Hard Grunt (AUS) 2021
Profile
4g Grunt (NZ) x So Vital (NZ) (Pentire (GB))
Foaled August 23, 2021
Career: 11 starts, 0 - 1 - 1 $18,950
Trainer: G P Vella, Canberra
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, Ms S Dower & LMBJ Racing Boys (Mgr: L Astorino)
Hard Grunt is a 4 year old gelding by Grunt out of the Pentire mare, So Vital.
Last start was 4th at Canberra on December 12, 2025 in the C&C Painting Mdn Hcp over 1400 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
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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)