Hard Grunt (AUS)

Country
Australia
Foal Date
23-Aug-21
Sex
gelding
Colour
brown/black
Sire
Grunt
Dam
So Vital
Prize Money
18170
Owners
SZ Racing No 1 (Mgr: S Zahra), Miss D K Rose, R J Atchison, R Williams, Country Linked Syndications (Mgr: H Lubeck), P J T Racing (Mgr: T Bromley), J L Reid, DECT Racing Group (Mgr: L Carey), B Stenzel, J M Landy, Mrs M T Corboy, L Astorino & Ms S Dower
About

Hard Grunt is a 4yo brown/black gelding (male) from Australia trained by Simon Zahra, who is based at Flemington. He is sired by the stallion Grunt out of the dam So Vital. Hard Grunt is yet to break his maiden status, having not won a race yet from 10 attempts. During his most recent race at Mornington on 10th Nov 2025, Hard Grunt was ridden by Thomas Stockdale and finished 6th, behind the winner Nicoffhome.

Raced At
Mornington • Echuca • Cranbourne • Tatura • Ballarat Synthetic • Kilmore • Wangaratta • Pakenham
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Mornington 10-Nov-25 2435m SOFT 5 R1 Mdn Set Weight $640 (of $32,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 02:35.740, SP: 8.50 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2ndT Stockdale 59.5kg 5.77L6 (8)
Echuca 20-Oct-25 2100m GOOD 3 R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $5,760 (of $32,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:13.190, SP: 8.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 1200m 1st, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.690T Stockdale 59.5kg 6.00L2 (9)
Cranbourne 10-Oct-25 2025m GOOD 4 R1 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $900 (of $45,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 02:05.850, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 1200m 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.580R Mcleod 59.5kg 7.45L6 (8)
Tatura 08-Sep-25 1980m GOOD 4 R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $2,880 (of $32,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 02:03.870, SP: 16.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 1200m 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.980R Mcleod 59.5kg 3.50L3 (12)
Pakenham SYNTHETIC 25-Aug-25 1600m SYNTHETIC R3 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $640 (of $32,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:38.080, SP: 51.00 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.500R Houston 59.5kg 10.85L7 (9)
Ballarat SYNTHETIC 07-Aug-25 1500m SYNTHETIC R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $1,600 (of $32,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:32.720, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.580R Houston 59.5kg 3.05L4 (11)
Kilmore 21-Feb-25 2000m GOOD 4 R3 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 02:05.150, SP: 61.00 In-running: Settled 12th, 1200m 12th, 800m 12th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:36.680J Beriman 59kg 10.31L10 (12)
Wangaratta 06-Feb-25 2000m GOOD 3 R4 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $675 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 02:05.910, SP: 13.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.460W Gordon 59kg 9.71L9 (12)
Pakenham 17-Jan-25 1600m GOOD 4 R5 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight $800 (of $40,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:39.590, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 4th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.770L Riordan 58kg 8.51L8 (8)
Cranbourne 28-Dec-24 1500m GOOD 4 R1 3YO Mdn Set Weight $1,200 (of $40,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:33.080, SP: 91.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 5th, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.160J Beriman 58kg 6.71L5 (11)