Ground Control Racehorse Profile

Ground Control is a 3-year-old Gelding, trained by P Stokes, based at Pakenham OC. With 4 career starts and 2 wins, it has earned $86,080.

Age: 3
Sex: Gelding
Trainer: P Stokes
Trained at: Pakenham OC
Sire: Dirty Work
Dam: Star Player
Sire of dam: Foreplay (AUS)
Owner: B C Dixon, P A Vawdrey, J M MacLean, D J Maclean, Mrs A J MacLean, J E Cooper, M Connor, Crow City Wanderers United (Mgr: E Valenza), S C S Watts & Mrs A Stokes
Career: 4:2-0-1
Prize money: $86,080
Last start: 27 June 2026
Recent form: 1x317x

Ground Control Form Guide

Ground Control — last 4 starts
Date	Track	Dist	Class	Going	Bar	Wgt	Jockey	Result	Margin	Time	SP	Winner / 2nd
6 Dec 2025	Ballarat	1200m	Open	S6	1	56kg	Lachlan Neindorf	7 of 10	12.8L	1:12.42	5.5	Steel Move
21 Nov 2025	Pakenham	1200m	BM64	S6	3	59.5kg	Lachlan Neindorf	1 of 5	2.3L	1:11.15	1.45	Astari
1 Nov 2025	Morphettville	1100m	BM68	G4	3	58kg	Jacob Opperman	3 of 8	0.9L	1:03.82	2.8	Grinzinger Champ
28 May 2025	Sale	1100m	Mdn	S5	8	58kg	Joe Bowditch	1 of 8	2.8L	1:04.50	3.3	Burlington Arcade

Record by Condition

Starts, record (wins-seconds-thirds) and strike rate by condition
Condition	Starts	Record	Win %	Place %
Good	1	0-0-1	0%	100%
Soft	3	2-0-0	67%	67%
First-up	2	1-0-1	50%	100%
Second-up	1	1-0-0	100%	100%

Winning distances

1(1100), 1(1200)

Record by Track

Performance at each track raced
Track	Runs	Wins	Places	Win %	Place %
Sandown-hillside	1	0	0	0%	0%
Sale	1	1	1	100%	100%
Murray Bridge Gh	1	0	0	0%	0%
Morphettville	1	0	1	0%	100%
Pakenham	1	1	1	100%	100%
Ballarat	1	0	0	0%	0%
Caulfield	1	0	0	0%	0%

Record by Jockey

Performance with each jockey ridden
Jockey	Runs	Wins	Places	Win %	Place %
Joe Bowditch	2	1	1	50%	50%
Lachlan Neindorf	4	1	1	25%	25%
Jacob Opperman	1	0	1	0%	100%

Career Wins

Races won
Date	Race	Event	Dist	Jockey
21 Nov 2025	R1	Beraldo Coffee (Bm64)	1200m	Lachlan Neindorf
28 May 2025	R1	Vale Brendan Drechsler Mdn Plate	1100m	Joe Bowditch