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Mark Zahra

10 rides in the last 5 seasons · 9 individual horses
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 147 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
2–10
Wins / Runs
20%
Strike rate
n=10
2 (20%)
Placed
2.03
n=10 · 1.68 incl. margin
+9.40
£1 level stake
n=10 at SP · +94.0%
£592k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.5%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 20% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
22.2%+2.2
n=9 · A/E 2.34 · £1 +10.40
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−20.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−20.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
100%
n=1 · A/E 5.35 · £1 +3.40
Big fields · 14+ runners
16.7%−3.3
n=6 · A/E 1.90 · £1 −1.60
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
22.2%+2.2
n=9 · A/E 2.20 · £1 +10.40

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 20% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +11.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 1 50% +2.40
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Eagle Farm (AUS) 5 1 20% −0.60
Ascot 4 1 25% +11.00
Longchamp (FR) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 9 2 22.2% +10.40
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 1 100% 5.35 +3.40
2nd–3rd fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
4th–6th fav 4 1 25% 3.12 +11.00
7th+ in betting 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Docklands (GB) 2 1 1 16 Jun 26
Snellen (IRE) 1 0 0 17 Jun 26
La Botte (GB) 1 0 0 17 Jun 26
She's Got Pizzazz (AUS) 1 1 1 13 Jun 26
Martist (AUS) 1 0 0 13 Jun 26
Grand Omaha (AUS) 1 0 0 6 Jun 26
Different Gravy (AUS) 1 0 0 30 May 26
Napoleonic (AUS) 1 0 0 30 May 26
Verry Elleegant (NZ) 1 0 0 1 Oct 22
All 9 horses ridden in this window. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Harry Eustace 3 1 33.3% +12.00
Gavin Cromwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Tony Gollan 1 0 0% −1.00
Matt Laurie 1 0 0% −1.00
F-H Graffard 1 0 0% −1.00
Henry Dwyer 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Charlton 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2019→
3
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£646k
Prize money
2026
Best season · 1 win
Docklands (GB) — Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) (Str) Ascot · Jun 2025 · Group 1
£450,065
She's Got Pizzazz (AUS) — Magic Millions Dane Ripper Stakes (Fillies & Mares) (Turf) Eagle Farm (AUS) · Jun 2026 · Group 2
£86,139
Indianapolis (IRE) — Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup Challenge (Handicap) Ascot · Aug 2019 · Class 3
£29,508

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Massaat (IRE) 50% · 1–2
Progeny have won 7.7% of 1,222 runs since 2022 (124 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4.4% from 113. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 3.7% from 134.
Expert Eye (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.1% of 2,213 runs since 2022 (197 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 13.1% from 406.
Ghaiyyath (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 15.6% of 1,149 runs since 2024 (192 horses). Strongest on Good going: 18.9% from 307. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 12.3% from 310.
Omaha Beach (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.9% of 55 runs since 2023 (9 horses).
Too Darn Hot (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 13.9% of 2,370 runs since 2023 (326 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.4% from 117.
Trapeze Artist (AUS) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 0% of 15 runs since 2026 (7 horses). A small sample.
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 11 Nov 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

all 15 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mark Zahra's 15 archived rides, from 10 August 2019 to 17 June 2026, newest first — 3 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Jun 26 Ascot La Botte (GB)T: Harry Eustace Royal Hunt Cup (Heritage Handicap) (Str)Class 2 · 8f · Good To Firm · 28 ran 13th 17/2
16 Jun 26 Ascot Docklands (GB)T: Harry Eustace Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) (Str)Class 1 · 8f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 7th 6/1
17 Jun 25 Ascot Docklands (GB)T: Harry Eustace Queen Anne Stakes (Group 1) (Str)Class 1 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 1st 14/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Mark Zahra's strike rate?
Mark Zahra has won 2 of 10 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 20% (as at 11 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 11 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).