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W T Martyn Profile

W T Martyn is a horse trainer based in Coonabarabran. W T Martyn has a win strike rate of 6% and a career ROI of -53.

W T Martyn Last 12 Months Racing Form

W T Martyn last 12 months's career form is 112 Starts, 6 wins, 11 seconds, 11 thirds.

W T Martyn has average win odds of 9 and an ROI of -54% over the last 12 months.

W T Martyn Current Season Racing Form

W T Martyn current season form is 80 Starts, 3 wins, 6 seconds, 7 thirds.

W T Martyn has average win odds of 10.43 and an ROI of -61% over the current season.

W T Martyn's overall Stats: Trainer Racing History

	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Win %	Place %	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Last 12 Months	112	6	11	11	5%	25%	8.58	-54
Current Season	80	3	6	7	4%	20%	10.43	-61

W T Martyn's Results: Trainer Racing History

Here is a list of tracks where W T Martyn has raced in the past 12 months and the current season. The list shows performance by W T Martyn across all tracks.

Past 12 months

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Armidale	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Barraba	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Bathurst	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Beaumont	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Binnaway	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Bourke	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.40	140%
Carinda	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Coonabarabran	12	1	3	1	8%	42%	$4.40	-63%
Coonamble	6	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Dubbo	10	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	-100%
Forbes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gilgandra	8	1	-	-	13%	13%	$8.50	6%
Gulargambone	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$6.00	200%
Gulgong	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Gunnedah	12	-	-	1	-	8%	$14.00	-100%
Lightning Ridge	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.20	120%
Mallawa	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mendooran	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Merriwa	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$7.00	250%
Moree	10	1	1	2	10%	40%	$21.00	110%
Mudgee	8	-	-	1	-	13%	$13.00	-100%
Muswellbrook	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Narrabri	4	-	1	1	-	50%	$2.20	-100%
Narromine	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Newcastle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nyngan	2	2	-	-	100%	100%	$7.90	690%
Orange	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Parkes	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Quirindi	2	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Randwick	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Scone	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tamworth	10	-	-	1	-	10%	$5.00	-100%
Tomingley	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$1.80	-10%
Tottenham	2	-	2	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Trangie	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Walgett	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Warren	10	-	-	1	-	10%	-	-100%
Warwick Farm	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Wellington	5	-	1	1	-	40%	-	-100%

This season

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Armidale	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Barraba	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Beaumont	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Binnaway	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Bourke	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.40	140%
Carinda	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Coonabarabran	9	-	2	1	-	33%	$4.40	-100%
Coonamble	3	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Dubbo	3	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	-100%
Forbes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gilgandra	8	1	-	-	13%	13%	$8.50	6%
Gulgong	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Gunnedah	12	-	-	1	-	8%	$14.00	-100%
Lightning Ridge	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.20	120%
Mallawa	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mendooran	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Moree	7	1	-	1	14%	29%	$21.00	200%
Mudgee	5	-	-	-	-	-	$13.00	-100%
Muswellbrook	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Narrabri	4	-	1	1	-	50%	$2.20	-100%
Newcastle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nyngan	2	2	-	-	100%	100%	$7.90	690%
Quirindi	2	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Randwick	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tamworth	5	-	-	1	-	20%	$5.00	-100%
Tomingley	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$1.80	-10%
Tottenham	2	-	2	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Walgett	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Warren	9	-	-	1	-	11%	-	-100%
Warwick Farm	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Wellington	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%

Here is a list of the top jockeys who have ridden for W T Martyn along with their stats over the last 12 months and the current season.

Past 12 months

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Rachel King	1	-	-	-	-	-	$9.00	-100%
Ms L G Henry	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.50	-100%
K Dunbar	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
G M Ryan	1	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
A Cavallo	2	-	-	-	-	-	$7.00	-100%
Kylee Kirkwood	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Travers	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Chau	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Vad Bolozhinskyi	1	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Ms A Threadwell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms R Murray	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.40	-100%
Ms S Clenton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Kody Nestor	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms B Hodder	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M A Cahill	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B El-Issa	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$3.90	30%
D Northey	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms M Weir	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C G O'Brien	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
J Pracey-Holmes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jamie Gibbons	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Adam Sewell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Deanne Panya	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Melanie Bolwell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Graham	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D A Jones	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Ms M Toms	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rasit Yetimova	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms S Young	3	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
Ms K Adams	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Snowden	1	-	-	-	-	-	$10.00	-100%
J Saiki	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.20	-100%
Katelyn Jenkinson	2	-	-	-	-	-	$2.40	-100%
A Banks	5	-	1	-	-	20%	-	-100%
T J Green	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms R Prest	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mr Ashley Boyd	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K Bell	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.20	-100%
Ms J Worley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms T Jeffries	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Chris C Williams	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Chloe Baker	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms E Webster-Hawes	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Chelsea Ings	33	-	4	2	-	18%	-	-100%
Tayla Lannstrom	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Pitomac	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Joshua Oliver	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Kehoe	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Alena Skerritt	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
R Dolan	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$4.20	320%
A Layt	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Yvette Lewis	2	-	-	-	-	-	$11.00	-100%
Ashley Morgan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Buckley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brooke Stower	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Squires	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tom Sherry	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms L Day	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms G Mc Donnell	4	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-100%
Angela Cooper	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ronald Simpson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Liam Blanch	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
C Waddell	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Dylan Stanley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jacob Golden	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Aaron Sweeney	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jenny Duggan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Elissa Meredith	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madeline Owen	4	-	-	-	-	-	$2.20	-100%
Jean Van Overmeire	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms W Costin	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jake Barrett	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$4.40	47%
Billy Cray	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Julia Presits	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$6.00	500%
A Bullock	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Clayton Gallagher	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
A B Collett	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Zara Lewis	8	3	3	2	38%	100%	$5.87	120%
Jai Williams	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Benjamin Osmond	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Coughlan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Dobie	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Scorse	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Lisnyy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C J Hillier	15	1	-	2	7%	20%	$21.00	40%
Emily Waters	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Breanna Pitt	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jett Stanley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
William Stanley	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Shayleigh Ingelse	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Matthew Palmer	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jayden Barrie	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Cobi Vitler	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Mc Lellan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
James Rogers	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Anna Roper	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Braith Nock	7	1	-	1	14%	29%	$8.50	21%
Zoe Hunt	12	-	2	2	-	33%	-	-100%
Mitch Stapleford	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Wendy Peel	4	-	1	1	-	50%	-	-100%

This season

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Rachel King	-	-	-	-	-	-	$7.00	8%
Ms L G Henry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Dunbar	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
G M Ryan	-	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
A Cavallo	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Kylee Kirkwood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Travers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Chau	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Vad Bolozhinskyi	1	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Ms A Threadwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms R Murray	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.40	-100%
Ms S Clenton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kody Nestor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms B Hodder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M A Cahill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B El-Issa	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.90	30%
D Northey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms M Weir	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C G O'Brien	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Pracey-Holmes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jamie Gibbons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Adam Sewell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Deanne Panya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Melanie Bolwell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Graham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D A Jones	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms M Toms	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rasit Yetimova	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms S Young	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	50%
Ms K Adams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Snowden	1	-	-	-	-	-	$10.00	-100%
J Saiki	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.20	10%
Katelyn Jenkinson	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.40	-100%
A Banks	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
T J Green	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms R Prest	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mr Ashley Boyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K Bell	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.20	-100%
Ms J Worley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms T Jeffries	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Chris C Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Chloe Baker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms E Webster-Hawes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Chelsea Ings	16	-	1	-	-	6%	-	-100%
Tayla Lannstrom	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Pitomac	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Joshua Oliver	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Kehoe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Alena Skerritt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Dolan	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	320%
A Layt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Yvette Lewis	-	-	-	-	-	-	$11.00	-100%
Ashley Morgan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Buckley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brooke Stower	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Squires	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tom Sherry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms L Day	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms G Mc Donnell	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-100%
Angela Cooper	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ronald Simpson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Liam Blanch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Waddell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Dylan Stanley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jacob Golden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Aaron Sweeney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jenny Duggan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Elissa Meredith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madeline Owen	3	-	-	-	-	-	$2.20	-100%
Jean Van Overmeire	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms W Costin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jake Barrett	1	-	-	-	-	-	$9.20	-100%
Billy Cray	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Julia Presits	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$6.00	500%
A Bullock	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Clayton Gallagher	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A B Collett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Zara Lewis	4	1	2	1	25%	100%	$1.80	-55%
Jai Williams	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Benjamin Osmond	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Coughlan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Dobie	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Scorse	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Lisnyy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C J Hillier	10	1	-	2	10%	30%	$21.00	110%
Emily Waters	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Breanna Pitt	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jett Stanley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
William Stanley	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Shayleigh Ingelse	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Matthew Palmer	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jayden Barrie	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Cobi Vitler	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Mc Lellan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
James Rogers	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Anna Roper	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Braith Nock	7	1	-	1	14%	29%	$8.50	21%
Zoe Hunt	12	-	2	2	-	33%	-	-100%
Mitch Stapleford	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Wendy Peel	4	-	1	1	-	50%	-	-100%

Here is a list of the next races and the most recent results for W T Martyn

May 2024

Intense Last Race: 19 May 2024, Parkes R3
6yoaG (Bay) I Am Invincible x Bikini Star

CAREER 30 2-5-1

EARNING $36,475

WIN 7

PLACE 27
On Another Level Last Race: 19 May 2024, Parkes R2
4yoaM (Bay) Highland Reel x Bring The Peace

CAREER 5 0-0-1

EARNING $1,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20
Cheeky Secrets Last Race: 12 May 2024, Mudgee R2
5yoaM (Bay) Into Mischief x Greer's Secret

CAREER 30 1-1-1

EARNING $38,325

WIN 3

PLACE 10
Felis Last Race: 12 May 2024, Mudgee R2
5yoaG (Bay) Star Witness x Cattonar

CAREER 22 1-1-4

EARNING $34,605

WIN 5

PLACE 27
Felis Last Race: 06 May 2024, Gunnedah R4
5yoaG (Bay) Star Witness x Cattonar

CAREER 22 1-1-4

EARNING $34,605

WIN 5

PLACE 27
The Hoff Last Race: 06 May 2024, Gunnedah R1
4yoaG (Bay) Bon Hoffa x Moti

CAREER 25 0-2-3

EARNING $18,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20
Intense Last Race: 04 May 2024, Binnaway R6
6yoaG (Bay) I Am Invincible x Bikini Star

CAREER 30 2-5-1

EARNING $36,475

WIN 7

PLACE 27
On Another Level Last Race: 04 May 2024, Binnaway R4
4yoaM (Bay) Highland Reel x Bring The Peace

CAREER 5 0-0-1

EARNING $1,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20

April 2024

Intense Last Race: 27 April 2024, Tomingley R6
6yoaG (Bay) I Am Invincible x Bikini Star

CAREER 30 2-5-1

EARNING $36,475

WIN 7

PLACE 27
Intense Last Race: 27 April 2024, Tomingley R6
6yoaG (Bay) I Am Invincible x Bikini Star

CAREER 30 2-5-1

EARNING $36,475

WIN 7

PLACE 27
On Another Level Last Race: 27 April 2024, Tomingley R3
4yoaM (Bay) Highland Reel x Bring The Peace

CAREER 5 0-0-1

EARNING $1,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20
On Another Level Last Race: 27 April 2024, Tomingley R3
4yoaM (Bay) Highland Reel x Bring The Peace

CAREER 5 0-0-1

EARNING $1,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20
Lostma Cowboy Last Race: 21 April 2024, Muswellbrook R7
4yoaG (Bay) Wandjina x Miss Sivivatu

CAREER 12 2-3-0

EARNING $50,825

WIN 17

PLACE 42
The Hoff Last Race: 20 April 2024, Warren R3
4yoaG (Bay) Bon Hoffa x Moti

CAREER 25 0-2-3

EARNING $18,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20
On Another Level Last Race: 20 April 2024, Warren R2
4yoaM (Bay) Highland Reel x Bring The Peace

CAREER 5 0-0-1

EARNING $1,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20
Felis Last Race: 20 April 2024, Warren R1
5yoaG (Bay) Star Witness x Cattonar

CAREER 22 1-1-4

EARNING $34,605

WIN 5

PLACE 27
Cheeky Secrets Last Race: 12 April 2024, Wellington R4
5yoaM (Bay) Into Mischief x Greer's Secret

CAREER 30 1-1-1

EARNING $38,325

WIN 3

PLACE 10
Lostma Cowboy Last Race: 07 April 2024, Dubbo R7
4yoaG (Bay) Wandjina x Miss Sivivatu

CAREER 12 2-3-0

EARNING $50,825

WIN 17

PLACE 42
The Hoff Last Race: 06 April 2024, Coonabarabran R5
4yoaG (Bay) Bon Hoffa x Moti

CAREER 25 0-2-3

EARNING $18,800

WIN 0

PLACE 20

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