{{short description|New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Mo'unga | image_name = | caption = | sire = Savabeel | grandsire = Zabeel | dam = Chandelier | damsire = O'Reilly | sex = Stallion | foaled =20 November 2017 | country = New Zealand | colour = Bay or Brown | breeder = Waikato Stud (NZ) | owner = Fung Family Racing, KS So, MB Lee, R Mo'unga | trainer = Chris Waller (2020)<br>Annabel Neasham (2021 onwards) | jockey = | record = 22: 5–5–3 | earnings = AU$2,825,790<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.racenet.com.au/profiles/horse/mounga |title= Mo'unga Horse Search |publisher=racenet.com.au |accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref> | race = Rosehill Guineas (2021)<br>Winx Stakes (2021) | awards = }}
'''Mo'unga ''' (foaled 20 November 2017) is a New Zealand-bred racehorse who won multiple Group 1 races in Australia.
==Background==
Bred by Waikato Stud in New Zealand, Mo'unga was sold at the 2019 Karaka Yearling Sale. He was purchased for $325,000 by Aquis Farm and relocated to their property in Queensland, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nzb.co.nz/sales/karaka-2019-book-1/631 |title=2019 Karaka Lot 631 |publisher=nzb.co.nz |accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref>
==Racing career==
Mo'unga contested his first race on June 20, 2020 at Gold Coast Racecourse in a 2-year-old Maiden race which he won by one length. He was successful in his next two starts at Newcastle and Rosehill before finishing in 7th placing behind Ole Kirk in the Caulfield Guineas. Jockey Damien Oliver said after the race: "I thought he ran well. He’s going to be a really nice horse next preparation with a bit of give in the ground."<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.justhorseracing.com.au/news/australian-racing/caulfield-guineas-what-the-jockeys-said/634725/amp |title=Caulfield Guineas - What the jockeys said |date=11 October 2020 |publisher=justhorseracing.com.au |accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref>
In December 2020 it was announced that Mo'unga would change trainers from Chris Waller to Annabel Neasham.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.racing.com/news/2020-12-15/news-rising-star-moved-from-waller |title=Rising star moved from Waller |publisher=racing.com |accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref>
After running placings in the C S Hayes Stakes and Randwick Guineas, Mo'unga won his first Group 1 race in the 2020 Rosehill Guineas. He won his second Group 1 five months later in the Winx Stakes at Randwick.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.punters.com.au/amp/news/mounga-claims-drama-filled-winx-stakes_200746/ |title=Mo'unga claims drama filled Winx Stakes |publisher=punters.com.au |accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref>
He was second to Sierra Sue in the 2022 Futurity Stakes (MRC) (1400m) at Caulfield, ahead of Tofane.
==Pedigree== {{ Pedigree | name = Mo'unga (NZ) 2017<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pedigreequery.com/mounga2 |title=Mo'unga Horse Profile |publisher=pedigreequery.com |accessdate=21 August 2021}}</ref> | f = Savabeel (NZ)<br>2001 | m = Chandelier (NZ)<br>2009 | ff = Zabeel (NZ)<br>1986 | fm = Savannah Success (AUS)<br>1995 | mf = O'Reilly (NZ)<br>1993 | mm = Cenphic (NZ)<br>1995 | fff = Sir Tristram | ffm = Lady Giselle | fmf = Success Express | fmm = Alma Mater | mff = Last Tycoon | mfm = Courtza | mmf = Centaine | mmm = Seraphic | ffff = Sir Ivor | fffm = Isolt | ffmf = Nureyev | ffmm = Valderna | fmff = Hold Your Peace | fmfm = Au Printemps | fmmf = Semipalatinsk | fmmm = Sweetie | mfff = Try My Best | mffm = Mill Princess | mfmf = Pompeii Court | mfmm = Hunza | mmff = Century | mmfm = Rainbeam | mmmf = Imposing | mmmm = Torquay |}}
==References == {{reflist}}
Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:2017 racehorse births