Hard Grunt (AUS) 2021
Profile
4g Grunt (NZ) x So Vital (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Foaled August 23, 2021
Career: 12 starts, 0 - 1 - 1 $19,260
Trainer: G P Vella, Canberra
Ownership: A C Vella
Hard Grunt is a 4 year old gelding by Grunt out of the Pentire mare, So Vital.
Last start was 7th at Canberra on December 28, 2025 in the John McGrath Auto Group Plate (C1) over 1600 metres.
Sale Details
Lot 54 2022 MM Gold Coast National Weanling SaleVendor: Hopetoun Farm, Southbrook, Qld Buyer: Suncroft Bloodstock Ltd $60,000
Lot 540 2023 NZB Karaka Book 1Vendor: Curraghmore Buyer: Simon Zahra Racing / Cameron Cooke Bloodstock $100,000
Grunt (NZ)
So Vital (NZ)
O'Reilly (NZ)
Ruqqaya (NZ)
Pentire (GB)
Ultima Vita (AUS)
Last Tycoon (IRE)
Courtza (NZ)
Van Nistelrooy (USA)
Sayyida (NZ)
Be My Guest (USA)
Gull Nook (GB)
Canny Lad (AUS)
Life At Last (IRE)
Try My Best (USA)
Pompeii Court (USA)
Storm Cat (USA)
Zabeel (NZ)
Northern Dancer (CAN)
Mill Reef (USA)
Bletchingly (AUS)
Northfields (USA)
Race Record
4yo
12Dec25
4th
Canberra
C&C Painting Mdn Hcp 1400m
Soft(5) Jessica Brookes (53) 11/1 - 1st: Call Me Son (1.2L)
4yo
7Aug25
4th
Ballarat Synthetic
Hertz Mdn Plate 1500m
Synthetic Ryan Houston (59.5) 30/1 - 1st: Kittyhawk (3.1L)