Matahga (2022) Horse

Foal Date

12-Sep-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

grey

Sire

Tivaci

Dam

Mohegan Star

Prize Money

147800

Owners

Saddlers Knife (Mgr: G F Brook)

About

Matahga, a 3yo grey gelding trained by Phillip Stokes of Pakenham OC, is by Tivaci out of Mohegan Star. As a stakes winner with $147,800 in earnings, he is considered to have above‑average ability. On 28June2025 at Morphettville Parks, Jacob Opperman rode him to his biggest triumph, taking the $120,000 2yo Open Set Weight With Penalties and defeating Ethereum Girl. He has been a profitable prospect for punters, and a career‑long backing would have produced a 6% return on investment.

Raced At

Caulfield • Flemington • Morphettville Parks • Murray Bdge • Morphettville • Strathalbyn

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Caulfield 15-Nov-25 1600m GOOD 4 R7 G2 SAND GNEAS (of $400,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:38.830, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.220 1st Sheza Alibi ( L Nolen 55 ) 2nd Tagline ( M Dee 57 ) 5.75L 3rd Top Reward ( L Currie 57 ) 6.05L 9th Matahga ( L Neindorf 57 ) 13.85L See full resultsL Neindorf 57kg 13.85L9 (10)
Flemington 04-Nov-25 1800m SOFT 6 R3 LR 3YO Open Set Weight With Penalties (of $200,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:51.040, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.750 1st Different Gravy ( M Zahra 57 ) 2nd Brave Danza ( D W Stackhouse 57 ) 2.00L 3rd Obvious ( B Allen 57 ) 2.15L 13th Matahga ( C Williams 58 ) 11.87L See full resultsC Williams 58kg 11.87L13 (15)
Caulfield 18-Oct-25 1400m GOOD 4 R1 3YO Open Set Weight With Penalties $3,000 (of $150,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:24.000, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.590 1st Bacash ( M Zahra 56 ) 2nd Call Da Vinci ( J J Lloyd 56 ) 2.00L 3rd Sulek ( W J Egan 56 ) 2.75L 7th Matahga ( L Neindorf 57.5 ) 5.41L See full resultsL Neindorf 57.5kg 5.41L7 (9)
Southside Pakenham 07-Oct-25 1000m R9 JumpOut-Synth, Winning Time: 00:59.010 1st Immortal Matilda ( B E L Temple ) 2nd Chakado ( L Nolen ) 3rd Kinetic Jewel ( T Stockdale ) 4th Matahga ( L Neindorf )L Neindorf4 (9)
Southside Pakenham 23-Sep-25 800m R8 Jump Out-S6, Winning Time: 00:49.640 1st Fully Calculated ( D W Stackhouse ) 2nd Octrain ( G Gilmour ) 3rd Annoy'en One ( M Morris ) 4th Matahga ( L Neindorf )L Neindorf4 (7)
Morphettville Parks 28-Jun-25 1400m SOFT 6 R5 LR 2YO Open Set Weight With Penalties $67,025 (of $120,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:25.250, SP: 2.15 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.860 1st Matahga ( J Opperman 56 ) 2nd Ethereum Girl ( R L Milnes 54 ) 0.28L 3rd Kazaru ( L J Neindorf 54 ) 1.12L See full resultsJ Opperman 56kg1 (13)
Murray Bdge 14-Jun-25 1200m SOFT 6 R3 2YO Open Set Weight With Penalties $57,250 (of $105,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:11.100, SP: 4.20 In-running: Settled 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 9th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.370 1st Matahga ( J Opperman 56 ) 2nd Mostly For Show ( L J Neindorf 56 ) 0.48L 3rd Oak Park Maddison ( R L Milnes 54 , Cd 53 ) 0.70L See full resultsJ Opperman 56kg1 (11)
Morphettville 31-May-25 1100m SOFT 6 R1 2YO BM 64 Hcp $9,800 (of $55,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:06.310, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.450 1st Golden Horizon ( C P Murtagh 57.5 ) 2nd Matahga ( J Opperman 58 ) 0.17L 3rd Mostly For Show ( J Toeroek 57 ) 0.40L See full resultsJ Opperman 58kg 0.17L2 (7)
Strathalbyn 19-May-25 1000m SOFT 7 R5 2Y-TRL, Winning Time: 01:07.040 1st Mating Call ( E Finnegan ) 2nd Gold Topaz ( T Pannell ) 0.88L 3rd Matahga ( L Neindorf ) 0.90LL Neindorf 0.90L3 (7)
Thomas Farms RC Murray Bridge 01-May-25 800m GOOD 4 R1 2Y-TRL, Winning Time: 00:49.920 1st Mostly For Show ( J Toeroek ) 2nd Matahga ( L Neindorf ) 4.50L 3rd Pierata/ Personality Plus ( J Kerr ) 5.30LL Neindorf 4.50L2 (10)
Strathalbyn 28-Jan-25 1000m GOOD 4 R1 2Y-TRL, Winning Time: 01:04.490 1st Matahga ( K Crowther ) 2nd Taguig ( B Price ) 0.66L 3rd Secret Owl ( J B Potter ) 1.76LK Crowther1 (7)