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Reece Goodwin Trainer

Reece Goodwin Profile

Reece Goodwin is a horse trainer based in Pakenham OC. Reece Goodwin has a win strike rate of 13% and a career ROI of -24.

Reece Goodwin Last 12 Months Racing Form

Reece Goodwin last 12 months's career form is 298 Starts, 44 wins, 50 seconds, 35 thirds.

Reece Goodwin has average win odds of 4 and an ROI of -35% over the last 12 months.

Reece Goodwin Current Season Racing Form

Reece Goodwin current season form is 289 Starts, 43 wins, 48 seconds, 34 thirds.

Reece Goodwin has average win odds of 4.37 and an ROI of -35% over the current season.

Reece Goodwin's overall Stats: Trainer Racing History

	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Win %	Place %	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Last 12 Months	298	44	50	35	15%	43%	4.37	-35
Current Season	289	43	48	34	15%	43%	4.37	-35

Reece Goodwin's Results: Trainer Racing History

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

Past 12 months

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Albury	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Alexandra	2	-	1	1	-	100%	$4.20	-100%
Ararat	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Avoca	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Bairnsdale	14	3	2	-	21%	36%	$3.33	-29%
Ballarat	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$4.40	-100%
Ballarat Synthetic	21	3	5	3	14%	52%	$2.98	-57%
Balnarring	2	2	-	-	100%	100%	$2.45	145%
Benalla	4	-	2	-	-	50%	$3.50	-100%
Bendigo	7	1	1	1	14%	43%	$3.90	-44%
Burrumbeet	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Camperdown	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Casterton	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$3.20	7%
Caulfield	4	-	-	-	-	-	$10.00	-100%
Caulfield Heath	8	-	-	1	-	13%	-	-100%
Colac	2	-	1	-	-	50%	$21.00	-100%
Corowa	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Cranbourne	19	-	3	2	-	26%	$5.50	-100%
Donald	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Drouin	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.70	170%
Echuca	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Flemington	15	-	2	2	-	27%	-	-100%
Geelong	13	-	2	1	-	23%	$5.00	-100%
Great Western	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$2.20	-100%
Hanging Rock	5	1	1	1	20%	60%	$3.40	-32%
Healesville	3	2	-	1	67%	100%	$2.45	63%
Kilmore	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$6.00	100%
Kyneton	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$8.50	750%
Moe	2	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	-100%
Moonee Valley	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$26.00	-100%
Mornington	15	4	3	1	27%	53%	$2.63	-30%
Morphettville	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Morphettville Parks	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Murray Bridge Gh	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Murtoa	4	-	1	-	-	25%	-	-100%
Pakenham	39	4	10	5	10%	49%	$7.55	-23%
Pakenham Synthetic	31	6	6	4	19%	52%	$4.58	-11%
Penshurst	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Randwick	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sale	21	1	3	4	5%	38%	$1.35	-94%
Sandown-Hillside	8	1	2	1	13%	50%	$6.00	-25%
Sandown-Lakeside	15	2	2	2	13%	40%	$10.50	40%
Seymour	13	4	2	2	31%	62%	$5.15	58%
St Arnaud	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Stawell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Stony Creek	5	-	-	-	-	-	$5.35	-100%
Swan Hill	3	-	-	-	-	-	$4.50	-100%
Tatura	1	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Terang	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Traralgon	2	2	-	-	100%	100%	$2.90	190%
Wangaratta	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$2.70	-100%
Warrnambool	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Werribee	4	3	-	-	75%	75%	$4.07	205%
Wodonga	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Woolamai	6	4	1	1	67%	100%	$2.42	62%
Yarra Glen	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Yea	2	-	1	-	-	50%	$2.70	-100%

This season

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Albury	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Alexandra	2	-	1	1	-	100%	$4.20	-100%
Ararat	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Bairnsdale	12	3	2	-	25%	42%	$3.33	-17%
Ballarat	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$4.40	-100%
Ballarat Synthetic	20	3	5	2	15%	50%	$2.98	-55%
Balnarring	2	2	-	-	100%	100%	$2.45	145%
Bendigo	7	1	1	1	14%	43%	$3.90	-44%
Camperdown	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Caulfield	4	-	-	-	-	-	$10.00	-100%
Caulfield Heath	8	-	-	1	-	13%	-	-100%
Colac	2	-	1	-	-	50%	$21.00	-100%
Corowa	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Cranbourne	19	-	3	2	-	26%	$5.50	-100%
Drouin	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.70	170%
Echuca	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Flemington	14	-	2	2	-	29%	-	-100%
Geelong	13	-	2	1	-	23%	$5.00	-100%
Great Western	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$2.20	-100%
Hanging Rock	5	1	1	1	20%	60%	$3.40	-32%
Healesville	3	2	-	1	67%	100%	$2.45	63%
Kilmore	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$6.00	100%
Kyneton	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$8.50	750%
Moe	2	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	-100%
Moonee Valley	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$26.00	-100%
Mornington	15	4	3	1	27%	53%	$2.63	-30%
Morphettville	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Morphettville Parks	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Murtoa	4	-	1	-	-	25%	-	-100%
Pakenham	39	4	10	5	10%	49%	$7.55	-23%
Pakenham Synthetic	28	5	5	4	18%	50%	$4.61	-18%
Penshurst	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Randwick	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Sale	21	1	3	4	5%	38%	$1.35	-94%
Sandown-Hillside	7	1	2	1	14%	57%	$6.00	-14%
Sandown-Lakeside	15	2	2	2	13%	40%	$10.50	40%
Seymour	12	4	1	2	33%	58%	$5.15	72%
St Arnaud	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Stawell	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Stony Creek	5	-	-	-	-	-	$5.35	-100%
Tatura	1	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Terang	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Wangaratta	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$2.83	-100%
Werribee	4	3	-	-	75%	75%	$4.07	205%
Wodonga	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Woolamai	6	4	1	1	67%	100%	$2.42	62%
Yarra Glen	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Yea	2	-	1	-	-	50%	$2.70	-100%

Here is a list of the top jockeys who have ridden for Reece Goodwin 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
Zac Spain	11	2	3	-	18%	45%	$2.92	-47%
J Mott	7	1	2	-	14%	43%	$7.00	-
Celine Gaudry	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jarrod Fry	3	-	-	1	-	33%	$2.72	-100%
Jordan Childs	14	1	2	2	7%	36%	$14.00	-
Lachlan King	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$3.50	-100%
D Moor	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Liam Riordan	5	-	1	-	-	20%	$31.00	-100%
D W Stackhouse	18	4	3	1	22%	44%	$3.39	-25%
Beau Mertens	15	1	5	1	7%	47%	$3.40	-77%
Jack Hill	5	1	2	-	20%	60%	$4.00	-20%
Simon Miller	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ethan Brown	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Mc Dougall	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C J Parish	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Lachlan Overall	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Lewis German	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jye Mc Neil	32	4	5	2	13%	34%	$5.28	-34%
W Egan	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$3.50	-100%
Arron Mitchell	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$3.20	7%
Lachlan Neindorf	14	1	3	3	7%	50%	$4.20	-70%
Damien Thornton	6	1	1	-	17%	33%	$5.00	-17%
M J Dee	4	-	-	1	-	25%	$6.50	-100%
J Maskiell	4	1	-	-	25%	25%	$6.00	50%
B Higgins	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Dean Holland	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$2.20	-100%
Alana Kelly	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Damian Lane	10	2	2	-	20%	40%	$3.13	-38%
Michael Poy	1	-	-	-	-	-	$11.00	-100%
Teodore Nugent	3	-	-	1	-	33%	$3.50	-100%
Neil Farley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms M Morris	13	8	2	2	62%	92%	$2.41	48%
J Bowditch	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ben Allen	9	1	1	-	11%	22%	$4.80	-47%
Laura Lafferty	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Newitt	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$5.50	175%
Ms D Keane	13	1	-	3	8%	31%	$5.50	-58%
D Oliver	4	-	-	1	-	25%	-	-100%
JOSH CARTWRIGHT	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$18.00	-100%
R Mc Leod	1	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	-100%
L Nolen	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$3.80	-100%
Will Price	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Duffy	3	-	1	1	-	67%	$5.00	-100%
Ryan Houston	6	-	2	-	-	33%	-	-100%
A Lynch	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madison Lloyd	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Rawiller	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W F Pinn	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Thomas Stockdale	18	-	3	-	-	17%	-	-100%
Ben Price	4	-	1	1	-	50%	-	-100%
J Noonan	23	1	4	4	4%	39%	$14.00	-39%
Thomas Prebble	1	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Emily Pozman	4	3	-	-	75%	75%	$4.97	273%
Ms J Kennedy	2	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Tatum Bull	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nick Heywood	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Luke Cartwright	37	6	3	7	16%	43%	$3.87	-37%
D R Beasley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms L J Meech	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Gatt	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Hannah Edgley	8	-	3	1	-	50%	$5.50	-100%
T Ryan	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$5.50	175%
Nathan Punch	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Jennings	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$3.70	-100%
V Duric	2	-	1	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Jake Toeroek	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jett Stanley	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Ashley Morgan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms J Beriman	4	1	-	-	25%	25%	$3.40	-15%
Tom Madden	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nadia Daniels	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Ruby Lamont	3	2	1	-	67%	100%	$5.70	280%
Olivia East	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Bailey Kinninmont	4	1	1	1	25%	75%	$2.50	-38%
W Gordon	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%

This season

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Zac Spain	11	2	3	-	18%	45%	$2.92	-47%
J Mott	7	1	2	-	14%	43%	$7.00	-
Celine Gaudry	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jarrod Fry	3	-	-	1	-	33%	$2.72	-100%
Jordan Childs	13	1	1	2	8%	31%	$14.00	8%
Lachlan King	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$3.50	-100%
D Moor	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Liam Riordan	5	-	1	-	-	20%	$31.00	-100%
D W Stackhouse	18	4	3	1	22%	44%	$3.39	-25%
Beau Mertens	15	1	5	1	7%	47%	$3.40	-77%
Jack Hill	5	1	2	-	20%	60%	$4.00	-20%
Simon Miller	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ethan Brown	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Mc Dougall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C J Parish	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Lachlan Overall	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Lewis German	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jye Mc Neil	31	4	5	2	13%	35%	$5.28	-32%
W Egan	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$3.50	-100%
Arron Mitchell	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.20	7%
Lachlan Neindorf	14	1	3	3	7%	50%	$4.20	-70%
Damien Thornton	6	1	1	-	17%	33%	$5.00	-17%
M J Dee	4	-	-	1	-	25%	$6.50	-100%
J Maskiell	4	1	-	-	25%	25%	$6.00	50%
B Higgins	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Alana Kelly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Damian Lane	10	2	2	-	20%	40%	$3.13	-38%
Teodore Nugent	3	-	-	1	-	33%	$3.50	-100%
Neil Farley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms M Morris	13	8	2	2	62%	92%	$2.41	48%
J Bowditch	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ben Allen	8	1	-	-	13%	13%	$4.80	-40%
Laura Lafferty	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Newitt	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$5.50	175%
Ms D Keane	2	-	-	2	-	100%	$5.50	-100%
D Oliver	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
JOSH CARTWRIGHT	-	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	800%
R Mc Leod	-	-	-	-	-	-	$18.00	29%
L Nolen	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$3.80	-100%
Will Price	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Duffy	3	-	1	1	-	67%	$5.00	-100%
Ryan Houston	6	-	2	-	-	33%	-	-100%
A Lynch	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Madison Lloyd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Rawiller	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W F Pinn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Thomas Stockdale	16	-	2	-	-	13%	-	-100%
Ben Price	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Noonan	20	1	4	4	5%	45%	$14.00	-30%
Thomas Prebble	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.00	-100%
Emily Pozman	4	3	-	-	75%	75%	$4.97	273%
Ms J Kennedy	1	-	-	-	-	-	$10.75	-100%
Tatum Bull	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nick Heywood	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Luke Cartwright	36	5	3	7	14%	42%	$3.76	-48%
D R Beasley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms L J Meech	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Gatt	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Hannah Edgley	7	-	3	-	-	43%	$5.50	-100%
T Ryan	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.50	175%
Nathan Punch	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Jennings	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$3.70	-100%
V Duric	2	-	1	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Jake Toeroek	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jett Stanley	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Ashley Morgan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms J Beriman	4	1	-	-	25%	25%	$3.40	-15%
Tom Madden	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nadia Daniels	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Ruby Lamont	3	2	1	-	67%	100%	$5.70	280%
Olivia East	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Bailey Kinninmont	4	1	1	1	25%	75%	$2.50	-38%
W Gordon	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%

Here is a list of the next races and the most recent results for Reece Goodwin

Upcoming Race

Magnardo Next Race: 16 July 2026, Cranbourne R7
4yoaM (Bay) Toronado x Miss Maggiebeel

CAREER 22 10-3-0

EARNING $83,000

WIN 45

PLACE 59
Godtfred Kirk Next Race: 16 July 2026, Cranbourne R7
3yoaG (Bay) Ole Kirk x Eye For Fun

CAREER 9 1-2-1

EARNING $68,965

WIN 11

PLACE 44
Struggle Street Next Race: 16 July 2026, Cranbourne R6
5yoaF (Chestnut) Street Boss x My Unicorn

CAREER 15 4-1-2

EARNING $78,920

WIN 27

PLACE 47
Master Polanski Next Race: 16 July 2026, Cranbourne R5
7yoaG (Bay) Polanski x Timely Kiss

CAREER 36 3-7-3

EARNING $79,735

WIN 8

PLACE 36

July 2026

Magnardo Last Race: 14 July 2026, Ballarat Synthetic R8
4yoaM (Bay) Toronado x Miss Maggiebeel

CAREER 22 10-3-0

EARNING $83,000

WIN 45

PLACE 59
Mafee Last Race: 14 July 2026, Ballarat Synthetic R7
5yoaG (Bay or Brown) Akeed Mofeed x Red Belle

CAREER 19 3-3-2

EARNING $81,580

WIN 16

PLACE 42
Quite The Lass Last Race: 14 July 2026, Ballarat Synthetic R6
7yoaM (Bay or Brown) Helmet x Ominous Quality

CAREER 51 8-5-9

EARNING $281,370

WIN 16

PLACE 43
Tous Last Race: 14 July 2026, Ballarat Synthetic R2
3yoaF (Bay) Cosmic Force x Luce Del Mare

CAREER 2 0-0-0

EARNING $1,920

WIN 0

PLACE 0
Electric Elvis Last Race: 13 July 2026, Bairnsdale R8
4yoaG (Bay) Time Test x Paris Carver

CAREER 12 2-4-3

EARNING $56,255

WIN 17

PLACE 75
Give Some Lip Last Race: 13 July 2026, Bairnsdale R5
5yoaG (Bay) Rubick x Little Less Lip

CAREER 27 2-4-1

EARNING $151,990

WIN 7

PLACE 26
Struggle Street Last Race: 08 July 2026, Sandown-Lakeside R8
5yoaF (Chestnut) Street Boss x My Unicorn

CAREER 15 4-1-2

EARNING $78,920

WIN 27

PLACE 47
Diamond Eye Last Race: 08 July 2026, Sandown-Lakeside R1
4yoaM (Bay) Saxon Warrior x Star On High

CAREER 3 0-0-1

EARNING $4,725

WIN 0

PLACE 33
Analytical Last Race: 07 July 2026, Ballarat Synthetic R7
4yoaG (Bay) So You Think x Stormy Road

CAREER 13 1-2-1

EARNING $36,350

WIN 8

PLACE 31
Titan Of Choice Last Race: 06 July 2026, Pakenham Synthetic R9
7yoaG (Chestnut) Extreme Choice x Any Day Will Do

CAREER 60 5-5-11

EARNING $421,080

WIN 8

PLACE 35
Godtfred Kirk Last Race: 06 July 2026, Pakenham Synthetic R7
3yoaG (Bay) Ole Kirk x Eye For Fun

CAREER 9 1-2-1

EARNING $68,965

WIN 11

PLACE 44
Queen Beira Last Race: 06 July 2026, Pakenham Synthetic R5
5yoaM (Brown) American Pharoah x Montana Flight

CAREER 35 5-6-5

EARNING $116,865

WIN 14

PLACE 46
She's A Con Last Race: 06 July 2026, Pakenham Synthetic R5
6yoaM (Bay) Contributer x Rocks For Me

CAREER 32 2-5-1

EARNING $103,903

WIN 6

PLACE 25
Two Sigma Last Race: 06 July 2026, Pakenham Synthetic R5
4yoaM (Bay) Turn Me Loose x Too Fast For Love

CAREER 15 2-2-1

EARNING $64,346

WIN 13

PLACE 33
Struggle Street Last Race: 05 July 2026, Bendigo R5
5yoaF (Chestnut) Street Boss x My Unicorn

CAREER 15 4-1-2

EARNING $78,920

WIN 27

PLACE 47
Godtfred Kirk Last Race: 03 July 2026, Moe R8
3yoaG (Bay) Ole Kirk x Eye For Fun

CAREER 9 1-2-1

EARNING $68,965

WIN 11

PLACE 44

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