First Light (2023) Horse

Foal Date

26-Oct-23
Sex
filly

Colour

bay

Sire

Savabeel

Prize Money

1313

Owners

Te Akau Daybreak Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM)

About

First Light is a 2yo bay filly entered in the Matamata R2 Entain/NZB Insurance Pearl Series Mdn, trained by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson of Riccarton Park. She is by Savabeel out of Early Morning Rise. She has not yet broken her maiden, having started once without a win. In her most recent start at Ellerslie on 29 Nov 2025, Wiremu Pinn rode her to a fourth‑place finish behind the winner Incandescent.

Raced At

Ellerslie

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ellerslie 29-Nov-25 1100m SOFT 5 R1 2YO Mdn Set Weight $1,500 (of $30,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:05.760, SP: 4.10 In-running: Settled 4th, 400m 3rd 1st Incandescent ( M Hashizume 57.5 ) 2nd She's No Saint ( W B Kennedy 55.5 ) 1.80L 3rd Enchantment ( V A Colgan 55.5 ) 5.80L 4th First Light ( W Pinn 55.5 ) 7.10L See full resultsW Pinn 55.5kg 7.10L4 (6)