Tanabata (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

22-Oct-23
Sex
filly

Colour

bay

Prize Money

1625

Owners

Star Thoroughbreds Pty Ltd (Ms D J Martin), B K Hudson, CGO Racing Pty Ltd, D Grasso, Paramount Racing (Mgr: Ms K M Wood), O Enriquez, M I Ive, Mrs R A Ive, Nick Vass Bloodstock (Mgr: N Vass), Felgate Holdings, D G Tanner, M D O'brien, S M Peut, Boeara Holdings (Mgr: Ms D A Dunphy) & S J Maybury

About

Tanabata is a 2yo bay filly (female) from Australia trained by Chris Waller, who is based at Gold Coast. She is sired by the stallion Zoustar out of the dam Himiko. Tanabata is yet to break her maiden status, having not won a race yet from 1 attempt. During her most recent race at Kensington on 27th Apr 2026, Tanabata was ridden by Siena Grima and finished 7th, behind the winner Moscatel.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kensington 27-Apr-26 1100m GOOD 4 R2 2Y MDN $1,625 (of $65,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:03.910, SP: 81.00 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.660 1st Moscatel ( T Clark 56 ) 2nd Sing Your Song ( S Clipperton 56 ) 4.43L 3rd Quarterback ( N Rawiller 58 ) 5.28L 7th Tanabata ( S Grima 56 , Cd 53 ) 6.71L See full resultsS Grima 56kg, Cd 53kg 6.71L7 (9)
Randwick 21-Apr-26 1045m GOOD 4 R5 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 01:03.630 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.150 1st Rocks Or Diamonds ( R King ) 2nd All Over Harry ( Z T Lloyd ) 0.02L 3rd Seeiaye ( A R D Morgan ) 0.69L 9th Tanabata ( K Mcevoy ) 5.99LK Mcevoy 5.99L9 (9)
Canterbury 10-Apr-26 898m SOFT 5 R15 2YF-BT, Winning Time: 00:55.050 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.680 1st Affari ( Z T Lloyd ) 2nd I Am Dirty ( J Collett ) 0.66L 3rd Speed Encore ( S Clipperton ) 1.21L 9th Tanabata ( S Grima ) 6.56LS Grima 6.56L9 (9)
Rosehill Gardens 23-Dec-25 900m GOOD 4 R9 2Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:54.280 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.060 1st Thyme To Go ( Z T Lloyd ) 2nd Knightsbridge ( R Bayliss ) 0.45L 3rd Divine Heights ( L Day ) 9.01L 5th Tanabata ( C Schofield ) 11.83LC Schofield 11.83L5 (8)
Kensington 09-Dec-25 850m GOOD 4 R9 2YF-BT, Winning Time: 00:49.760 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.160 1st Norman's Cay ( Z T Lloyd ) 2nd Emerald Isle ( J Collett ) 0.32L 3rd Miss Chanel ( A Hyeronimus ) 1.03L 8th Tanabata ( K Mcevoy ) 13.54LK Mcevoy 13.54L8 (8)