Search

MICHAEL WALKER

  • New Zealand

Hailing from New Zealand, Michael Walker is a regular at Melbourne's Metropolitan tracks, riding for some of the leading stables in Victoria.

With two Group 1 New Zealand Derbies to his name, the natural lightweight jockey has continued to have success at the top level, claiming his first Australian Group 1 winner aboard Danestorm in the 2004 Brisbane Cup.

Riding regularly for stables such as Hayes & Dabernig, in 2014/15 Walker rode an impressive 132 winners for the season also claiming Group 1 victories on Criterion in the Caulfield Stakes and Spillway in the Australia Cup.

Best Horse :
CRITERION (Timeform Rating 127)
First Group Win (G1):
SMILING LIKE (27 Jan 2001)
STAR WAY (GB)  EUSTACI (NZ)  [By SIR TRISTRAM (IRE)]

MICHAEL WALKER's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
11 of 14 30 Jul 2022 M V POYSED TO REIN $13 BM70 1200m $75,000 ANDREW BOBBIN 1:13.64
5 of 13 30 Jul 2022 M V IRISH FLAME $81 BM100 1600m $130,000 BRETT SCOTT 1:39.99
6 of 11 28 Jul 2022 PAKS NATIVE GIRL $8.5 2U BM64 1600m $35,000 CHARLOTTE LITTLEFIELD 1:37.82
2 of 11 28 Jul 2022 PAKS ALMIGHTY WILL $6.5 2U BM64 1400m $35,000 LIAM HOWLEY 1:25.36
1 of 12 28 Jul 2022 PAKS BELLSPROUT $9.0 2U MDN 1400m $35,000 CINDY ALDERSON 1:24.79
7 of 9 26 Jul 2022 BDLE DONALD WHO $13 3U MDN 2200m $25,000 MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 2:25.20
6 of 11 26 Jul 2022 BDLE BOWALI $26 MDN 1200m $25,000 SIMON LEE 1:15.39
5 of 13 24 Jul 2022 SALE THE CRUSHA $13 2U BM64 1400m $35,000 MARK WEBB 1:24.68
1 of 9 24 Jul 2022 SALE PURE DEAL $4.5 3U BM64 2200m $35,000 S B LAMING 2:19.99
3 of 13 24 Jul 2022 SALE RHYTHMIC DRAGON $6.5 2U MDN 1717m $35,000 LIAM HOWLEY 1:46.34

Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
CINDY ALDERSON 5 21.7% 5 43.5% 23 $154,250 0 0 0 0 $1.22
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 2 13.3% 4 40.0% 15 $54,760 0 0 0 0 $0.38
CHARLOTTE LITTLEFIELD 1 14.3% 0 14.3% 7 $17,450 0 0 0 0 $0.30
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 1 16.7% 1 33.3% 6 $21,150 0 0 0 0 $0.83
SUSIE WELLS 1 25.0% 0 25.0% 4 $15,550 0 0 0 0 $1.06
S B LAMING 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $19,250 0 0 0 0 $4.40
REBECCA KELLY 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $13,750 0 0 0 0 $2.40
LIAM HOWLEY 0 0.0% 3 60.0% 5 $20,000 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4 $11,500 0 0 0 0 -
PATRICK KEANE 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $3,150 0 0 0 0 -
CHARLIE GAFA 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,450 0 0 0 0 -
R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,500 0 0 0 0 -
LUKE OLIVER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,325 0 0 0 0 -
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 2 $6,250 0 0 0 0 -
CRAIG BLACKSHAW 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $700 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
D HAYES & T DABERNIG 116 17.8% 175 44.6% 652 $6,362,769 2 2 1 4 $0.84
MARK WALKER 113 19.8% 162 48.1% 572 $1,859,518 3 3 1 6 $0.60
ALLAN SHARROCK 99 17.6% 144 43.1% 564 $913,253 2 0 0 0 $0.44
NIGEL BLACKISTON 72 14.8% 109 37.3% 485 $1,989,277 0 0 0 2 $1.09
MICK PRICE 54 15.9% 75 38.1% 339 $2,845,138 1 0 0 3 $1.01
JOHN WHEELER 43 14.1% 76 39.1% 304 $441,438 0 0 0 2 $0.37
D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG 40 16.9% 49 37.7% 236 $2,755,768 1 1 0 1 $1.21
CHRIS WALLER 38 12.7% 73 37.0% 300 $4,625,173 1 4 3 0 $0.72
MICHAEL MORONEY & ANDREW CLARKEN 32 13.7% 37 29.6% 233 $165,529 0 0 0 0 $0.29
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 32 16.6% 59 47.2% 193 $1,911,102 1 1 0 1 $0.80
DAVID A HAYES 30 14.9% 53 41.1% 202 $1,075,305 0 0 0 2 $0.90
GRAEME ROGERSON 30 17.5% 30 35.1% 171 $521,148 1 0 1 1 $0.86
GRAEME ROGERSON & STEPHEN AUTRIDGE 25 11.0% 52 33.9% 227 $435,983 1 1 2 3 $0.22
PAUL HARRIS 24 13.0% 43 36.2% 185 $180,169 0 0 0 1 $0.28
DAVID HAWORTH 23 33.8% 17 58.8% 68 $167,582 0 0 0 0 $1.25

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2021/22 12 12.9% 15 29.0% 93 $356,950 0 0 0 0 $0.56
2020/21 52 12.3% 99 35.6% 424 $3,619,980 1 2 0 3 $0.67
2019/20 54 13.0% 90 34.7% 415 $5,652,240 2 1 3 0 $0.77
2018/19 66 11.1% 144 35.2% 597 $5,828,546 0 3 4 2 $0.74
2017/18 81 13.0% 126 33.1% 625 $7,761,445 3 5 1 5 $1.08
2016/17 47 13.0% 74 33.4% 362 $1,769,928 0 0 1 1 $1.17
2015/16 80 15.0% 121 37.7% 533 $4,287,225 1 1 1 3 $0.83
2014/15 132 16.8% 212 43.7% 787 $4,745,740 1 1 1 2 $1.12
2013/14 67 11.7% 123 33.3% 571 $2,835,443 1 2 1 3 $0.82
2012/13 89 12.2% 142 31.7% 728 $2,749,326 0 0 1 3 $0.79
Overall 2035 13.1% 3372 21.6% 15581 $60,396,296 25 27 34 62 $0.60