Hard Grunt (AUS) 2021

Profile

4g Grunt (NZ) x So Vital (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Foaled August 23, 2021
Career: 5 starts, 0 - 0 - 0 $4,950
Trainer: Simon Zahra, Flemington
Ownership: SZ Racing No 1 (Mgr: S Zahra), Miss D K Rose, R J Atchison, R Williams, Country Linked Syndications (Mgr: H Lubeck), P J T Racing (Mgr: T Bromley), J L Reid, DECT Racing Group (Mgr: L Carey), B Stenzel, J M Landy, Mrs M T Corboy, L Astorino & Ms S Dower
Hard Grunt is a 4 year old gelding by Grunt out of the Pentire mare, So Vital.
Last start was 4th at Ballarat Synthetic on August 7, 2025 in the Hertz Mdn Plate over 1500 metres.

Sale Details

Lot 54 2022 MM Gold Coast National Weanling Sale
Vendor: Hopetoun Farm, Southbrook, Qld Buyer: Suncroft Bloodstock Ltd $60,000
Lot 540 2023 NZB Karaka Book 1
Vendor: Curraghmore Buyer: Simon Zahra Racing / Cameron Cooke Bloodstock $100,000
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So Vital (NZ)
O'Reilly (NZ)
Ruqqaya (NZ)
Pentire (GB)
Ultima Vita (AUS)
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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
7Aug25
4th
Ballarat Synthetic
Synthetic Ryan Houston (59.5) 30/1 - 1st: Kittyhawk (3.1L)
3yo
21Feb25
10th
Kilmore
Good(4) Ms J Beriman (59) 60/1 - 1st: Chesapeake Babe (10.3L)
3yo
6Feb25
9th
Wangaratta
Good(3) W Gordon (59) 12/1 - 1st: Daisy May (9.7L)
3yo
17Jan25
8th
Pakenham
Good(4) Liam Riordan (58) 40/1 - 1st: Longford (8.5L)
3yo
28Dec24
5th
Cranbourne
Good(4) Ms J Beriman (58) 100/1 - 1st: Empire Of Pain (6.7L)