Ziggy Plays Guitar (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

04-Nov-21
Sex
gelding

Colour

chestnut

Prize Money

7700

Owners

G S Elliot, Great Border City (Mgr: G S Elliot), J Gallagher, J D Viney, Hope Eden Racing Australia (Mgr: G S Elliot) & P J Beshara

About

Ziggy Plays Guitar is a 4yo chestnut gelding from Australia trained by Trent Wells. His sire is the stallion Written By and his dam is Sunday Rose. He remains a maiden, having failed to win in nine starts. In his most recent start at Devonport Synthetic on 19th Dec 2025, Jabez Johnstone rode him to a 10th-place finish behind the winner Nikolsky.

Raced At

Devonport Synthetic • Launceston • Wodonga • Ballarat Synthetic • St Arnaud • Burrumbeet

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Devonport SYNTHETIC 19-Dec-25 1350m SYNTHETIC R3 MDN-SW (of $25,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:22.870, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th 1st Nikolsky ( C Newitt 56.5 ) 2nd Leo Davinci ( D Parish 58.5 ) 0.40L 3rd Rockestjerne ( C Jordan 57 ) 1.40L 10th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( J Johnstone 58.5 , Cd 55.5 ) 11.91L See full resultsJ Johnstone 58.5kg, Cd 55.5kg 11.91L10 (10)
Devonport SYNTHETIC 09-Dec-25 1009m SYNTHETIC R2 OPN-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:00.120 1st Garcon D'espoir ( Y Nishitani ) 2nd Ziggy Plays Guitar ( D Parish ) 3.25L 3rd Who Can It Be Now ( S K Ingelse ) 6.75LD Parish 3.25L2 (4)
Launceston 21-Nov-25 1400m SOFT 5 R2 MDN-SW $500 (of $25,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:24.630, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.170 1st Zanzi ( J A Johnstone 56.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 2nd Timely Needs ( A Darmanin 57 ) 2.25L 3rd Monclere ( J G Radley 58.5 , Cd 55.5 ) 2.27L 5th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( L Riordan 58.5 ) 3.27L See full resultsL Riordan 58.5kg 3.27L5 (11)
Launceston 12-Nov-25 1200m GOOD 4 R1 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $500 (of $25,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:11.280, SP: 11.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.880 1st Oxidize ( C M Jordan 56.5 ) 2nd Can't Catch Chilli ( A Darmanin 55 ) 0.75L 3rd Nikolsky ( S Nakano 56.5 ) 0.90L 5th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( K Sanderson 58.5 ) 2.95L See full resultsK Sanderson 58.5kg 2.95L5 (11)
Launceston 24-Oct-25 1120m GOOD 4 R1 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $500 (of $25,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:06.150, SP: 12.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.610 1st Celtic Rose ( E L B Burke 56.5 ) 2nd Oxidize ( C M Jordan 56.5 ) 0.25L 3rd La Zampa ( A Darmanin 58.5 ) 1.00L 5th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( K Sanderson 58.5 ) 2.25L See full resultsK Sanderson 58.5kg 2.25L5 (9)
Launceston 03-Oct-25 1400m SOFT 5 R2 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $1,125 (of $25,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:25.150, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 2nd, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.290 1st Rapids Ahead ( J A Johnstone 58.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 2nd Alpine Cowgirl ( D Pires 56.5 ) 1.25L 3rd Who's In Dev ( C M Jordan 54 ) 1.60L 4th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( A Darmanin 58.5 ) 2.35L See full resultsA Darmanin 58.5kg 2.35L4 (8)
Wodonga 16-Sep-25 1200m GOOD 4 R3 4YO+ Mdn Set Weight $640 (of $32,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:12.030, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.960 1st Youarenotalone ( T M Nugent 59.5 ) 2nd Ponte Arcobaleno ( A G Kennedy 59.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 0.50L 3rd Angling For Info ( M Bunjevac 59.5 ) 1.25L 8th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( C Macredmond 59.5 ) 8.37L See full resultsC Macredmond 59.5kg 8.37L8 (11)
Ballarat SYNTHETIC 19-Aug-25 1400m SYNTHETIC R5 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $1,600 (of $32,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:26.260, SP: 3.60 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.820 1st Starfleet Command ( H T Coffey 57 ) 2nd Call Me Phil ( R J Hurdle 59.5 ) 2.50L 3rd Shay's Way ( J Allen 57.5 ) 6.25L 4th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( D Bates 59.5 ) 8.75L See full resultsD Bates 59.5kg 8.75L4 (11)
Ballarat SYNTHETIC 22-Jul-25 1100m SYNTHETIC R5 2YO+ Mdn Set Weight $2,160 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:07.270, SP: 2.80 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.580 1st Girlcanchat ( A K Kelly 57.5 ) 2nd Da Plane Da Plane ( S Field 59.5 , Cd 57.5 ) 1.75L 3rd Ziggy Plays Guitar ( D Bates 59.5 ) 2.50L See full resultsD Bates 59.5kg 2.50L3 (9)
St Arnaud 09-Jul-25 900m R4 Jump Out-S5, Winning Time: 00:59.300 1st Tuxedo Miss ( F W Kersley ) 2nd Cosmic Boy ( C Atkinson ) 3rd Ziggy Plays Guitar ( T M Pender )T M Pender3 (6)
Hamilton 07-Jan-25 1100m GOOD 4 R1 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:04.050, SP: 2.80 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.220 1st Dimora Queen ( J Fry 57.5 ) 2nd Miss Top Gun ( L Meech 56 ) 4.50L 3rd Shame On Sue ( N Farley 56 ) 5.25L 8th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( J Hill 58 ) 8.97L See full resultsJ Hill 58kg 8.97L8 (11)
bet365 Camperdown 19-Dec-24 850m R12 J/O-GOOD 4 1st Ziggy Plays Guitar ( J Hill ) 2nd Lefkada ( A K Kelly ) 3rd Windara Rock It ( T Madden )J Hill1 (7)
Apiam Bendigo 11-Dec-24 800m R9 Jump Out-G4 1st Ziggy Plays Guitar ( J Allen ) 2nd Prosperous Star ( C Quilty ) 3rd Neferure ( Z Moore )J Allen1 (5)
Cranbourne-Trn 16-Sep-24 800m SOFT 5 R7 MDN-CL2 TRL, Winning Time: 00:46.110 1st Ziplining ( J C Maskiell ) 2nd Tessa's Choice ( M Zahra ) 0.75L 3rd Anyone ( D M Lane ) 1.25L 6th Ziggy Plays Guitar ( L Coffey 0 ) 2.95LL Coffey 0 2.95L6 (10)
bet365 Stawell 27-Aug-24 800m SOFT 7 R11 3UP-TRL, Winning Time: 00:49.940 1st Ziggy Plays Guitar ( H Coffey ) 2nd Streamelot ( M T Aitken ) 1.25L 3rd Sephia ( L Meech ) 1.75LH Coffey1 (7)
Sportsbet-Ballarat SYNTHETIC 26-Jul-24 850m R7 JumpOut-Synth 1st Ziggy Plays Guitar ( J Allen ) 2nd Eight Under ( J L Julius ) 3rd Five Foot Fence ( J M Smith )J Allen1 (7)
Sportsbet-Ballarat SYNTHETIC 17-Jul-24 700m R11 JumpOut-Synth Sectionals: 600m 00:35.360 1st Ziggy Plays Guitar ( C Atkinson ) 2nd Pub Crawl ( W Gordon ) 3rd Girlcanchat ( M T Aitken )C Atkinson1 (7)
Burrumbeet 20-Jun-24 700m R5 Jump Out-S6, Winning Time: 00:42.700 1st Bretton Woods ( J Kennedy ) 2nd Areyoureadyforit ( B Mertens ) 3rd Ziggy Plays Guitar ( T Madden )T Madden3 (6)