Hard Grunt (AUS)

Country

Australia

Foal Date

23-Aug-21

Sex

gelding

Colour

brown/black

Sire

Grunt

Dam

So Vital

Prize Money

$5590

Trainer

Simon Zahra

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 Australian gelding trained by Simon Zahra of Flemington. He is by Grunt out of So Vital. He has yet to win, remaining winless in six starts. In his most recent outing at Pakenham Synthetic on 25 Aug 2025, Ryan Houston rode him to a seventh‑place finish behind the winner Zambardo.

Race Record

Event Summary	Runner Stats	Rank
Pakenham Synthetic 25-Aug-25 1600m SYNTHETIC R3 Mdn Set Weight $640 (of $32,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:38.080 In-running: Settled 7th, 1200m 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 7th	R Houston 59.5kg 10.85L	7 (9)
Ballarat Synthetic 07-Aug-25 1500m SYNTHETIC R4 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 00:37.580	R Houston 59.5kg 3.05L	4 (11)
Kilmore 21-Feb-25 2000m GOOD 4 R3 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 00:36.680	J Beriman 59kg 10.31L	10 (12)
Wangaratta 06-Feb-25 2000m GOOD 3 R4 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 00:36.460	W Gordon 59kg 9.71L	9 (12)
Pakenham 17-Jan-25 1600m GOOD 4 R5 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 00:35.770	L Riordan 58kg 8.51L	8 (8)
Cranbourne 28-Dec-24 1500m GOOD 4 R1 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 00:36.160	J Beriman 58kg 6.71L	5 (11)