{{Short description|Irish jockey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox horseracing personality | name = Jason Maguire | image = Jason Maguire.jpg | caption = Maguire riding Ubaltique in 2012 | occupation = Jockey | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|13|df=y}} | birth_place = County Meath, Ireland<ref name = "meath">{{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|work= |publisher= Meath Chronicle|accessdate=10 April 2011}}</ref> | death_date = | career wins = | race = Grand National (2011) | awards = | honours = | horses = | updated = 15 April 2011}}
'''Jason Maguire''' (born 13 April 1980)<ref>{{cite news|title=Many happy returns...|newspaper=Racing Post|location=London, UK|date=13 April 2013}}</ref> is a former horse racing jockey.
==Early life and career== Maguire is the nephew of another former jockey Adrian Maguire.<ref name ="meath"/> He won the 2011 Grand National on 14/1 shot Ballabriggs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/9451559.stm|title=Grand National: Ballabriggs powers to National win|author=Frank Keogh|date=9 April 2011|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=10 April 2011}}</ref> Following his Grand National win, Maguire received a five-day ban for excessive use of the whip, Ballabriggs having been driven so hard he required oxygen after the race.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/grand-national-winning-jockey-maguire-1696960|title="Grand National winning jockey Maguire handed five-day ban"|author=Dave Kidd |date= 10 April 2011|work= |publisher=Daily Mirror|accessdate=2 October 2020}}</ref>
==Retirement== On 5 May 2016 Maguire announced his retirement. His last ride was a fall in 2015.<ref name="Retirement">{{cite news|title=Jason Maguire confirms his retirement from racing|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2016/0505/786339-jason-maguire/|accessdate=3 April 2018|work=RTE.ie|date=5 May 2016|language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://steeplechasing.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/john-smiths-grand-national-factfile-ballabriggstrevor-hemmingsdon-mccainjason-maguire-gn2011/ John Smiths Grand National Factfile], steeplechasing.wordpress.com; accessed 16 March 2015.
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