Mark Walker tops $1m so far this Season In Victoria

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seasons	starts	1st	2nd	3rd	win %	place%	prize Money
2025/26	102	13	15	13	12%	40%	$1,081,105

 

13 Wins so far.  Needs to get his strike rate up but a lot tough in Victoria than NZ. 

@JJ Flash

 

 

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LOL well did that set the rabble off elsewhere! 

I guess $32k and $45k for winning a maiden race in Victoria Country isn't good enough for some!  Mind you Farknuckle (aka @Joe Bloggs ) and @nomates are perennial whingers and anti-racing.  How are those Roc De Cambes going Mr Wallace?

As for the @Comic Dog I've never dissed Te Akau on RaceCafe but I guess you think I did because you misidentified someone as me.  Which you do all the time because of your paranoia.  Who's watching who?

[hesi]

Pathetic aren't they, then again Herlihy on the FB site is not much better, questioning the integrity of the stipes is getting onto dangerous ground.

Just keep it ticking CS, some nice numbers of people who read the threads, and with all the other things planned................

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I see Mark Walker has the second highest Victoria Country meeting strike rate at 21% with the lowest number of starts at 60.   Not too shabby for a stable in only its first full season.

[hesi]

27 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

I see Mark Walker has the second highest Victoria Country meeting strike rate at 21% with the lowest number of starts at 60.   Not too shabby for a stable in only its first full season.

Still a hard road, that Aus market is very hard to break into.  Don't quote me, but I think many of the other NZ trainers that have gone over there have taken several years to make their mark as they establish the contacts and clientele

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9 minutes ago, hesi said:

Still a hard road, that Aus market is very hard to break into.  Don't quote me, but I think many of the other NZ trainers that have gone over there have taken several years to make their mark as they establish the contacts and clientele

I've read where Te Akau have picked up some big Australian clients.  The hardest part from what I see is the step up in the class of horse and then placing them.  Winning at Cranbourne, Ballarat, Werribee, Pakenham is harder than winning at the majority of our NZ tracks.

But then the money is so much better.  You don't earn $800k winning 13 races plus placings in NZ racing in maidens and benchmark races.

[Newmarket]

They did have a good winner at Werribee yesterday, Royal Rendezvous….. came from a mile back to power home. 

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15 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

They did have a good winner at Werribee yesterday, Royal Rendezvous….. came from a mile back to power home. 

Yep - a $42,500 maiden and now $23k in the bank.