Australia’s top jockey James McDonald cleaned up in the Flemington Melbourne Cup Carnival, riding the most winners out of any jockey (9) and winning the most Group 1s (4).

To the naked eye, those winning stats sound incredible, but how would the superstar hoop rate his own performance from the Cup Carnival and Spring Carnival?

Speaking on SENTrack’s The Odds Couple, J-Mac provided the rating.

“Not too bad. A pass mark, I would say,” admitted McDonald.

“We come away with a handful of winners, that was the main thing, but it is always lovely to (win) more, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

“We had a little bit of luck in certain races and no luck in others.”

When particularly homing in on one race that “frustrated” him, J-Mac exclaimed that he was very annoyed at the fact he didn’t win the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes.

McDonald rode St Gotthard, who was defeated by The Next Episode by 0.2 lengths. The star hoop explained he was confident they could win that three-year-old Group 1 and was left itching after the loss.

“The one that one really itched me was that bloody Coolmore,” said McDonald.

“I really thought I could win that, and we were just nabbed.

“That was frustrating, that one.”