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N F Gardner Trainer

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N F Gardner Profile

N F Gardner is a horse trainer based in Canberra. N F Gardner has a win strike rate of 11% and a career ROI of -14.

N F Gardner Last 12 Months Racing Form

N F Gardner last 12 months's career form is 126 Starts, 10 wins, 17 seconds, 21 thirds.

N F Gardner has average win odds of 4 and an ROI of -66% over the last 12 months.

N F Gardner Current Season Racing Form

N F Gardner current season form is 116 Starts, 10 wins, 17 seconds, 19 thirds.

N F Gardner has average win odds of 4.30 and an ROI of -63% over the current season.

N F Gardner's overall Stats: Trainer Racing History

	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Win %	Place %	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Last 12 Months	126	10	17	21	8%	38%	4.30	-66
Current Season	116	10	17	19	9%	40%	4.30	-63

N F Gardner's Results: Trainer Racing History

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

Past 12 months

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Albury	4	-	2	-	-	50%	$1.75	-100%
Bathurst	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Braidwood	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$2.80	-100%
Canberra	39	4	6	2	10%	31%	$5.79	-41%
Canberra Acton	9	-	2	2	-	44%	$6.00	-100%
Canterbury	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	-100%
Cooma	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.80	180%
Cootamundra	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$2.50	-100%
Corowa	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Cowra	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$3.60	80%
Flemington	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Forbes	3	-	1	1	-	67%	-	-100%
Gold Coast	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gosford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Goulburn	10	1	1	2	10%	40%	$6.50	-35%
Griffith	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gundagai	2	-	-	-	-	-	$1.95	-100%
Hawkesbury	1	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Kembla Grange	3	-	1	-	-	33%	-	-100%
Leeton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Moonee Valley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Moruya	5	2	-	1	40%	60%	$2.85	14%
Muswellbrook	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Narrandera	2	-	-	-	-	-	$9.00	-100%
Newcastle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nowra	6	1	1	2	17%	67%	$4.60	-23%
Orange	2	-	-	-	-	-	$13.00	-100%
Parkes	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$15.00	1400%
Queanbeyan	12	-	1	4	-	42%	$9.00	-100%
Randwick	1	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	-100%
Randwick-Kensington	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rosehill	2	-	-	-	-	-	$31.00	-100%
Sapphire Coast	4	-	-	2	-	50%	$5.00	-100%
Tumut	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Wagga	19	2	1	2	11%	26%	$1.52	-84%
Wagga Riverside	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$3.70	-100%
Warwick Farm	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Wyong	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%

This season

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Albury	4	-	2	-	-	50%	$1.75	-100%
Bathurst	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Braidwood	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$2.80	-100%
Canberra	39	4	6	2	10%	31%	$5.79	-41%
Canberra Acton	6	-	2	1	-	50%	$4.70	-100%
Cootamundra	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$2.50	-100%
Forbes	3	-	1	1	-	67%	-	-100%
Gold Coast	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gosford	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Goulburn	8	1	1	2	13%	50%	$6.50	-19%
Griffith	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gundagai	2	-	-	-	-	-	$1.95	-100%
Hawkesbury	1	-	-	-	-	-	$14.00	-100%
Kembla Grange	3	-	1	-	-	33%	-	-100%
Moonee Valley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Moruya	3	2	-	-	67%	67%	$2.85	90%
Muswellbrook	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Narrandera	2	-	-	-	-	-	$9.00	-100%
Newcastle	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nowra	6	1	1	2	17%	67%	$4.60	-23%
Parkes	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$15.00	1400%
Queanbeyan	11	-	1	4	-	45%	$5.85	-100%
Randwick	1	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	-100%
Rosehill	2	-	-	-	-	-	$31.00	-100%
Sapphire Coast	3	-	-	2	-	67%	$5.00	-100%
Tumut	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Wagga	19	2	1	2	11%	26%	$1.52	-84%
Warwick Farm	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Wyong	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%

Here is a list of the top jockeys who have ridden for N F Gardner 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
Ms K Nisbet	6	-	1	-	-	17%	$3.70	-100%
M A Cahill	14	2	2	3	14%	50%	$1.73	-75%
J Penza	5	1	-	-	20%	20%	$1.70	-66%
Rachel Hunt	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.40	-100%
Ms J Taylor	11	1	2	-	9%	27%	$4.00	-64%
J Kissick	1	-	-	-	-	-	$5.60	-100%
Ms W Costin	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Travers	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.70	-100%
Ms K O'Hara	1	-	-	-	-	-	$71.00	-100%
B Shinn	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	-100%
Brad Clark	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms M Kinny	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Adkins	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Carly Frater	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
James Innes	3	-	-	1	-	33%	$18.00	-100%
Brodie Loy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Spriggs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Mc Evoy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Pollard	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms G Cartwright	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Ford	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Deanne Panya	1	-	-	-	-	-	$31.00	-100%
J R Collett	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brook Sweeney	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rachel King	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Buckley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tim Clark	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Reith	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Scorse	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nick Heywood	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Parr	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Guymer	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Grisedale	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Aaron Sweeney	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms C Gillman	1	-	-	-	-	-	$14.75	-100%
M Heagney	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Souquet	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Mitchell Bell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B P Ward	13	1	-	2	8%	23%	$9.00	-31%
Billy Owen	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$1.75	-13%
Josh Richards	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Mc Dougall	4	-	-	1	-	25%	$4.40	-100%
B Griffiths	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Simon Miller	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jean Van Overmeire	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Lever	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Ms B Wright	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brock Ryan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Schofield	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Damon Budler	1	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Tyler Schiller	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Mallyon	3	-	-	1	-	33%	$6.00	-100%
Ellen Hennessy	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Y Ichikawa	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Clipperton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Dolan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Hyeronimus	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madison Waters	1	-	-	-	-	-	$7.50	-100%
Hannah Williams	1	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	-100%
Jess Del Frari	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Julia Presits	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Amy Mc Lucas	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms R Freeman-Key	6	-	2	1	-	50%	$2.30	-100%
Regan Bayliss	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Q Krogh	6	-	-	1	-	17%	-	-100%
R Bensley	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$4.40	340%
Ruby Haylock	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jack Martin	11	-	1	3	-	36%	-	-100%
Molly Bourke	1	-	-	-	-	-	$9.00	-100%
A B Collett	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$2.30	-100%
R Wedrat-Kroezen	1	-	-	-	-	-	$1.75	-100%
D R Beasley	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.00	-100%
Reece Jones	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms L Day	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms C Keatings	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
Emma Ly	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Hutchings	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Olivia Chambers	6	1	-	3	17%	67%	$4.60	-23%
Zac Lloyd	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Schofield	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Jake Barrett	2	-	-	-	-	-	$2.70	-100%
Ryan Bradley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Lyon	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rebecca Bronett Prag	17	1	2	2	6%	29%	$10.00	-41%
Holly Durnan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Caitlin Sinclair	4	-	-	1	-	25%	-	-100%
Teaghan Martin	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
O A Dalton	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$12.00	-100%
Jaden Lloyd	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ashley Morgan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Harry Davies	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Violet Soulsby	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Claire Ramsbotham	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Anna Roper	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sinead Peebles	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Glenn Cahill	13	1	3	2	8%	46%	$5.00	-62%
Jack Baker	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Braith Nock	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jessica Brookes	13	1	1	2	8%	31%	$6.50	-50%
Dale Cole	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$6.00	500%
Pierre Boudvillain	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ella Bent	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sairyn Fawke	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%

This season

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Ms K Nisbet	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.70	-85%
M A Cahill	14	2	2	3	14%	50%	$1.73	-75%
J Penza	4	1	-	-	25%	25%	$1.70	-58%
Rachel Hunt	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.95	-100%
Ms J Taylor	10	1	2	-	10%	30%	$4.00	-60%
J Kissick	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.60	-100%
Ms W Costin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
M Travers	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.70	-100%
Ms K O'Hara	-	-	-	-	-	-	$71.00	-100%
B Shinn	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.20	40%
Brad Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ms M Kinny	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Adkins	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Carly Frater	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
James Innes	2	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	-100%
Brodie Loy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Spriggs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Mc Evoy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Pollard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms G Cartwright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
J Ford	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Deanne Panya	-	-	-	-	-	-	$31.00	1450%
J R Collett	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brook Sweeney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rachel King	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Buckley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tim Clark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Reith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Scorse	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nick Heywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Parr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Guymer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Grisedale	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Aaron Sweeney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms C Gillman	-	-	-	-	-	-	$8.77	55%
M Heagney	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Souquet	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Mitchell Bell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B P Ward	-	-	-	-	-	-	$9.00	-63%
Billy Owen	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$1.75	-13%
Josh Richards	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Mc Dougall	4	-	-	1	-	25%	$3.65	-100%
B Griffiths	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Simon Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jean Van Overmeire	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Lever	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Ms B Wright	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brock Ryan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
G Schofield	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Damon Budler	-	-	-	-	-	-	$21.00	163%
Tyler Schiller	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Mallyon	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-50%
Ellen Hennessy	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Y Ichikawa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Clipperton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Dolan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Hyeronimus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madison Waters	-	-	-	-	-	-	$6.83	-100%
Hannah Williams	-	-	-	-	-	-	$14.00	-100%
Jess Del Frari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Julia Presits	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Amy Mc Lucas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms R Freeman-Key	6	-	2	1	-	50%	$2.30	-100%
Regan Bayliss	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Q Krogh	4	-	-	1	-	25%	-	-100%
R Bensley	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.40	340%
Ruby Haylock	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jack Martin	11	-	1	3	-	36%	-	-100%
Molly Bourke	-	-	-	-	-	-	$9.00	-100%
A B Collett	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$2.30	-100%
R Wedrat-Kroezen	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1.75	-91%
D R Beasley	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.00	-25%
Reece Jones	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms L Day	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms C Keatings	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.00	-100%
Emma Ly	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Hutchings	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Olivia Chambers	5	1	-	3	20%	80%	$4.60	-8%
Zac Lloyd	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Schofield	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Jake Barrett	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.70	-46%
Ryan Bradley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Lyon	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rebecca Bronett Prag	16	1	2	2	6%	31%	$10.00	-38%
Holly Durnan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Caitlin Sinclair	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Teaghan Martin	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
O A Dalton	-	-	-	-	-	-	$12.00	100%
Jaden Lloyd	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ashley Morgan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Harry Davies	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Violet Soulsby	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Claire Ramsbotham	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Anna Roper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sinead Peebles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Glenn Cahill	13	1	3	2	8%	46%	$5.00	-62%
Jack Baker	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Braith Nock	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jessica Brookes	13	1	1	2	8%	31%	$6.50	-50%
Dale Cole	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$6.00	500%
Pierre Boudvillain	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ella Bent	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sairyn Fawke	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%

Here is a list of the next races and the most recent results for N F Gardner

Upcoming Race

Wolf Island Next Race: 07 June 2026, Sapphire Coast R4
3yoaG (Bay) Capitalist x Laucala

CAREER 13 1-4-2

EARNING $42,575

WIN 8

PLACE 54

June 2026

Dupli Kate Last Race: 04 June 2026, Wagga R7
4yoaM (Bay) Star Turn x Atom Eve

CAREER 15 6-0-4

EARNING $160,220

WIN 40

PLACE 67
Take The Rap Last Race: 02 June 2026, Kembla Grange R2
4yoaG (Bay) Star Turn x Madam Tilly

CAREER 17 6-0-3

EARNING $132,635

WIN 35

PLACE 53

May 2026

Destructive Diva Last Race: 30 May 2026, Canberra Acton R4
5yoaM (Bay) Smart Missile x Atom Eve

CAREER 33 5-4-5

EARNING $148,710

WIN 15

PLACE 42
Take The Rap Last Race: 30 May 2026, Illawarra Grange R6
4yoaG (Bay) Star Turn x Madam Tilly

CAREER 17 6-0-3

EARNING $132,635

WIN 35

PLACE 53
Take The Rap Last Race: 30 May 2026, Rosehill R7
4yoaG (Bay) Star Turn x Madam Tilly

CAREER 17 6-0-3

EARNING $132,635

WIN 35

PLACE 53
Destructive Diva Last Race: 22 May 2026, Canberra Acton R7
5yoaM (Bay) Smart Missile x Atom Eve

CAREER 33 5-4-5

EARNING $148,710

WIN 15

PLACE 42
Take The Rap Last Race: 22 May 2026, Canberra Acton R7
4yoaG (Bay) Star Turn x Madam Tilly

CAREER 17 6-0-3

EARNING $132,635

WIN 35

PLACE 53
Wolf Island Last Race: 22 May 2026, Canberra Acton R6
3yoaG (Bay) Capitalist x Laucala

CAREER 13 1-4-2

EARNING $42,575

WIN 8

PLACE 54
Take The Rap Last Race: 20 May 2026, Warwick Farm R3
4yoaG (Bay) Star Turn x Madam Tilly

CAREER 17 6-0-3

EARNING $132,635

WIN 35

PLACE 53
Take The Rap Last Race: 09 May 2026, Kembla Grange R4
4yoaG (Bay) Star Turn x Madam Tilly

CAREER 17 6-0-3

EARNING $132,635

WIN 35

PLACE 53
Dupli Kate Last Race: 08 May 2026, Canberra R7
4yoaM (Bay) Star Turn x Atom Eve

CAREER 15 6-0-4

EARNING $160,220

WIN 40

PLACE 67
Pure Melody Last Race: 08 May 2026, Canberra R5
3yoaF (Grey) Maurice x Minamya

CAREER 7 1-3-2

EARNING $35,200

WIN 14

PLACE 86
Pure Melody Last Race: 08 May 2026, Canberra R4
3yoaF (Grey) Maurice x Minamya

CAREER 7 1-3-2

EARNING $35,200

WIN 14

PLACE 86
Destructive Diva Last Race: 01 May 2026, Wagga R8
5yoaM (Bay) Smart Missile x Atom Eve

CAREER 33 5-4-5

EARNING $148,710

WIN 15

PLACE 42
Inna Zou Last Race: 01 May 2026, Wagga R6
3yoaF (Bay) Zousain x Can She Move

CAREER 8 1-1-2

EARNING $34,275

WIN 13

PLACE 50
Pure Melody Last Race: 01 May 2026, Wagga R3
3yoaF (Grey) Maurice x Minamya

CAREER 7 1-3-2

EARNING $35,200

WIN 14

PLACE 86

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