MARK ZAHRA

  • Australia

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
1 of 10 17 Jun 2025 AST DOCKLANDS $15 4U OPEN G1 C1 1m $1,440,390 HARRY EUSTACE 1:41.39
7 of 8 14 Jun 2025 E FM BANKERS CHOICE $17 3U OPEN G2 2200m $1,200,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 2:15.44
5 of 14 14 Jun 2025 E FM GUMDROPS $60 3UFM OPEN G2 1300m $300,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:15.52
8 of 16 14 Jun 2025 E FM TORQUE TO BE SURE $15 2 OPEN G1 1600m $1,000,000 MATTHEW DUNN 1:34.93
9 of 16 07 Jun 2025 E FM COEUR VOLANTE $14 3UFM OPEN LR 1200m $160,000 BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1:10.80
2 of 17 07 Jun 2025 E FM KING OF THUNDER $11 3 OPEN G1 2400m $1,000,000 JOHN O'SHEA & TOM CHARLTON 2:31.33
3 of 18 07 Jun 2025 E FM BENAGIL $6 3F OPEN G1 2200m $700,000 GLEN THOMPSON 2:16.86
6 of 10 07 Jun 2025 E FM GIGA KICK $2.8 3U OPEN G1 1300m $1,000,000 CLAYTON DOUGLAS 1:16.26
6 of 18 07 Jun 2025 E FM WINNASEDGE $2 3 OPEN LR 1200m $200,000 NICK RYAN 1:10.56
5 of 12 07 Jun 2025 E FM ALL THAT PIZZAZZ $20 QLTY LR 1000m $160,000 TONY GOLLAN 0:58.07
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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
CIARON MAHER 2 11.8% 6 47.1% 17 $225,800 0 0 0 0 $0.32
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES 1 10.0% 2 30.0% 10 $142,900 0 0 0 0 $0.38
GLEN THOMPSON 1 14.3% 2 42.9% 7 $691,710 1 0 0 0 $0.44
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 1 16.7% 2 50.0% 6 $569,710 1 0 0 0 $1.83
NICK RYAN 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $32,950 0 0 0 0 $0.68
JOHN SADLER 1 33.3% 1 66.7% 3 $104,250 0 0 0 0 $1.83
JAMES CUMMINGS 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $37,100 0 0 0 0 $0.50
GAVIN BEDGGOOD 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $24,500 0 0 0 0 $0.90
HARRY EUSTACE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $830,378 1 0 0 0 $15.00
MATT LAURIE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $580,000 1 0 0 0 $3.40
ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $82,000 0 0 1 0 $1.85
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 0 0.0% 2 15.4% 13 $88,800 0 0 0 0 -
ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $17,000 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $21,250 0 0 0 0 -
TONY GOLLAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $4,000 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 44 20.1% 61 47.9% 219 $5,948,085 1 1 5 5 $0.99
CIARON MAHER & DAVID EUSTACE 41 16.1% 73 44.9% 254 $10,981,120 2 3 2 5 $0.75
ANTHONY & SAM FREEDMAN 36 16.8% 53 41.6% 214 $14,872,635 4 1 4 5 $0.89
ANTHONY FREEDMAN 28 19.6% 36 44.8% 143 $7,225,526 3 0 2 1 $0.85
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR 28 20.9% 32 44.8% 134 $5,120,603 4 1 3 4 $1.19
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 22 12.6% 43 37.4% 174 $925,770 0 0 1 1 $1.00
CLINTON MCDONALD 19 18.4% 27 44.7% 103 $681,655 0 0 0 0 $1.09

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 56 15.6% 82 38.5% 358 $15,602,103 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
2015/16 110 18.4% 167 46.4% 597 $5,995,266 1 2 3 8 $0.89
Overall 1490 13.1% 2520 22.1% 11401 $137,082,196 36 50 62 81 $0.70