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MARK ZAHRA

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Jockey: MARK ZAHRA after, Hawkshot winning the Autumn Stakes

Mark grew up near Perth and was apprenticed to Dean White with his first ride on dirt at Geraldton Racecourse in 1998.

After honing his skills in Western Australia, Zahra completed his apprenticeship with leading handlers Brian Cox and then Tony McEvoy.

His first G1 victory was on the Jim Conlan-trained Above Deck in the 2006 Doomben Cup.

He rode as a retained second jockey to Sheikh Mohammed Darley's operation in Melbourne behind Kerrin McEvoy for three-years.

Over the last 10 years he has established himself as one of Australia's leading riders and in the 2015/16 season registered his first century, ending the campaign with 110 wins in total.

He has ridden overseas in Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, New Zealand and Singapore before riding in the Shergar Cup of 2019.

First Runner  26 Dec 1998
Wail Spring (Aus)  
Geraldton (Wa)  |  Class 1 Handicap
First Win  01 Mar 1999
Winrosy (Aus)
Geraldton (Wa)  |  Class 3 Handicap
Best Horse :
SANTA ANA LANE  (Timeform Rating 128)
LOPE DE VEGA (IRE)  FAST FLEET (AUS)  [By FASTNET ROCK (AUS)]
First Group Win (G1):
ABOVE DECK  (20 May 2006)
BIANCONI (USA)  HAFLA (AUS)  [By AT TALAQ (USA)]

MARK ZAHRA's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
2 of 12 27 Sep 2025 SANH TRANSATLANTIC $1.6 QLTY G3 1500m $200,000 TONY GOLLAN 1:28.88
3 of 9 27 Sep 2025 SANH JUSTADEEL $3.4 3U BM84 1400m $130,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1:23.52
4 of 9 27 Sep 2025 SANH AL DUCA $4 3U BM78 1800m $130,000 ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1:49.81
5 of 10 26 Sep 2025 M V AMEENA $40 3U OPEN G1 1200m $2,000,000 ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1:10.01
2 of 6 26 Sep 2025 M V TREASURETHE MOMENT $0.5 OPEN G2 1600m $500,000 MATT LAURIE 1:35.88
8 of 11 26 Sep 2025 M V ESHA $1.3 3F OPEN G3 1200m $201,000 SHANE NICHOLS & HAYDEN BLACK 1:11.07
5 of 9 26 Sep 2025 M V VINROCK $0.65 3 OPEN G2 1600m $300,000 MATT LAURIE 1:37.15
1 of 10 26 Sep 2025 M V BEAST MODE $8 3U BM84 955m $130,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 0:55.17
2 of 8 26 Sep 2025 M V PRESTAR $2.3 3 OPEN 1200m $150,000 TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY 1:10.60
2 of 11 24 Sep 2025 SANH OBSERVER $2.1 3UCG BM66 1300m $50,000 CIARON MAHER 1:17.02
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 7 50.0% 1 57.1% 14 $376,350 0 0 1 0 $2.51
CIARON MAHER 3 20.0% 4 46.7% 15 $229,950 0 0 0 0 $0.84
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 2 12.5% 4 37.5% 16 $227,700 0 0 0 0 $0.79
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 2 18.2% 5 63.6% 11 $157,725 0 0 0 0 $0.60
MATT LAURIE 2 22.2% 4 66.7% 9 $260,245 0 0 0 1 $0.67
RICHARD & CHANTELLE JOLLY 2 33.3% 1 50.0% 6 $144,800 0 0 0 0 $1.72
HARRY EUSTACE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $830,378 1 0 0 0 $15.00
TIM FITZSIMMONS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $19,250 0 0 0 0 $4.40
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $107,095 0 0 0 1 $6.00
HENRY DWYER 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $27,500 0 0 0 0 $6.00
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $67,800 0 0 0 0 -
NICK RYAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $6,750 0 0 0 0 -
TONY GOLLAN 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $40,000 0 0 0 0 -
CLAYTON DOUGLAS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $12,000 0 0 0 0 -
MATTHEW DUNN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 $12,000 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
ROBERT SMERDON 152 16.0% 206 37.6% 951 $6,279,707 0 3 9 8 $0.85
PETER SNOWDEN 112 17.4% 168 43.6% 642 $4,264,995 0 2 6 5 $0.78
TONY MCEVOY 77 13.3% 131 35.8% 581 $2,170,555 0 0 0 0 $0.67
DARREN WEIR 58 18.3% 79 43.2% 317 $6,855,260 4 6 2 2 $0.78
MICHAEL MORONEY 57 14.0% 97 37.7% 408 $3,527,117 2 0 2 2 $0.86
D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG 49 14.8% 87 41.0% 332 $6,778,691 1 7 2 4 $0.74
CIARON MAHER 47 20.1% 65 47.9% 234 $6,178,035 1 1 5 5 $0.98
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 43 18.9% 54 42.7% 227 $15,248,985 4 1 5 5 $1.00
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 41 16.1% 73 44.9% 254 $10,981,120 2 3 2 5 $0.75
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 30 20.7% 37 46.2% 145 $5,278,328 4 1 3 4 $1.14
ANTHONY FREEDMAN 28 19.6% 36 44.8% 143 $7,225,526 3 0 2 1 $0.85
J T CONLAN 26 16.5% 41 42.4% 158 $1,243,400 1 1 1 1 $0.83
BRIAN COX 24 15.3% 37 38.9% 157 $211,630 0 0 0 0 $0.64
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 23 13.1% 43 37.7% 175 $1,033,255 0 0 1 2 $1.03
MATT LAURIE 21 29.2% 18 54.2% 72 $1,934,180 1 1 1 2 $1.67

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 21 22.8% 25 50.0% 92 $1,701,215 0 0 1 2 $1.08
2024/25 56 15.6% 82 38.5% 358 $15,716,993 6 4 7 6 $0.77
2023/24 54 15.5% 98 43.7% 348 $18,379,168 5 5 4 7 $0.73
2022/23 38 13.5% 79 41.6% 281 $15,866,363 3 5 3 3 $0.73
2021/22 32 17.0% 49 43.1% 188 $5,385,790 3 1 5 4 $0.98
2020/21 70 17.9% 101 43.7% 391 $10,214,290 3 2 4 11 $1.00
2019/20 51 13.6% 91 37.8% 376 $10,732,895 3 3 4 3 $0.74
2018/19 54 13.7% 106 40.7% 393 $8,084,625 2 5 3 3 $0.77
2017/18 67 16.7% 108 43.6% 401 $10,099,236 5 8 2 9 $0.81
2016/17 77 19.0% 94 42.2% 405 $6,433,251 1 5 7 2 $0.91
Overall 1511 13.1% 2545 22.1% 11493 $138,898,301 36 50 63 83 $0.70