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JOHN BLACKER

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Nuclear Free winning the Chiva-Som - Tristarc Stks

John Blacker has earned his reputation as one of Tasmania’s top trainers with over 30 years experience.

Blacker has won the Tasmanian trainers premiership on multiples occasions along with most of Tasmania’s Premier Races.

In 2006, Blacker won the Group 2 Tristarc Stakes with Nuclear Freeze and has had success in taking Tasmanian horses to Melbourne over the years.

Best Horse :
NOVA CLAUSE  (Timeform Rating 107)
WEASEL CLAUSE (AUS)  NOVEMBER FLOWER (AUS)  [By ST. BRIAVELS (GB)]
First Group Win (G2):
NUCLEAR FREE  (21 Oct 2006)
GEIGER COUNTER (USA)  FORGETFUL (NZ)  [By DON'T FORGE (AUS)]

JOHN BLACKER's Career

Latest Runners

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM USD $ Jockey Time
8 of 11 14 Dec 2025 ELWK RUBBLE 'N' FUDD 7/1 CL4 6 f $18937 KELVIN SANDERSON 1:13.16
10 of 11 14 Dec 2025 ELWK ARAYA SUNSHINE 50/1 CL4 6 f $18937 LAUREN BURKE 1:13.16
1 of 8 14 Dec 2025 ELWK PRESS FOR BOOM 10/11 QLTY 5 ½ f $32650 ERICA BYRNE BURKE 1:06.00
6 of 8 14 Dec 2025 ELWK PEROLA 9/1 QLTY 5 ½ f $32650 TROY BAKER 1:06.00
4 of 8 14 Dec 2025 ELWK ZEWINNA 60/1 QLTY 5 ½ f $32650 LAUREN BURKE 1:06.00
6 of 8 14 Dec 2025 ELWK STARDARMUS 5/1 BM68 7 f $16325 ERICA BYRNE BURKE 1:26.12
7 of 8 14 Dec 2025 ELWK CAPTAIN CAM 25/1 BM68 7 f $16325 LAUREN BURKE 1:26.12
9 of 10 14 Dec 2025 ELWK AL MAXIMUS 9/2 BM60 1 ⁵⁄₁₆ m $13060 LAUREN BURKE 2:15.54
1 of 7 14 Dec 2025 ELWK GEORGARONI 1/2 CL4 1 m $18937 DAVID PIRES 1:38.11
8 of 8 14 Dec 2025 ELWK PLAYED STRONG 4/1 CL1 7 f $16978 LAUREN BURKE 1:26.80
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Jockey Statistics

Last 100 Rides
Career
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
ERICA BYRNE BURKE 3 15.8% 3 31.6% 19 $84,555 0 0 0 0 $0.38
JABEZ JOHNSTONE 2 33.3% 2 66.7% 6 $46,895 0 0 0 0 $0.88
DAVID PIRES 1 6.3% 1 12.5% 16 $27,430 0 0 0 0 $0.16
LAUREN BURKE 1 6.7% 2 20.0% 15 $24,945 0 0 0 0 $0.80
JACKSON RADLEY 0 0.0% 4 44.4% 9 $16,350 0 0 0 0 -
KELVIN SANDERSON 0 0.0% 1 12.5% 8 $6,620 0 0 0 0 -
TROY BAKER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 $4,900 0 0 0 0 -
SAM KENNEDY 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $8,335 0 0 0 0 -
BULENT MUHCU 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $9,470 0 0 0 0 -
CRAIG NEWITT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $250 0 0 0 0 -
CATHERINE VAN MUNSTER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $2,385 0 0 0 0 -
CHLOE WELLS 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $760 0 0 0 0 -
ANTHONY DARMANIN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $520 0 0 0 0 -
SHAYLEIGH INGELSE 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 1 $2,500 0 0 0 0 -
Jockey Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MS J SNELL 128 14.2% 213 37.8% 902 $1,382,165 0 0 0 2 $0.73
KELVIN SANDERSON 109 13.3% 218 39.8% 822 $1,346,504 0 0 1 3 $0.73
BRENDON MCCOULL 76 19.0% 124 50.0% 400 $878,917 0 0 0 2 $0.68
CRAIG NEWITT 73 16.6% 114 42.4% 441 $1,565,041 0 0 0 3 $0.86
STEPHEN MASKIELL 70 20.2% 117 54.0% 346 $749,209 0 0 0 2 $0.80
JACKSON RADLEY 66 11.3% 139 35.0% 585 $1,831,025 0 0 0 0 $0.80
SIGRID M CARR 55 11.1% 106 32.6% 494 $1,708,198 0 0 1 1 $0.74
SIMON SNELL 54 17.5% 72 40.8% 309 $468,896 0 0 0 2 $0.93
K DODGE 50 11.4% 96 33.2% 440 $484,825 0 0 0 0 $0.67
L GOODRICK 39 10.5% 88 34.1% 372 $311,814 0 0 0 1 $0.65
BULENT MUHCU 31 9.8% 77 34.1% 317 $726,563 0 0 0 0 $0.51
GEORGIE CATANIA 30 7.5% 81 27.8% 399 $512,002 0 0 0 0 $0.64
KYLE MASKIELL 25 21.6% 29 46.6% 116 $491,575 0 0 0 2 $1.07
HAYLEY MCCARTHY 24 11.7% 42 32.2% 205 $464,660 0 0 0 0 $0.75
ISMAIL TOKER 23 10.6% 51 34.3% 216 $502,093 0 0 0 0 $0.95

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Runners PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 25 9.3% 43 25.4% 268 $649,880 0 0 0 0 $0.50
2024/25 82 10.2% 167 30.9% 807 $2,293,665 0 0 0 0 $0.75
2023/24 68 8.8% 157 29.1% 773 $2,117,170 0 0 0 2 $0.76
2022/23 59 10.2% 120 30.8% 581 $1,725,847 0 0 0 0 $0.74
2021/22 30 7.4% 92 30.2% 404 $899,626 0 0 0 0 $0.65
2020/21 26 8.0% 60 26.6% 323 $859,805 0 0 1 2 $0.61
2019/20 30 8.5% 89 33.7% 353 $835,077 0 0 0 1 $0.51
2018/19 40 9.2% 89 29.7% 435 $943,380 0 0 0 1 $0.56
2017/18 44 12.6% 60 29.8% 349 $784,063 0 0 0 0 $0.72
2016/17 42 10.2% 72 27.7% 411 $701,599 0 0 0 0 $0.72
Overall 1337 10.9% 2736 22.3% 12279 $22,342,764 0 1 2 21 $0.70