Aine O'Connor

The youngest of four girls from Askeaton in County Limerick, she started riding at twelve years-old and was also a keen swimmer as a youngster.

She won the Class 2 Clarke Chase at Uttoxeter Harry Fry, and the 2017 Ladies National aboard Coldstonesober.

[7][8] She won the ladies’ handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse on New Year's Day 2020, winning on JP McManus-owned Spruced Up.

[9] In 2020, she won the Schiaparelli Willoughby De Broke Open Hunters' Chase on Minella Rocco.

[10] In January 2023, she won at Gowran Park on Goffs Thyestes Day where she rode Hands Of Gold to win the ladies’ maiden hurdle.