$41 roughie Zachary Shannon makes it two in a row at Bathurst

Thursday, November 12, 2026

**Zachary Shannon (Pet Rock - Zenitra Shannon)** has won two races in a row at Bathurst. On Wednesday night he took out the Veterans And Families Pace at TAB fixed odds of $41.

Peter Bullock trains the seven-year-old gelding and his son Travis drove him. He beat nine rivals in the $6,936 race over 1730m, which was for horses rated up to NR52. Samnate ran second at $5.50 for trainer-driver John O'Shea, and Royal Villa was third at $7.50 for trainer-driver Bernie Hewitt. Merrywood Rosie, the $3.70 second favourite, finished fourth for Jett Turnbull and trainer Nathan Turnbull.

Fakistra started the $2.70 favourite, with Chloe Formosa driving for trainer Amanda Turnbull, but missed the top four.

Zachary Shannon started at the long price only a week after winning on the same track. On November 4 he won over 1730m at $10 in a race for horses rated up to NR47. Magic Matteo ran second and Centrefire third that night, and Arkuna, the $1.55 favourite, was unplaced. Wednesday's race was a step up in class.

His two wins came after two second placings at Bathurst, both as favourite. On October 21 he started at $2.40 over 2260m and finished second to Tulhurst Timmy. A week later he started at $2.60 over 1730m and ran second to the $16 chance Mrs Mahoney. Tulhurst Timmy also raced on Wednesday, starting at $8.50, and was unplaced.

Not everyone missed him. In its preview of the Wednesday meeting, the racing website Just Racing tipped Zachary Shannon in Race 5 and named him its best value selection of the night.

The win adds to a strong spell for Travis Bullock, who has driven five winners from 23 drives in the past 30 days. Two of those came at Parkes the night before, Stay Mysterious in a two-year-old race and Im Starving.

Peter Bullock has trained three winners from 15 runners over the same 30 days. Zachary Shannon has won two of them. The third was Hunter Shannon, who won on the same Bathurst card on November 4 with Travis Bullock driving, which gave the stable a double that night.

Zachary Shannon's four starts this spring have all been at Bathurst, for two wins and two seconds. In that time he has stepped up from races for horses rated up to NR47 to Wednesday's race for horses rated up to NR52.

Going into Wednesday's race, TAB's form showed seven career wins for the gelding, five of them over 1730m and one each over 2120m and 2260m, with $61,768 in prize money.

Zachary Shannon is a black gelding by Pet Rock from the mare Zenitra Shannon, trained at Bathurst by Peter Bullock.

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