This Is The Moment (AUS) Horse
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This Is The Moment, a seven-year-old chestnut gelding bred in Australia, by Toronado out of Bella Ava, is under the guidance of trainer John Rooney and belongs to owners J Ceglar, Y P Bloodstock (Mgr: J R Gunston), E S Whitehead and others. Across 37 starts, the horse has secured five wins, placed second five times and third five times, accumulating prize money of $165,970. The most recent start took place at Wodonga on 15 September 2026, where he finished 1st out of a field of 8.
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Wagga • Wodonga • Wangaratta • Kilmore • Towong • Ballarat • Hawkesbury • Moruya • Kembla GrangeRace Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Wagga 30-Oct-26 1000m GOOD 4 R8 RAISING HOPE WITH STEPH BENCHMARK 66 HANDICAP Barrier 2, SP: 21.00 | N.Heywood 63kg 2.34L | 5 (8) |
| Wodonga 15-Sep-26 1200m GOOD 4 R4 BM62 $14,850 (of $27,000) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:11.400, SP: 18.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:35.340 1st This Is The Moment ( T Nugent 57.5 ) 2nd Paparazzo ( B Mcdougall 59 ) 0.06L 3rd Hell's Diamond ( D Thornton 58.5 ) 0.46L See full results | T Nugent 57.5kg | 1 (8) |
| Wodonga 27-Jun-26 1590m HEAVY 8 R7 BM52 $3,740 (of $22,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:40.530, SP: 10.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 5th, 800m 7th, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:38.920 1st Frostration ( C J Parish 54 , Cd 54.5 ) 2nd This Is The Moment ( B Button 62.5 , Cd 61 ) 0.50L 3rd Brassi Road ( S K Kennedy 54 ) 2.50L See full results | B Button 62.5kg, Cd 61kg 0.50L | 2 (11) |
| Wangaratta 14-Jun-26 1590m HEAVY 10 R6 BM62 $700 (of $35,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 01:41.160, SP: 21.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 8th, 800m 6th, 400m 10th Sectionals: 600m 00:39.970 1st Tel Aviv ( E J Walsh 57 ) 2nd Ollandia Beach ( C E Hollowood 62 , Cd 60 ) 3.75L 3rd Mockridge ( W J Egan 60 ) 5.75L 8th This Is The Moment ( M Bunjevac 58.5 ) 11.00L See full results | M Bunjevac 58.5kg 11.00L | 8 (11) |
| Wagga 04-Jun-26 1400m HEAVY 9 R7 BM82 (of $27,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:27.230, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:37.950 1st Future Fund ( J J Lyon 55.5 ) 2nd Missile Leader ( J Brookes 55 , Cd 53 ) 1.22L 3rd Mathrin ( C Frater 55 ) 3.61L 13th This Is The Moment ( B Button 55 , Cd 53.5 ) 11.12L See full results | B Button 55kg, Cd 53.5kg 11.12L | 13 (14) |
| Kilmore 04-May-26 1600m HEAVY 9 R8 BM56 $1,760 (of $22,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:46.680, SP: 7.00 In-running: Settled 4th, 1200m 4th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:39.400 1st Justdoit ( N Farley 59 ) 2nd Pendante ( B A Button 57 , Cd 55.5 ) 0.30L 3rd This Is The Moment ( M Bunjevac 61.5 ) 5.05L See full results | M Bunjevac 61.5kg 5.05L | 3 (13) |
| Wodonga 20-Apr-26 1590m GOOD 3 R5 BM62 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, SP: 18.00 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 5th | B Ward 59kg 4.4L | 5 (9) |
| Wagga 29-Mar-26 2000m SOFT 6 R1 BM82 (of $27,000) Barrier 3, SP: 21.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st | B Ward 57kg 9.69L | 8 (8) |
| Towong 07-Mar-26 1600m SOFT 6 R6 BM70 (of $40,000) Barrier 10, SP: 7.50 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd | B Ward 55.5kg 1.91L | 5 (10) |
| Ballarat 14-Feb-26 1600m GOOD 4 R6 BM62 (of $27,000) Barrier 2, SP: 12.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 2nd | M Bunjevac 60 8.02L | 5 (9) |
| Wangaratta 18-Jan-26 1590m GOOD 3 R8 BM62 (of $35,000) Barrier 5, SP: 8.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 5th | M Bunjevac 60 4.25L | 3 (12) |
| Wodonga 04-Jan-26 1300m GOOD 3 R7 BM62 (of $35,000) Barrier 9, SP: 41.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 7th | B Ward 60.5kg 3.4L | 5 (10) |
| Wangaratta 22-Dec-25 1170m SOFT 5 R7 BM56 (of $22,000) Barrier 12, SP: 21.00 In-running: 800m 14th, 400m 14th | E Bent 60.5kg 8.91L | 11 (14) |
| Hawkesbury 12-Aug-25 1800m SOFT 6 R7 MID BM64 (of $45,000) Barrier 8, SP: 7.50 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 4th | M Stapleford 59kg 10.1L | 8 (10) |
| Moruya 21-Jul-25 1660m SOFT 5 R2 BM82 (of $27,000) Barrier 6, SP: 2.90 In-running: 800m 6th, 400m 5th | H Durnan 61kg 0.1L | 2 (7) |
| Kembla Grange 21-Jun-25 1600m GOOD 4 R7 BM68 (of $42,000) Barrier 5, SP: 6.50 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 6th | M Stapleford 56kg 1L | 2 (9) |