Pacific Nova (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
24-Oct-22
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay or brown
Sire
North Pacific
Prize Money
2450
Owners
Mr David M Grob, Mr Tony A Murphy, Mr David Aubrey, Mr Andrew A Smith, Mr Matthew A Smith, Syndicate AP, Mr Brad Mclady, Mr Glenn A Hibbit, Mr Kevin Wilson Mrs Carole Wilson, Mr Ian F Sheppard, Mr Jason O'Hagan, Mr Josiah M Ayling, Mr Matthew R W Marland, Mr Patrick S Elsley
About

Pacific Nova is a 3yo bay or brown gelding from Australia trained by Jordan Grob. He is by North Pacific out of Pinova. The horse has not yet broken his maiden, remaining winless in three starts. In his most recent outing at Aquis Park Gold Coast Poly on 29 November 2025, Jackson Murphy rode him to a tenth‑place finish, behind the winner Notabadjackup.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Aquis Park Gold Coast Poly 29-Nov-25 1540m SYNTHETIC R1 MDN-SW $500 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:32.930, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.950 1st Notabadjackup ( D Peisley 58.5 ) 2nd The Hopestar ( K Zechner 56.5 ) 6.74L 3rd Decadad ( S Sheargold 57 ) 7.33L 10th Pacific Nova ( J Murphy 57 ) 98.82L See full resultsJ Murphy 57kg 98.8kgL10 (10)
Sunshine Coast 04-Nov-25 1400m SOFT 7 R1 3YO Mdn Set Weight $500 (of $30,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:27.100, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.880 1st Nightline ( K Matheson 56 ) 2nd Van De Ban ( A M Thompson 58 ) 1.96L 3rd Vintage Vibes ( D L Turner 58 ) 2.12L 8th Pacific Nova ( B Thornton 58 ) 15.88L See full resultsB Thornton 58kg 15.88L8 (8)
Beaudesert 20-Oct-25 1050m SOFT 5 R4 3Y-TRL Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:05.540 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.260 1st Fire Bomber ( K Wilson-taylor ) 2nd Island Highflyer ( D Thornton ) 1.00L 3rd Luminized ( D L Turner ) 2.00L 5th Pacific Nova ( B Thornton ) 2.70LB Thornton 2.70L5 (5)
Ipswich 05-May-25 1350m GOOD 4 R2 2YO Open Hcp $1,450 (of $28,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:20.780, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.970 1st Call Da Vinci ( J J Lloyd 59 ) 2nd Under Arrest ( D Thornton 57.5 ) 2.20L 3rd Strenuous ( J H Huxtable 58 ) 5.80L 4th Pacific Nova ( B Thornton 58 ) 8.05L See full resultsB Thornton 58kg 8.05L4 (6)
Aquis Park Gold Coast 22-Apr-25 1000m SOFT 6 R5 2Y-TRL Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:59.240 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.990 1st Highgrove Rose ( D Thornton ) 2nd Zellweger ( J J Lloyd ) 0.80L 3rd Crash The Party ( K Wilson-taylor ) 1.30L 5th Pacific Nova ( A Allen ) 5.10LA Allen 5.10L5 (8)
Aquis Beaudesert 07-Apr-25 1050m HEAVY 9 R4 2Y-TRL Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:06.030 Sectionals: 600m 00:37.280 1st Statement Of Truth ( M Rodd ) 2nd Shortcut ( A J Mallyon ) 0.10L 3rd Call Da Vinci ( J J Lloyd ) 0.30L 7th Pacific Nova ( J Murphy ) 5.30LJ Murphy 5.30L7 (7)
Aquis Park Gold Coast 31-Dec-24 1000m SOFT 5 R6 2Y-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 00:56.670 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.040 1st Steel Knight ( R L Stewart ) 2nd Mingela ( A T Allen ) 3.80L 3rd Call Da Vinci ( L Dempsey ) 10.10L 4th Pacific Nova ( J Murphy ) 14.90LJ Murphy 14.90L4 (5)