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The Coat Hanger is a 7 year old bay mare. The Coat Hanger is trained by Bevan Johnson, at Barcaldine and owned by J E Cairns & B P Mourilyan.
The Coat Hanger’s last race event was at 18/04/2026 and it has not been nominated for any upcoming race.
Career form is 3 wins, 3 seconds, 6 thirds from 50 starts with a lifetime career prize money of $107,825.
With a 6% Win Percentage and 24% Place Percentage. The Coat Hanger's last race event was at Blackall.
Exposed form for its last starts is 4-6-2-3-5.
Last Updated: 18/04/2026
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