Black Sea (2021)

Foal Date

29-Sep-21

Sex

gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Staphanos

Dam

Muhunoa Ma'am

Prize Money

$5676

Trainer

Bill & Sam Thurlow And O'malley

Owners

Sam O'Malley, Robyn Shaw & Ross Allan

About

Black Sea is a 4yo bay gelding trained by Bill and Sam Thurlow and O'Malley of Waverley. He is by Staphanos out of Muhunoa Ma'am. The horse has yet to win, having failed to break his maiden in four starts. In his most recent outing at Hawera on 4 Oct 2025, Jonathan Riddell rode him to a ninth‑place finish, behind the victor Crafty Colin.

Raced At

Waverley

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Hawera 04-Oct-25 1600m HEAVY 9 R1 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $375 (of $25,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:44.720, SP: 3.80	J Riddell 58.5kg 41.80L	9 (9)
Waverley 10-Apr-25 1400m HEAVY 8 R5 Mdn Set Weight $850 (of $17,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:26.780, SP: 1.80 In-running: Settled 3rd, 400m 3rd	L Sutherland 57.5kg 4.50L	4 (8)
Waverley 19-Mar-25 1650m HEAVY 10 R4 Mdn Set Weight $4,625 (of $25,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:47.000, SP: 1.70 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st	C Grylls 57.5kg 0.20L	2 (6)
Waverley 06-Mar-25 1400m SOFT 6 R5 Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $370 (of $18,500) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:25.980, SP: 10.60 In-running: Settled 8th, 400m 8th	R Elliot 58kg 1.50L	6 (8)