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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 11 01 Nov 2025 FLEM LEICA LUCY $3.2 3UFM OPEN G1 1600m $1,000,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:34.42
1 of 16 01 Nov 2025 FLEM OBSERVER $1.45 3 OPEN G1 2500m $2,000,000 CIARON MAHER 2:37.28
1 of 12 01 Nov 2025 FLEM TENTYRIS $1.9 3 OPEN G1 1200m $2,000,000 ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 1:08.10
1 of 11 01 Nov 2025 FLEM WARNIE $4 OPEN G2 1400m $500,000 CIARON MAHER 1:21.62
1 of 9 01 Nov 2025 FLEM GETTA GOOD FEELING $0.6 3F OPEN G2 2000m $300,000 DANNY O'BRIEN 2:02.68
3 of 13 01 Nov 2025 FLEM BOSUSTOW $14 OPEN G3 1200m $240,000 ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 1:09.20
2 of 8 25 Oct 2025 M V BUCKAROO $15 3U OPEN G1 2040m $6,050,000 CHRIS WALLER 2:05.03
1 of 9 25 Oct 2025 M V OBSERVER $0.75 3 OPEN G2 2040m $408,000 CIARON MAHER 2:07.78
2 of 7 25 Oct 2025 M V KLABEL $25 3U OPEN G2 1200m $301,000 RICHARD & CHANTELLE JOLLY 1:09.91
4 of 9 25 Oct 2025 M V FUTURE HISTORY $3 3U QLTY G3 2040m $241,500 CIARON MAHER 2:04.85
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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 8 44.4% 3 61.1% 18 $1,592,050 1 0 0 1 $1.49
CIARON MAHER 5 25.0% 4 45.0% 20 $1,931,250 1 2 0 0 $0.66
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 3 25.0% 3 50.0% 12 $308,475 0 0 0 1 $1.64
MATT LAURIE 2 25.0% 3 62.5% 8 $377,245 0 0 0 1 $0.75
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1 10.0% 3 40.0% 10 $115,925 0 0 0 0 $0.48
RICHARD & CHANTELLE JOLLY 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 5 $104,800 0 0 0 0 $1.30
TONY GOLLAN 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $641,000 1 0 0 0 $5.00
TIM FITZSIMMONS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $19,250 0 0 0 0 $4.40
DANNY O'BRIEN 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $180,000 0 1 0 0 $1.60
BRIAN ELLISON 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $461,000 0 1 0 0 $4.20
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
CLAYTON DOUGLAS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $180,000 0 1 0 0 $7.00
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 4 100.0% 4 $999,800 0 0 0 0 -
TRENT BUSUTTIN & NATALIE YOUNG 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $9,500 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 43.5% 644 $4,278,495 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
CIARON MAHER 50 20.4% 67 47.8% 245 $7,986,835 2 3 5 5 $0.97
D & B HAYES & T DABERNIG 49 14.8% 87 41.0% 332 $6,778,691 1 7 2 4 $0.74
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 46 19.5% 57 43.6% 236 $16,641,785 5 1 5 6 $0.99
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 20.3% 37 45.3% 148 $5,298,128 4 1 3 4 $1.12
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
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 21 18.3% 31 45.2% 115 $3,090,875 0 2 0 4 $0.79

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 33 24.1% 38 51.8% 137 $8,083,665 3 5 1 4 $1.09
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 1523 13.2% 2558 22.2% 11538 $145,280,751 39 55 63 85 $0.80