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Contentious is a 7 year old bay mare. Contentious is trained by J R McIlroy, at Putaruru and owned by Miss J A O'Dowd, N H O'Dowd & Ms R P Stewart.
Contentious’s last race event was at 17/08/2022 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race.
Career form is wins, seconds, thirds from 1 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $0.
With a 0% Win Percentage and 0% Place Percentage. Contentious's last race event was at Cambridge.
Exposed form for its last starts is 0 .
Last Updated: 17/08/2022
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