First Light (2023) Horse

Foal Date

26-Oct-23
Sex
filly

Colour

bay

Sire

Savabeel

Prize Money

1620

Owners

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

About

First Light is a 2yo bay filly trained by Mark Walker and Sam Bergerson in Matamata. She is by Savabeel out of Early Morning Rise. She has not yet broken her maiden, going winless in two starts. In her latest run at Matamata on 22 March 2026, jockey Hayley Hassman rode her to sixth place behind winner Mayfair Street.

Raced At

Matamata • Ellerslie

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Matamata 22-Mar-26 1050m SOFT 5 R2 2YO Mdn Set Weight $370 (of $18,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:02.800, SP: 8.50 1st Mayfair Street ( J Fawcett 57.5 ) 2nd Sir Richie ( J Taplin 57.5 , Cd 54.5 ) 0.10L 3rd Miss Janet ( M Mcnab 55.5 ) 0.20L 6th First Light ( H Hassman 55.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 1.70L See full resultsH Hassman 55.5kg, Cd 53.5kg 1.70L6 (9)
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)