Liam O'Hara
Liam Stuart O’Hara was born on January 11, 1968, the son of former northern National Hunt jockey Johnny O’Hara.
Liam Stuart O’Hara was born on January 11, 1968, the son of former northern National Hunt jockey Johnny O’Hara.
Liam started out with Gordon W. Richards at Greystoke. The horse that got him going was Centre Attraction, on whom he won five chases in the 1988/89 season while still claiming 7lb. The last of those five wins was the Clyde Bridge Challenge Cup at Kelso on April 10, 1989.
Liam started out with Gordon W. Richards at Greystoke. The horse that got him going was Centre Attraction, on whom he won five chases in the 1988/89 season while still claiming 7lb. The last of those five wins was the Clyde Bridge Challenge Cup at Kelso on April 10, 1989.
He rode 10 winners in the 1989/90 season but increased his score to 24 in the 1990/91 campaign. Those two dozen victories included seven on Peter Monteith’s novice chaser Moment Of Truth, among them the Northumberland Gold Cup at Newcastle on December 29, 1990, and the Royal Highland Fusiliers Challenge Cup at Ayr on Scottish National day. Liam rode 100/1 outsider Joint Sovereignty in the 1991 Grand National, falling at the eleventh fence.
He rode 10 winners in the 1989/90 season but increased his score to 24 in the 1990/91 campaign. Those two dozen victories included seven on Peter Monteith’s novice chaser Moment Of Truth, among them the Northumberland Gold Cup at Newcastle on December 29, 1990, and the Royal Highland Fusiliers Challenge Cup at Ayr on Scottish National day. Liam rode 100/1 outsider Joint Sovereignty in the 1991 Grand National, falling at the eleventh fence.
His 1991/92 season was another successful one. It included three wins on Jumbo Wilkinson’s Armagret, culminating in an Arlington Premier Series Chase qualifier at Haydock on January 4, 1992; and a double at Perth’s April fixture on Linda Perratt’s pair of chasers Kirsty’s Boy and Silver Hello.
His 1991/92 season was another successful one. It included three wins on Jumbo Wilkinson’s Armagret, culminating in an Arlington Premier Series Chase qualifier at Haydock on January 4, 1992; and a double at Perth’s April fixture on Linda Perratt’s pair of chasers Kirsty’s Boy and Silver Hello.
Thereafter, however, Liam’s seasonal totals began to fall: seven in 92/93, six in 93/94, eleven in 94/95, ten in 95/96, two in 96/97, and just one in his final season of 97/98. That last win came on Somerby in the Centre Lites Novices Chase at Hexham on October 10 1998,
Thereafter, however, Liam’s seasonal totals began to fall: seven in 92/93, six in 93/94, eleven in 94/95, ten in 95/96, two in 96/97, and just one in his final season of 97/98. That last win came on Somerby in the Centre Lites Novices Chase at Hexham on October 10 1998,