# Mo'unga

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{{short description|New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Mo'unga
| image_name =
| caption = 
| sire = [Savabeel](/source/Savabeel)
| grandsire = [Zabeel](/source/Zabeel)
| dam = Chandelier
| damsire = [O'Reilly](/source/O'Reilly_(horse))
| sex = [Stallion](/source/Stallion)
| foaled =20 November 2017
| country = New Zealand
| colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse)) or Brown
| breeder = Waikato Stud (NZ)
| owner = Fung Family Racing, KS So, MB Lee, [R Mo'unga](/source/Richie_Mo'unga)
| trainer = [Chris Waller](/source/Chris_Waller_(horse_trainer)) (2020)<br>Annabel Neasham (2021 onwards)
| jockey = 
| record = 22: 5–5–3
| earnings = [AU$](/source/AU%24)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](/source/Rosehill_Guineas) (2021)<br>[Winx Stakes](/source/Winx_Stakes) (2021)
| awards = 
}}

'''Mo'unga ''' (foaled 20 November 2017) is a New Zealand-bred racehorse who won multiple [Group 1](/source/Group_races) 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](/source/Queensland%2C_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](/source/Maiden_race) which he won by one length.   He was successful in his next two starts at Newcastle and [Rosehill](/source/Rosehill_Racecourse) before finishing in 7th placing behind [Ole Kirk](/source/Ole_Kirk_(horse)) in the [Caulfield Guineas](/source/Caulfield_Guineas).  Jockey [Damien Oliver](/source/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](/source/Chris_Waller_(horse_trainer)) 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](/source/C_S_Hayes_Stakes) and [Randwick Guineas](/source/Randwick_Guineas), Mo'unga won his first Group 1 race in the 2020 [Rosehill  Guineas](/source/Rosehill_Guineas).  He won his second Group 1 five months later in the [Winx Stakes](/source/Winx_Stakes) at [Randwick](/source/Randwick_Racecourse).<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)](/source/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](/source/Savabeel) (NZ)<br>2001
| m = Chandelier (NZ)<br>2009
| ff = [Zabeel](/source/Zabeel) (NZ)<br>1986
| fm = Savannah Success (AUS)<br>1995
| mf = [O'Reilly](/source/O'Reilly_(horse)) (NZ)<br>1993
| mm = Cenphic (NZ)<br>1995
| fff = [Sir Tristram](/source/Sir_Tristram)
| ffm = Lady Giselle
| fmf = Success Express
| fmm = Alma Mater
| mff = [Last Tycoon](/source/Last_Tycoon)
| mfm = Courtza
| mmf = Centaine
| mmm = Seraphic
| ffff = [Sir Ivor](/source/Sir_Ivor)
| fffm = Isolt
| ffmf = [Nureyev](/source/Nureyev_(horse))
| ffmm = Valderna
| fmff = Hold Your Peace
| fmfm = Au Printemps
| fmmf = Semipalatinsk
| fmmm = Sweetie
| mfff = [Try My Best](/source/Try_My_Best)
| mffm = Mill Princess
| mfmf = Pompeii Court 
| mfmm = Hunza
| mmff = Century
| mmfm = Rainbeam
| mmmf = [Imposing](/source/Imposing)
| mmmm = Torquay
|}}

==References ==
{{reflist}}

Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand
Category:Racehorses trained in Australia
Category:2017 racehorse births

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