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S J Royes Profile

S J Royes is a horse trainer based in Townsville. S J Royes has a win strike rate of 17% and a career ROI of -29.

S J Royes Last 12 Months Racing Form

S J Royes last 12 months's career form is 234 Starts, 37 wins, 39 seconds, 26 thirds.

S J Royes has average win odds of 5 and an ROI of -20% over the last 12 months.

S J Royes Current Season Racing Form

S J Royes current season form is 204 Starts, 35 wins, 36 seconds, 24 thirds.

S J Royes has average win odds of 5.14 and an ROI of -12% over the current season.

S J Royes's overall Stats: Trainer Racing History

	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	Win %	Place %	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Last 12 Months	234	37	39	26	16%	44%	5.06	-20
Current Season	204	35	36	24	17%	47%	5.14	-12

S J Royes's Results: Trainer Racing History

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

Past 12 months

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Atherton	5	-	1	1	-	40%	-	-100%
Barcaldine	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Bedourie	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Birdsville	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.90	-100%
Boulia	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.60	-100%
Bowen	7	-	3	-	-	43%	-	-100%
Cairns	59	6	8	8	10%	37%	$4.88	-50%
Camooweal	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Charters Towers	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$2.20	10%
Cloncurry	1	-	-	-	-	-	$6.25	-100%
Coonamble	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Corfield	1	-	-	-	-	-	$1.80	-100%
Doomben	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ewan	8	4	1	1	50%	75%	$2.90	45%
Fannie Bay	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gregory Downs	5	2	-	1	40%	60%	$2.35	-6%
Home Hill	9	3	4	-	33%	78%	$3.10	3%
Hughenden	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$6.00	-100%
Ingham	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Innisfail	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$3.00	-
Julia Creek	2	-	-	-	-	-	$1.83	-100%
Longreach	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mackay	26	4	3	1	15%	31%	$3.96	-39%
Mareeba	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Maxwelton	2	-	1	1	-	100%	$1.40	-100%
McKinlay	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.40	-100%
Mt Isa	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$5.00	67%
Oak Park	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$2.20	-100%
Pentland	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$3.00	50%
Pioneer Park	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Prairie	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Richmond	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$6.00	-100%
Stamford	3	3	-	-	100%	100%	$1.33	33%
Tennant Creek	4	-	1	2	-	75%	$2.30	-100%
Townsville	110	17	17	14	15%	44%	$6.51	1%
Winton Aus	3	-	1	1	-	67%	$5.00	-100%

This season

Track	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Atherton	4	-	1	1	-	50%	-	-100%
Barcaldine	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Bedourie	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Boulia	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.60	-100%
Bowen	7	-	3	-	-	43%	-	-100%
Cairns	54	6	8	8	11%	41%	$4.88	-46%
Camooweal	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Charters Towers	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$2.20	10%
Cloncurry	1	-	-	-	-	-	$4.83	-100%
Corfield	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Doomben	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ewan	8	4	1	1	50%	75%	$2.90	45%
Home Hill	8	3	3	-	38%	75%	$3.10	16%
Ingham	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Innisfail	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$3.00	-
Longreach	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Mackay	21	4	3	1	19%	38%	$3.96	-25%
Mareeba	3	-	-	1	-	33%	-	-100%
Maxwelton	2	-	1	1	-	100%	$1.40	-100%
McKinlay	2	-	-	-	-	-	$3.40	-100%
Mt Isa	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$5.00	67%
Oak Park	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$2.20	-100%
Pentland	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$3.00	50%
Prairie	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Richmond	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$6.00	-100%
Stamford	3	3	-	-	100%	100%	$1.33	33%
Townsville	96	16	16	12	17%	46%	$6.74	12%
Winton Aus	3	-	1	1	-	67%	$5.00	-100%

Here is a list of the top jockeys who have ridden for S J Royes 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
Tamara Tincknell	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$2.80	-100%
Louise Dillon	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$3.00	-100%
D W Ballard	1	-	-	-	-	-	$3.20	-100%
T Brummell	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$10.00	-100%
D J Evans	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Spradau	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$2.60	-100%
S Mc Govern	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$7.00	-100%
G D Kliese	17	2	1	1	12%	24%	$5.50	-35%
N Day	5	1	1	-	20%	40%	$4.20	-16%
L Attard	2	-	-	-	-	-	$5.50	-100%
S Galvin	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms N Summers	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Coome	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Kropp	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
K Ballard	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Melissa Cox	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
T A Hill	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.00	400%
W Kerford	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
B Huppatz	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brendon Davis	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Zack Gibbs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Ridler	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Cullen	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
S Wilson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Simmons	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Keating	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Fazackerley	3	-	-	-	-	-	$3.50	-100%
Lachlan Dodds	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
P Romeo	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Babarovich	5	-	2	1	-	60%	$7.00	-100%
R Mc Mahon	1	-	-	-	-	-	$2.20	-100%
S Sheargold	3	-	1	1	-	67%	$13.00	-100%
D Sparks	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms B Thomson	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$7.00	600%
J Esser	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms A Thomson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Raymond Hancock	1	-	-	-	-	-	$8.00	-100%
R Vigar	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Joshua Morrow	4	-	1	1	-	50%	-	-100%
S Mossman	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rhiannon Payne	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$4.60	360%
C Spry	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Hoopert	1	-	-	1	-	100%	$5.00	-100%
B Pengelly	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W D'Avila	6	-	2	2	-	67%	-	-100%
Ms L Morrison	17	5	2	2	29%	53%	$3.28	-4%
M Abe	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Krysten Swaffer	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Marnu Potgieter	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nick Heywood	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Leslie Tilley	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Felix	4	1	-	1	25%	50%	$4.00	-
N Thomas	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$2.90	-100%
Ms L Mc Coy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Faehr	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K Lenton	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Shae Nielson	1	-	1	-	-	100%	$1.65	-100%
Denicious Smith	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Isabella Teh	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$1.92	-100%
Ashley Butler	10	1	1	-	10%	20%	$4.00	-60%
S Pawsey	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jade Doolan	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Whiteley	2	-	-	2	-	100%	-	-100%
A Holt	26	6	4	3	23%	50%	$4.66	8%
Rebecca Wilson	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jenna Edwards	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$1.80	-10%
R Wiggins	36	9	3	2	25%	39%	$3.13	-22%
Matthew Cartwright	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.50	450%
J L Taylor	3	-	-	-	-	-	$7.50	-100%
Adam Sewell	6	-	-	1	-	17%	-	-100%
Jackson Murphy	19	1	3	2	5%	32%	$4.40	-77%
Ms C Jokic	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%
Gabrielle Semmens	11	1	4	2	9%	64%	$61.00	455%
Lachlan Overall	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$2.20	10%
Tessa Townsend	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tyler Leslight	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nathan Day	3	-	1	1	-	67%	-	-100%
N Bin Yadi	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Leah Martyn	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ron Stewart	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Zac Sprie	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Callow	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Bella Youngberry	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$3.70	270%
S Cormack	21	2	3	2	10%	33%	$3.75	-64%
Justin Huxtable	8	2	2	1	25%	63%	$3.17	-21%
Mel Campbell	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Liv O'Donnell	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
McKenzie Apel	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$2.70	-10%
Justin P Stanley	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$2.80	180%
Michael Mc Donald	5	-	2	2	-	80%	$3.00	-100%
Chris Meehan	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
I Fry	2	-	1	-	-	50%	-	-100%
Olivia Kendal	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$2.70	-10%
Samantha Pointon	19	5	2	3	26%	53%	$3.30	-13%
M Hellyer	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms P Edwards	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$4.20	110%
Fional Sandkuhl	4	-	-	1	-	25%	-	-100%
F Edwards	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tahlia Fenlon	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Girish Goomany	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms T Chambers	10	1	6	-	10%	70%	$2.50	-75%
Courtney Bellamy	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
C Mc Iver	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W G Satherley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jaimee-Lee Devine	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Mitch Goring	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%

This season

Jockey	Starts	1^st	2^nd	3^rd	W%	P%	Avg Win Odds	ROI
Tamara Tincknell	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.43	-100%
Louise Dillon	-	-	-	-	-	-	$1.99	-21%
D W Ballard	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.48	-100%
T Brummell	-	-	-	-	-	-	$10.00	-100%
D J Evans	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Spradau	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.60	-100%
S Mc Govern	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.73	-30%
G D Kliese	6	-	-	-	-	-	$4.87	-100%
N Day	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$4.20	40%
L Attard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Galvin	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ms N Summers	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
A Coome	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Kropp	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K Ballard	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Melissa Cox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
T A Hill	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.00	400%
W Kerford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
B Huppatz	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Brendon Davis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Zack Gibbs	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Ridler	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Cullen	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Wilson	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
D Simmons	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Keating	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Fazackerley	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.65	-59%
Lachlan Dodds	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
P Romeo	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Babarovich	3	-	1	-	-	33%	$7.50	-100%
R Mc Mahon	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.20	-45%
S Sheargold	-	-	-	-	-	-	$13.00	-100%
D Sparks	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms B Thomson	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.80	248%
J Esser	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms A Thomson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Raymond Hancock	-	-	-	-	-	-	$4.75	-14%
R Vigar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Joshua Morrow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
S Mossman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Rhiannon Payne	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.60	-17%
C Spry	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Hoopert	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.63	-58%
B Pengelly	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W D'Avila	6	-	2	2	-	67%	-	-100%
Ms L Morrison	17	5	2	2	29%	53%	$3.28	-4%
M Abe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Krysten Swaffer	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Marnu Potgieter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nick Heywood	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leslie Tilley	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
J Felix	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$4.00	100%
N Thomas	2	-	-	1	-	50%	$2.90	-100%
Ms L Mc Coy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Faehr	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms K Lenton	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Shae Nielson	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.33	-100%
Denicious Smith	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Isabella Teh	1	-	-	-	-	-	$1.92	-100%
Ashley Butler	8	1	1	-	13%	25%	$4.00	-50%
S Pawsey	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jade Doolan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
C Whiteley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
A Holt	26	6	4	3	23%	50%	$4.66	8%
Rebecca Wilson	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jenna Edwards	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
R Wiggins	28	9	3	2	32%	50%	$3.13	1%
Matthew Cartwright	1	1	-	-	100%	100%	$5.50	450%
J L Taylor	-	-	-	-	-	-	$5.35	19%
Adam Sewell	6	-	-	1	-	17%	-	-100%
Jackson Murphy	8	-	1	-	-	13%	$5.10	-100%
Ms C Jokic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Gabrielle Semmens	11	1	4	2	9%	64%	$61.00	455%
Lachlan Overall	2	1	-	1	50%	100%	$2.20	10%
Tessa Townsend	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tyler Leslight	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Nathan Day	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Bin Yadi	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Leah Martyn	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ron Stewart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Zac Sprie	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
N Callow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bella Youngberry	-	-	-	-	-	-	$3.70	85%
S Cormack	19	2	3	2	11%	37%	$3.75	-61%
Justin Huxtable	8	2	2	1	25%	63%	$3.17	-21%
Mel Campbell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Liv O'Donnell	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
McKenzie Apel	3	1	1	-	33%	67%	$2.70	-10%
Justin P Stanley	-	-	-	-	-	-	$2.72	-32%
Michael Mc Donald	5	-	2	2	-	80%	$4.23	-100%
Chris Meehan	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
I Fry	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Olivia Kendal	3	1	-	-	33%	33%	$2.70	-10%
Samantha Pointon	19	5	2	3	26%	53%	$3.30	-13%
M Hellyer	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms P Edwards	2	1	-	-	50%	50%	$4.20	110%
Fional Sandkuhl	4	-	-	1	-	25%	-	-100%
F Edwards	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Tahlia Fenlon	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Girish Goomany	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Ms T Chambers	10	1	6	-	10%	70%	$2.50	-75%
Courtney Bellamy	2	-	-	1	-	50%	-	-100%
C Mc Iver	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
W G Satherley	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-100%
Jaimee-Lee Devine	1	-	1	-	-	100%	-	-100%
Mitch Goring	1	-	-	1	-	100%	-	-100%

Here is a list of the next races and the most recent results for S J Royes

June 2026

Nolan Last Race: 22 June 2026, Townsville R7
6yoaG (Grey or Bay) Caravaggio x Don't Blink

CAREER 23 4-3-5

EARNING $99,800

WIN 17

PLACE 52
Nolan Last Race: 22 June 2026, Townsville R5
6yoaG (Grey or Bay) Caravaggio x Don't Blink

CAREER 23 4-3-5

EARNING $99,800

WIN 17

PLACE 52
Bluebird Bay Last Race: 22 June 2026, Townsville R3
4yoaG (Bay) The Autumn Sun x Aquarium

CAREER 13 2-1-3

EARNING $53,750

WIN 15

PLACE 46
Aye Vee Aitch Last Race: 22 June 2026, Townsville R2
3yoaG (Bay) Shamus Award x Princess Titanic

CAREER 7 1-1-0

EARNING $16,925

WIN 14

PLACE 29
War Council Last Race: 21 June 2026, Bowen R5
4yoaG (Brown) Royal Meeting x Russian Rites

CAREER 26 2-3-1

EARNING $118,300

WIN 8

PLACE 23
Nolan Last Race: 16 June 2026, Townsville R8
6yoaG (Grey or Bay) Caravaggio x Don't Blink

CAREER 23 4-3-5

EARNING $99,800

WIN 17

PLACE 52
That's It Last Race: 16 June 2026, Townsville R4
4yoaG (Bay) Smart Missile x All That Is

CAREER 19 2-5-2

EARNING $65,775

WIN 11

PLACE 47
War Council Last Race: 13 June 2026, Atherton R3
4yoaG (Brown) Royal Meeting x Russian Rites

CAREER 26 2-3-1

EARNING $118,300

WIN 8

PLACE 23
Bluebird Bay Last Race: 11 June 2026, Mackay R5
4yoaG (Bay) The Autumn Sun x Aquarium

CAREER 13 2-1-3

EARNING $53,750

WIN 15

PLACE 46
Bigcat Last Race: 11 June 2026, Mackay R3
5yoaG (Brown) Brazen Beau x Pride Rock

CAREER 17 3-1-4

EARNING $54,215

WIN 18

PLACE 47
Aye Vee Aitch Last Race: 11 June 2026, Mackay R1
3yoaG (Bay) Shamus Award x Princess Titanic

CAREER 7 1-1-0

EARNING $16,925

WIN 14

PLACE 29
Fools Play Last Race: 06 June 2026, Townsville R6
5yoaM (Brown) Supido x Al Pheroz

CAREER 27 3-4-6

EARNING $91,500

WIN 11

PLACE 48
War Council Last Race: 06 June 2026, Townsville R4
4yoaG (Brown) Royal Meeting x Russian Rites

CAREER 26 2-3-1

EARNING $118,300

WIN 8

PLACE 23

May 2026

Parch Last Race: 30 May 2026, Bowen R5
4yoaG (Bay) Headwater x High Esprit

CAREER 18 2-4-4

EARNING $73,185

WIN 11

PLACE 56
That's It Last Race: 30 May 2026, Bowen R3
4yoaG (Bay) Smart Missile x All That Is

CAREER 19 2-5-2

EARNING $65,775

WIN 11

PLACE 47
That's It Last Race: 29 May 2026, Cairns R4
4yoaG (Bay) Smart Missile x All That Is

CAREER 19 2-5-2

EARNING $65,775

WIN 11

PLACE 47

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