Strenuous (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

26-Sep-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

grey

Prize Money

12925

Owners

W S Racing, W S Racing Ladies 1, Mrs P Pietromonaco, Mrs M Harris, Mrs V Shailer, M Malone, Mrs D Billiau, Mrs R Cowell, Ms M Horton, Mrs B Wilson, Mrs S O'Sullivan, Mrs C Hohnke, Mrs K Brett, Mrs K Raineri, Miss K King, Mrs K McCurley, Mrs R Clarke, B Hannon, M Death & Mrs H Zappone

About

Strenuous is a 3yo grey gelding from Australia, trained by Marcus Wilson of the Gold Coast. His sire is All Too Hard and his dam is Little Nikkas. He has not yet broken his maiden, remaining winless after eight starts. In his latest outing at Casino on 25 Jun 2026, ridden by Archie McColm, he finished second behind Monte Carlo Miss.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Casino 25-Jun-26 1400m HEAVY 8 R3 MDN $5,050 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:25.940, SP: 7.50 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:38.760 1st Monte Carlo Miss ( B Baker 55 , Cd 53 ) 2nd Strenuous ( A Mccolm 55 , Cd 52 ) 4.47L 3rd Sajjetti ( B Looker 55 ) 5.53L See full resultsA Mccolm 55kg, Cd 52kg 4.47L2 (8)
Ipswich 30-May-26 1200m HEAVY 9 R2 MDN-SW $1,000 (of $30,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:13.470, SP: 9.50 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:37.670 1st Mystical Gem ( N Tomizawa 56.5 ) 2nd Flying Akeed ( N Heywood 58.5 ) 0.68L 3rd Video Vixen ( B A Youngberry 56.5 , Cd 54.5 ) 2.09L 5th Strenuous ( B Thornton 58 ) 7.69L See full resultsB Thornton 58kg 7.69L5 (6)
Aquis Park Gold Coast Poly 19-May-26 1050m SYNTHETIC R12 MDN-TRL Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:01.540 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.010 1st Mystical Gem ( N Tomizawa ) 2nd Kalizma ( M E Apel ) 2.17L 3rd Sense Of Duty ( B S Lerena ) 5.52L 4th Strenuous ( B Thornton ) 6.15LB Thornton 6.15L4 (7)
Beaudesert 08-May-26 1050m SOFT 5 R13 MDN-TRL Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:05.400 Sectionals: 600m 00:36.280 1st Strenuous ( B Thornton ) 2nd Enchaanted ( B Osmond ) 0.35L 3rd General Gordon ( J Guthmann-chester ) 1.09LB Thornton1 (6)
Ballina 09-Dec-25 1400m GOOD 4 R6 MDN-SW $825 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:24.250, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.100 1st Giapponese ( J A Williams 57.5 ) 2nd Adequate Eze ( J J Lloyd 57.5 ) 3.15L 3rd Skieda ( L Rolls 57 ) 3.20L 5th Strenuous ( D Thornton 57.5 ) 4.87L See full resultsD Thornton 57.5kg 4.87L5 (9)