne McMonagle|date=6 November 2021|work=The Irish Field}} He also won an All-Ireland boys' boxing championship.{{cite web|url=https://www.hri.ie/statistics/jockey/data/?jid=8174|title=Dylan Browne McMonagle|access-date=28 May 2024|work=Horse Racing Ireland}}
Racing career
Aged 16, Browne McMonagle was apprenticed to trainer Joseph Patrick O'Brien in 2019. He rode his first winner, Jumellea, on 9 October 2019 at Navan. In April 2021 he had his first ride in a Group race, winning the Group 3 Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan on 20/1 outsider Baron Samedi. He was champion Irish apprentice in 2021 with 48 winners, and also won an emerging talent award from Horse Racing Ireland.
He won his first Group 1 race on Al Riffa for Joseph O'Brien in the Vincent O'Brien National Stakes at the Curragh on 11 September 2022, a ride for which he won a Horse Racing Ireland flat achievement award. He retained his apprentice title with 49 winners in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.theirishfield.ie/racing/racing-columns/margie-mcloone-dylans-achievement-rewarded-739561|title=Dylan’s achievement rewarded|date=9 December 2022|work=The Irish Field}}{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/jockey/99727/dylan-browne-mcmonagle/stats|title=Dylan Browne McMonagle|access-date=28 May 2024|work=Racing Post}}
In 2023, his first season riding with a full professional licence, Browne McMonagle won two Group 3 races and a Group 2 race for Joseph O'Brien. He went to Australia during the winter and rode 11 winners there.{{cite web|url=https://www.racing.com/news/2024-01-02/news-jockeys-browne-mcmonagle-bids-melbourne-farewell|title=Browne McMonagle bids farewell|date=2 January 2024|work=Racing.com}} His first Royal Ascot winner was Uxmal, trained by Joseph O'Brien, in the 2024 Queen Alexandra Stakes.
Major wins
{{flagicon|Ireland}} Ireland
- Vincent O'Brien National Stakes - (2) - Al Riffa (2022), Scorthy Champ (2024)
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{{flagicon|France}} France
- Critérium de Saint-Cloud - (1) - Tennessee Stud (2024)
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{{flagicon|Germany}} Germany
- Grosser Preis von Berlin - (1) - Al Riffa (2024)