Mo'unga
SireSavabeel
GrandsireZabeel
DamChandelier
DamsireO'Reilly
SexStallion
Foaled20 November 2017
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay or Brown
BreederWaikato Stud (NZ)
OwnerFung Family Racing, KS So, MB Lee, R Mo'unga
TrainerChris Waller (2020)
Annabel Neasham (2021 onwards)
Record22: 5–5–3
EarningsAU$2,825,790[1]
Major wins
Rosehill Guineas (2021)
Winx Stakes (2021)

Mo'unga (foaled 20 November 2017) is a New Zealand-bred racehorse who won multiple Group 1 races in Australia.

Background

Bred by Waikato Stud in New Zealand, Mo'unga was sold at the 2019 Karaka Yearling Sale. He was purchased for $325,000 by Aquis Farm and relocated to their property in Queensland, Australia.[2]

Racing career

Mo'unga contested his first race on the 20 June 2020 at Gold Coast Racecourse in a 2-year-old Maiden race which he one by one length. He was successful in his next two starts at Newcastle and Rosehill before finishing in 7th placing behind Ole Kirk in the Caulfield Guineas. Jockey Damien Oliver said after the race: "I thought he ran well. He’s going to be a really nice horse next preparation with a bit of give in the ground."[3]

In December 2020 it was announced that Mo'unga would change trainers from Chris Waller to Annabel Neasham.[4]

After running placings in the C S Hayes Stakes and Randwick Guineas, Mo'unga won his first Group 1 race in the 2020 Rosehill Guineas. He won his second Group 1 five months later in the Winx Stakes at Randwick.[5]

He was second to Sierra Sue in the 2022 Futurity Stakes (MRC) (1400m) at Caulfield, ahead of Tofane.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Mo'unga (NZ) 2017[6]
Sire
Savabeel (NZ)
2001		 Zabeel (NZ)
1986		 Sir Tristram Sir Ivor
Isolt
Lady Giselle Nureyev
Valderna
Savannah Success (AUS)
1995		 Success Express Hold Your Peace
Au Printemps
Alma Mater Semipalatinsk
Sweetie
Dam
Chandelier (NZ)
2009		 O'Reilly (NZ)
1993		 Last Tycoon Try My Best
Mill Princess
Courtza Pompeii Court
Hunza
Cenphic (NZ)
1995		 Centaine Century
Rainbeam
Seraphic Imposing
Torquay

References

  1. ↑ "Mo'unga Horse Search". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "2019 Karaka Lot 631". nzb.co.nz. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Caulfield Guineas - What the jockeys said". justhorseracing.com.au. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Rising star moved from Waller". racing.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Mo'unga claims drama filled Winx Stakes". punters.com.au. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ↑ "Mo'unga Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
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