Meaningful Star (2017) Horse

Foal Date

07-Apr-17
Sex
gelding

Colour

chestnut

Sire

Pivotal

Dam

Adore

Prize Money

1692110

Owners

G L Cooksley, A J & C W Reynolds, C J, J R & R J Wallace & B J Wallace

About

At the Ellerslie R8 Windsor Park Stud Handicap, Meaningful Star is a 9yo chestnut gelding trained by B Wallace & G Cooksley at Byerley Park NZ. He is by Pivotal out of Adore. A stakes winner with total earnings of $1,692,110, he is considered a horse of above‑average talent. On 30 Nov 2024 at Ellerslie, Michael McNab rode him to his biggest victory, claiming the $120000.00 Open Set Weight With Penalties and beating Aegon. The horse has consistently delivered value for bettors, and a lifetime backing would have produced a 56% ROI.

Raced At

Ellerslie • Tauranga • Te Rapa

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ellerslie 29-Nov-25 1600m SOFT 5 R8 G3 Open Set Weight With Penalties $5,251 (of $105,029) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:37.100, SP: 10.10 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th 1st Mary Shan ( C J Grylls 53 ) 2nd El Vencedor ( W F Pinn 59 ) 0.20L 3rd Nereus ( V A Colgan 56 ) 0.40L 4th Meaningful Star ( M Cartwright 56 ) 1.40L See full resultsM Cartwright 56kg 1.40L4 (10)
Tauranga 15-Nov-25 1530m SOFT 6 R7 G2 Open Weight For Age $24,172 (of $130,658) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:32.760, SP: 6.80 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th 1st Agera ( S Mcnab 59 ) 2nd Meaningful Star ( C Dell 59 ) 0.10L 3rd Khafre ( J J Fawcett 59 ) 0.60L See full resultsC Dell 59kg 0.10L2 (10)
Ellerslie 25-Oct-25 1600m GOOD 4 R6 Open Hcp $10,626 (of $57,437) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:35.930, SP: 12.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th 1st The Odyssey ( C R Barnes 59 ) 2nd Meaningful Star ( T Moodley 60.5 , Cd 59.5 ) 0.80L 3rd Livid Sky ( M Hashizume 54 ) 0.90L See full resultsT Moodley 60.5kg, Cd 59.5kg 0.80L2 (11)
Ellerslie 20-Sep-25 1400m SOFT 5 R9 Open Hcp $874 (of $58,239) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:23.560, SP: 40.30 In-running: Settled 7th, 400m 7th 1st Tardelli ( G Rooke 57.5 ) 2nd Cannon Hill ( M Cartwright 54.5 ) 2.00L 3rd Livid Sky ( W B Kennedy 54 ) 4.30L 8th Meaningful Star ( S Mcnab 61 , Cd 58 ) 7.80L See full resultsS Mcnab 61kg, Cd 58kg 7.80L8 (11)
Te Rapa 23-Aug-25 1200m HEAVY 8 R7 G2 Open Weight For Age (of $135,659) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:12.220, SP: 79.60 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 13th 1st Sterling Express ( M Hashizume 58.5 ) 2nd Lhasa ( T Mitchell 58.5 ) 1.00L 3rd Dusty Road ( G Rooke 58.5 ) 2.00L 13th Meaningful Star ( C Barnes 58.5 ) 13.10L See full resultsC Barnes 58.5kg 13.10L13 (14)