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M Ellerton & S Zahra Trainer

M Ellerton & S Zahra Profile

M Ellerton & S Zahra is a horse trainer based in Flemington. M Ellerton & S Zahra has a win strike rate of 12% and a career ROI of -24.

M Ellerton & S Zahra Last 12 Months Racing Form

M Ellerton & S Zahra last 12 months's career form is 215 Starts, 26 wins, 24 seconds, 23 thirds.

M Ellerton & S Zahra has average win odds of 6 and an ROI of -23% over the last 12 months.

M Ellerton & S Zahra Current Season Racing Form

M Ellerton & S Zahra current season form is Starts, wins, seconds, thirds.

M Ellerton & S Zahra has average win odds of 6.25 and an ROI of -32% over the current season.

M Ellerton & S Zahra's overall Stats: Trainer Racing History

	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Win %	Place %	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Last 12 Months	215	26	24	23	12%	34%	6.35	-23
Current Season					%	%	6.25	-32

M Ellerton & S Zahra's Results: Trainer Racing History

Here is a list of tracks where M Ellerton & S Zahra has raced in the past 12 months and the current season. The list shows performance by M Ellerton & S Zahra across all tracks.

Past 12 months

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Ararat	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$4.20	-100%
Avoca	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.50	150%
Bairnsdale	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ballarat	12	1	-	3	8%	33%	$4.40	-63%
Ballarat Synthetic	1	-	-	-	-	-	$1.65	-100%
Benalla	7	-	-	1	-	14%	$6.50	-100%
Bendigo	26	2	4	3	8%	35%	$7.67	-41%
Caulfield	19	4	-	2	21%	32%	$9.13	92%
Colac	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.00	400%
Cranbourne	19	4	2	1	21%	37%	$6.17	30%
Donald	2	-	1	-	-	50%	$2.60	-100%
Doomben	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Eagle Farm	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Echuca	12	1	2	1	8%	33%	$11.00	-8%
Flemington	12	1	2	1	8%	33%	$10.00	-17%
Geelong	22	4	3	4	18%	50%	$5.38	-2%
Geelong Synthetic	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.30	-100%
Hamilton	3	-	2	-	-	67%	-	-100%
Hanging Rock	3	-	1	-	-	33%	-	-100%
Hobart	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Kilmore	11	2	-	-	18%	18%	$3.40	-38%
Kyneton	14	1	2	2	7%	36%	$2.00	-86%
Launceston	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Moe	4	1	1	-	25%	50%	$5.50	38%
Moonee Valley	5	-	1	-	-	20%	$2.60	-100%
Mornington	11	2	-	1	18%	27%	$2.95	-46%
Morphettville	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$5.50	-100%
Morphettville Parks	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$14.00	1300%
Pakenham	4	-	-	-	-	-	$2.50	-100%
Pakenham Synthetic	3	-	1	1	-	67%	$3.80	-100%
Randwick	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rosehill	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Sale	6	-	1	3	-	67%	$2.90	-100%
Sandown-Hillside	2	-	-	-	-	-	$4.40	-100%
Sandown-Lakeside	10	1	-	-	10%	10%	$5.00	-50%
Seymour	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.10	-100%
Stawell	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$3.10	210%
Stony Creek	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Swan Hill	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$2.70	-100%
Tatura	2	-	-	-	-	-	$2.50	-100%
Terang	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$12.00	1100%
Wangaratta	6	-	2	-	-	33%	$2.50	-100%
Warracknabeal	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Warrnambool	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.60	-100%
Werribee	5	1	-	1	20%	40%	$2.80	-44%
Wodonga	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$1.30	-35%
Yarra Glen	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-100%

This season

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Avoca	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.50	150%
Bairnsdale	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Benalla	7	-	-	1	-	14%	$4.20	-100%
Colac	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.00	400%
Doomben	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Hamilton	3	-	2	-	-	67%	-	-100%
Hanging Rock	3	-	1	-	-	33%	-	-100%
Hobart	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Kilmore	11	2	-	-	18%	18%	$3.40	-38%
Kyneton	14	1	2	2	7%	36%	$2.00	-86%
Launceston	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mornington	11	2	-	1	18%	27%	$2.95	-46%
Pakenham	4	-	-	-	-	-	$9.25	-100%
Stony Creek	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tatura	2	-	-	-	-	-	$2.50	-100%
Terang	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$12.00	1100%
Wangaratta	6	-	2	-	-	33%	$2.50	-100%

Here is a list of the top jockeys who have ridden for M Ellerton & S Zahra 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
Damian Lane	65	16	7	6	25%	45%	$6.15	51%
Chris Symons	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	-100%
Katelyn Mallyon	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.50	-100%
A Mallyon	1	-	-	-	-	-	$11.00	-100%
Mr Ben Thompson	1	-	-	-	-	-	$8.50	-100%
J Mott	2	-	-	-	-	-	$2.15	-100%
D Dunn	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.00	-100%
Craig Williams	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.20	-100%
Liam Riordan	22	2	2	1	9%	23%	$8.30	-25%
M J Dee	4	-	1	-	-	25%	$2.70	-100%
Jordan Childs	1	-	-	-	-	-	$26.00	-100%
B Melham	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Tahlia Hope	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Baster	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.30	-100%
Ms L J Meech	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.00	-100%
S R King	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Moor	40	3	2	7	8%	30%	$5.90	-56%
Ben Allen	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Patrick Moloney	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Damien Thornton	50	5	5	6	10%	32%	$6.48	-35%
Thomas Sadler	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jordan Turner	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Regan Bayliss	1	-	-	-	-	-	$5.50	-100%
Dylan Dunn	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Ryan Maloney	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
W Egan	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
C J Parish	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.80	-100%
K Mc Evoy	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
L Nolen	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Beau Mertens	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
M J Walker	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jake Bayliss	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mr Anthony Boyd	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
B Rawiller	1	-	-	-	-	-	$7.00	-100%
Dale Smith	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
D Oliver	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J R Todd	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Lachlan King	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
C Newitt	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D W Stackhouse	2	-	-	-	-	-	$26.00	-100%
Ms K O'Hara	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
M Zahra	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$4.60	360%
Ethan Brown	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Brandon Stockdale	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$6.00	-100%
N Callow	1	-	-	-	-	-	$5.50	-100%
Mr M Aitken	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Currie	4	-	2	-	-	50%	$20.00	-100%
Boris Thornton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brook Sweeney	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Taylor Marshall	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Winks	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
D Tourneur	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Ms J Payne	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$6.50	550%
H Coffey	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms S Thornton	1	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Zac Spain	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-100%
Jack Hill	8	-	3	1	-	50%	$2.35	-100%
Lewis German	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Noonan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Fred W Kersley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Michael Poy	1	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Jarrod Fry	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms C Lindop	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Esther Weissmeier	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C A Robertson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms G Cartwright	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.50	450%
Chelasea Hall	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Mc Leod	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Prebble	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Teodore Nugent	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Yendall	2	-	-	-	-	-	$2.00	-100%
Jamie Kah	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$5.00	-100%
T Ryan	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
M Cahill	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
JOHN ALLEN	2	-	-	-	-	-	$4.00	-100%
Thomas Stockdale	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$6.50	-100%
J Maskiell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Mallyon	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jack Martin	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.50	-100%
A Tomita	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.50	450%
J B Mc Donald	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Alana Kelly	1	-	-	-	-	-	$7.50	-100%
Juana Andreou	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Carleen Hefel	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Campbell Rawiller	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jye Mc Neil	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Watson	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.30	130%
MARTIN HARLEY	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Bowditch	2	-	1	-	-	50%	$3.20	-100%
Todd Pannell	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$14.00	-100%
Lachlan Neindorf	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
CLAYTON DOUGLAS	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.60	-100%
M Rodd	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	-100%
Will Price	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
Laura Lafferty	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.15	-100%
Declan Bates	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Dean Holland	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jacob Opperman	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-100%
Tayla Childs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madison Lloyd	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Matthew Cartwright	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Josh Richards	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jessica Eaton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Logan McNeil	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Higgins	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%

This season

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Damian Lane	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.15	35%
Chris Symons	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.75	-100%
Katelyn Mallyon	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.50	-75%
A Mallyon	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.75	-6%
Mr Ben Thompson	-	-	-	-	-	-	$8.83	-100%
J Mott	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.42	-100%
D Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.00	-70%
Craig Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.60	-100%
Liam Riordan	-	-	-	-	-	-	$8.30	-25%
M J Dee	4	-	1	-	-	25%	$2.70	-100%
Jordan Childs	-	-	-	-	-	-	$26.00	-100%
B Melham	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tahlia Hope	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Baster	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.30	-100%
Ms L J Meech	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.90	-100%
S R King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D Moor	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.90	-63%
Ben Allen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Patrick Moloney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Damien Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.03	-42%
Thomas Sadler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan Turner	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Regan Bayliss	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.50	-100%
Dylan Dunn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ryan Maloney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W Egan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C J Parish	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.80	-100%
K Mc Evoy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Nolen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Beau Mertens	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
M J Walker	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jake Bayliss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mr Anthony Boyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
B Rawiller	-	-	-	-	-	-	$7.00	-100%
Dale Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
D Oliver	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J R Todd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lachlan King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Newitt	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D W Stackhouse	2	-	-	-	-	-	$26.00	-100%
Ms K O'Hara	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Zahra	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.60	360%
Ethan Brown	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brandon Stockdale	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
N Callow	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.50	-100%
Mr M Aitken	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
L Currie	4	-	2	-	-	50%	$20.00	-100%
Boris Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brook Sweeney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Taylor Marshall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Winks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Tourneur	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms J Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.50	550%
H Coffey	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms S Thornton	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.57	-100%
Zac Spain	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-100%
Jack Hill	8	-	3	1	-	50%	$5.42	-100%
Lewis German	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Noonan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Fred W Kersley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Michael Poy	-	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Jarrod Fry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms C Lindop	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Esther Weissmeier	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C A Robertson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms G Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.50	450%
Chelasea Hall	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Mc Leod	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Prebble	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Teodore Nugent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Yendall	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.80	-100%
Jamie Kah	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.07	-10%
T Ryan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Cahill	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
JOHN ALLEN	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.00	-
Thomas Stockdale	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$6.50	-100%
J Maskiell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Mallyon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jack Martin	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.50	-100%
A Tomita	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.73	-71%
J B Mc Donald	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Alana Kelly	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.25	-100%
Juana Andreou	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Carleen Hefel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Campbell Rawiller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jye Mc Neil	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Watson	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.30	130%
MARTIN HARLEY	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Bowditch	2	-	1	-	-	50%	$3.20	-100%
Todd Pannell	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$14.00	-100%
Lachlan Neindorf	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
CLAYTON DOUGLAS	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.60	-100%
M Rodd	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	-16%
Will Price	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
Laura Lafferty	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.83	-65%
Declan Bates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Dean Holland	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jacob Opperman	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-64%
Tayla Childs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madison Lloyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Matthew Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Josh Richards	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jessica Eaton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Logan McNeil	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Higgins	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%

Here is a list of the next races and the most recent results for M Ellerton & S Zahra

November 2021

War Critic Last Race: 27 November 2021, Morphettville R7
5yoaG (Bay) Declaration Of War x Theatre Buff

CAREER 21 3-2-1

EARNING $120,230

WIN 14

PLACE 29
Prezado Last Race: 27 November 2021, Caulfield R4
7yoaG (Bay) Denman x Nerrin Twister

CAREER 41 6-6-6

EARNING $587,150

WIN 15

PLACE 44
High 'n' Dry Last Race: 26 November 2021, Wodonga R6
7yoaG (Brown) High Chaparral x Nextess

CAREER 33 5-5-3

EARNING $376,910

WIN 15

PLACE 39
Miss Melani Last Race: 25 November 2021, Pakenham R3
4yoaM (Bay) Polanski x Madam Melba

CAREER 4 0-0-0

EARNING $2,025

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Snowing In Paris Last Race: 25 November 2021, Pakenham R1
3yoaF (Bay) Zoustar x Gold Copy

CAREER 2 0-0-0

EARNING $700

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Yankee Banner Last Race: 25 November 2021, Bendigo R3
3yoaG (Chestnut) Starspangledbanner x Boogielicious

CAREER 10 0-0-0

EARNING $5,400

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Jezoulenko Last Race: 25 November 2021, Bendigo R1
3yoaF (Chestnut) Zoustar x Heart To Fear

CAREER 8 2-0-1

EARNING $125,475

WIN 25

PLACE 38
Viviane Last Race: 25 November 2021, Bendigo R1
3yoaF (Chestnut) Written Tycoon x Curtana

CAREER 7 2-2-0

EARNING $68,900

WIN 29

PLACE 57
Derive Last Race: 24 November 2021, Sandown-Lakeside R4
4yoaM (Bay) Redoute's Choice x Malala

CAREER 19 3-4-3

EARNING $139,170

WIN 16

PLACE 53
Crystal Vain Last Race: 23 November 2021, Geelong R9
3yoaG (Chestnut) Written Tycoon x Crystal Ruby

CAREER 6 1-1-1

EARNING $47,300

WIN 17

PLACE 50
Frisson Last Race: 23 November 2021, Geelong R8
4yoaG (Bay) Deep Field x In The Moment

CAREER 21 3-4-2

EARNING $88,552

WIN 14

PLACE 43
Lianne Last Race: 23 November 2021, Geelong R7
6yoaM (Bay) Smart Missile x Cybercyn

CAREER 33 4-3-5

EARNING $142,161

WIN 12

PLACE 36
Magic Promise Last Race: 23 November 2021, Geelong R4
3yoaF (Bay) Teofilo x Veneers

CAREER 7 0-2-1

EARNING $15,425

WIN 0

PLACE 43
Duke Of Hastings Last Race: 23 November 2021, Geelong R4
3yoaG (Brown) Sacred Falls x Fairygem

CAREER 7 2-2-0

EARNING $122,950

WIN 29

PLACE 57
Platini Last Race: 21 November 2021, Kilmore R5
5yoaG (Bay) Charge Forward x Trois Couleurs

CAREER 22 5-1-3

EARNING $121,555

WIN 23

PLACE 41
Pamplona Lad Last Race: 21 November 2021, Kilmore R3
3yoaG (Bay) Bull Point x Comical Lass

CAREER 2 0-0-0

EARNING $0

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Along The River Last Race: 21 November 2021, Kilmore R2
3yoaH (Bay) Written Tycoon x Kulgrinda

CAREER 9 2-3-1

EARNING $106,300

WIN 22

PLACE 67
Bowrider Last Race: 20 November 2021, Tatura R1
3yoaG (Bay) Astern x Superlative

CAREER 8 1-0-1

EARNING $21,450

WIN 13

PLACE 25
Steak Knives Last Race: 20 November 2021, Tatura R1
3yoaG (Bay) Zacinto x Forever Vital

CAREER 10 0-1-3

EARNING $13,890

WIN 0

PLACE 40
Brilliant Venture Last Race: 19 November 2021, Moonee Valley R4
5yoaG (Bay) Zacinto x Ignite

CAREER 34 5-5-4

EARNING $253,650

WIN 15

PLACE 41

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