Island Life (2021) Horse

Foal Date
29-Aug-21
Sex
mare
Colour
bay
Prize Money
224772
Owners
Sir Peter Vela
About

Island Life is a 5yo bay mare trained by S Ramsay & J Ritchie. She is by Vadamos out of Lycia. As a stakes winner with $224,772 in career earnings, she is viewed as an above‑average racehorse. On 8 Mar 2025 at Ellerslie, Michael Dee rode Island Life to her most important win, capturing the $250000.00 3yo F Open Set Weight and defeating This Time Girl.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Tauranga 08-Jan-26 1500m GOOD 3 R2 Open Hcp $750 (of $50,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:27.420, SP: 5.80 1st Super Photon ( S Weatherley 56 ) 2nd Dealt With ( R Hutchings 57.5 ) 0.30L 3rd The Underbelly ( J Doyle 60 ) 1.30L 7th Island Life ( W Kennedy 54 ) 7.20L See full resultsW Kennedy 54kg 7.20L7 (7)
Trentham 20-Dec-25 1600m SOFT 5 R5 BM 75 Hcp $23,000 (of $40,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:37.160, SP: 6.20 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Island Life ( C Grylls 55.5 ) 2nd Palmarow ( L T Hemi 54 ) 0.30L 3rd Bow Hill ( S T Collett 55 ) 1.10L See full resultsC Grylls 55.5kg1 (13)
Pukekohe Park 06-Dec-25 1400m GOOD 4 R8 BM 75 Hcp $825 (of $55,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:22.970, SP: 17.30 In-running: Settled 1st, 400m 2nd 1st Moxie ( E H Nicholas 57.5 , Cd 56.5 ) 2nd First Dance ( W B Kennedy 56.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Summerston ( T Mitchell 55 , Cd 54 ) 1.20L 6th Island Life ( T Moodley 56.5 , Cd 55.5 ) 3.00L See full resultsT Moodley 56.5kg, Cd 55.5kg 3.00L6 (14)
Tauranga 01-Nov-25 1600m GOOD 4 R11 BM 75 Hcp $600 (of $40,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:36.470, SP: 5.90 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th 1st Bourbon Proof ( M Cameron 58.5 ) 2nd Queen Zou ( M Cartwright 57 ) 0.20L 3rd Prometheus ( L H Satherley 58.5 ) 0.40L 6th Island Life ( C Grylls 56.5 ) 3.00L See full resultsC Grylls 56.5kg 3.00L6 (14)
Ellerslie 06-Sep-25 1300m SOFT 6 R8 BM 75 Hcp (of $75,000) Barrier 16, Winning Time: 01:18.630, SP: 18.80 In-running: Settled 15th, 800m 15th, 400m 15th 1st Arabian Songbird ( M Hashizume 56.5 ) 2nd Domain Ace ( M Cameron 57.5 ) 1.00L 3rd Moving Melody ( B Queiroz 58 ) 1.80L 11th Island Life ( M Cartwright 56.5 ) 4.30L See full resultsM Cartwright 56.5kg 4.30L11 (16)
Trentham 22-Mar-25 2400m SOFT 6 R8 G1 3YO F Open Set Weight $15,000 (of $1,000,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 02:28.900, SP: 13.40 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 4th 1st Leica Lucy ( C J Grylls 56.5 ) 2nd Dubai Gold ( M J Mcnab 56.5 ) 0.40L 3rd Myakkabelle ( V A Colgan 56.5 ) 1.70L 10th Island Life ( M Hashizume 56.5 ) 9.50L See full resultsM Hashizume 56.5kg 9.50L10 (15)
Ellerslie 08-Mar-25 2100m SOFT 5 R2 G3 3YO F Open Set Weight $143,750 (of $250,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:15.000, SP: 2.20 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd 1st Island Life ( M Dee 56.5 ) 2nd This Time Girl ( R T Elliot 56.5 ) 1.00L 3rd Eye Candy ( K Stott 56.5 ) 1.50L See full resultsM Dee 56.5kg1 (6)
Pukekohe Park 23-Feb-25 1500m GOOD 4 R8 BM 65 Hcp $375 (of $25,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:29.400, SP: 5.10 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th 1st Lord Of The Sea ( G Rooke 59.5 ) 2nd Lachie ( W B Kennedy 58 ) 2.50L 3rd Monday Melody ( K Stott 60 ) 2.60L 6th Island Life ( T Moodley 59 , Cd 57 ) 4.90L See full resultsT Moodley 59kg, Cd 57kg 4.90L6 (14)
Ellerslie 01-Jan-25 2000m GOOD 4 R7 G2 3YO F Open Set Weight $24,300 (of $270,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:06.430, SP: 4.60 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 6th, 400m 4th 1st Real Class ( R Hutchings 56.5 ) 2nd Bella Montagna ( S R Weatherley 56.5 ) 0.80L 3rd Island Life ( S Spratt 56.5 ) 2.60L See full resultsS Spratt 56.5kg 2.60L3 (11)
Trentham 21-Dec-24 1600m GOOD 4 R5 G3 3YO F Open Set Weight $2,500 (of $100,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:34.180, SP: 4.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th 1st Leica Lucy ( C J Grylls 56.5 ) 2nd Connello ( A Comignaghi 56.5 ) 2.50L 3rd Skymax ( B D Rogerson 56.5 ) 3.30L 5th Island Life ( S Weatherley 56.5 ) 4.80L See full resultsS Weatherley 56.5kg 4.80L5 (10)
Otaki 28-Nov-24 1600m SOFT 5 R7 G3 3YO Open Set Weight $18,500 (of $100,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:36.170, SP: 3.40 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 2nd 1st Tuxedo ( J Doyle 57 ) 2nd Island Life ( S Spratt 55 ) 0.20L 3rd Ocean Miss ( W F Pinn 55 ) 2.50L See full resultsS Spratt 55kg 0.20L2 (11)
Tauranga 02-Nov-24 1600m SOFT 5 R2 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $14,375 (of $25,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:37.350, SP: 3.30 In-running: Settled 6th, 400m 5th 1st Island Life ( S Spratt 55 ) 2nd Urlar ( G Rooke 56.5 ) 1.80L 3rd Pennine Way ( J K Riddell 58.5 ) 1.90L See full resultsS Spratt 55kg1 (14)
Pukekohe Park 16-Oct-24 1400m SOFT 7 R6 3YO Mdn Set Weight $4,625 (of $25,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:26.050, SP: 10.40 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th 1st Vermelho ( T L Newman 57.5 ) 2nd Island Life ( S Spratt 55.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Dubai Gold ( N S Parmar 55.5 , Cd 54.5 ) 4.70L See full resultsS Spratt 55.5kg 0.20L2 (11)