Grunt For Glory (AUS)

Country

Australia

Foal Date

24-Sep-20

Sex

gelding

Colour

brown

Sire

Grunt

Dam

Smiles For Naara

Prize Money

$6415

Trainer

Annalise Maragos

Owners

L Thompson, G D Sidebottom, Mrs N K Sidebottom, Barn B Racing (Mgr: B A Gibson), Mrs S E Pearson, Mrs J A Rowlands, Mrs E M Dye, Mrs K M Mitchell, K R Mclaren, S McLaren, S W Maragos, Mrs K A Mcnab, R W Whinnen, L Carland, M J Carland, Mrs M A Krakowski & Ms J A Kent

About

Grunt For Glory is a 5yo brown gelding from Australia, trained by Annalise Maragos in Bendigo. He is by the stallion Grunt out of the mare Smiles For Naara. The horse has yet to break his maiden, having failed to win in 13 starts. In his most recent start at Ballarat Synthetic on 1 September 2025, he was ridden by Will Gordon and finished seventh, behind the winner Garfield.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Ballarat Synthetic 01-Sep-25 1500m SYNTHETIC R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $640 (of $32,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:31.980, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd	W Gordon 59.5kg 11.06L	7 (11)
Bendigo 19-Aug-25 1000m SOFT 5 R7 3UP MDN-TRL Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:03.400	E Walsh 3.90L	5 (8)
Swan Hill 29-Jul-25 1600m HEAVY 9 R4 Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:42.720, SP: 71.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.980	L King 59.5kg 15.35L	9 (14)
Ballarat Synthetic 15-Jul-25 1500m SYNTHETIC R3 Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:31.730, SP: 71.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 5th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.480	L King 59.5kg 7.70L	7 (12)
Wodonga 28-Jun-25 1400m HEAVY 8 R1 Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:27.180, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:38.060	S Field 59.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 6.92L	9 (10)
Apiam Bendigo 17-Jun-25 700m R8 Jump Out-H9	S Field	1 (6)
Ararat 04-Jun-25 850m R4 Jump Out-S5	S Field	5 (8)
Apiam Bendigo 08-Nov-24 1300m R19 Jump Out-G4	A Taft	3 (6)
Berrigan 02-Nov-24 1600m GOOD 3 R6 Mdn Set Weight $375 (of $12,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:36.680, SP: 3.20 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.350	R Beattie 59kg 12.87L	6 (6)
Balranald 26-Oct-24 1400m GOOD 3 R3 Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $14,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:24.870, SP: 7.00	R Beattie 59kg 2.10L	4 (9)
Geelong 13-Sep-24 2460m GOOD 3 R4 Mdn Set Weight (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:35.200, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.500	R Houston 59.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 11.60L	11 (12)
Bendigo 29-Aug-24 2400m SOFT 5 R4 Mdn Set Weight $1,125 (of $37,500) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:32.830, SP: 91.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 6th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.820	R Houston 59.5kg, Cd 57.5kg 4.40L	5 (13)
Bendigo 18-Aug-24 2200m SOFT 6 R4 Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $37,500) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 02:22.900, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 6th, 1200m 4th, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.360	D Bates 59.5kg 11.51L	9 (10)
bet365 Hamilton 12-Aug-24 2400m SOFT 5 R2 0-116 HDL-TRL, Winning Time: 02:57.000	R O'donoghue 12.00L	2 (5)
Bordertown 26-Jul-24 1550m HEAVY 8 R2 Mdn Set Weight (of $19,500) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:40.300, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 1200m 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 8th	K Crowther 57.5kg 6.10L	9 (11)
St Arnaud 11-Jul-24 1500m R13 Jump Out-S6 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.840	T Prebble	1 (7)
bet365 Stawell 24-Jun-24 800m R12 Jump Out-S5	R Houston	3 (7)
Horsham 13-Jun-24 800m R13 Jump Out-S5	R Houston	6 (7)
Bendigo 11-Feb-24 1600m GOOD 4 R3 Mdn Set Weight (of $37,500) Barrier 13, Winning Time: 01:36.680, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 13th, 1200m 13th, 800m 13th, 400m 13th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.600	R Houston 59kg, Cd 57kg 10.00L	12 (13)
Warrnambool 31-Dec-23 1100m GOOD 4 R3 Mdn Set Weight $750 (of $37,500) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:04.620, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 7th, 800m 7th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.110	D Yendall 58kg 5.90L	6 (10)
Bendigo 27-Jul-23 1100m SOFT 6 R2 Mdn Set Weight (of $37,500) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:05.620, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.150	D Yendall 58kg 12.40L	11 (11)