Hopeful Champion (NZ) 2023

Profile

3f Banquo (AUS) x Wannabe (Pins (AUS))
Foaled Nov 16, 2023
Career: 2 starts, 0 - 1 - 0 $8,610
Trainer: Jerome Hunter, Mornington
Ownership: Graebar Park Pty Ltd (Mgr: G A Gathercole)
Hopeful Champion is a 3 year old filly by Banquo out of the Pins mare, Wannabe.
Last start was 2nd at Ballarat on Sep 18, 2026 in the Ballarat Volkswagen Mdn Plate over 1200 metres.

Sale Details

Lot 398 2025 NZB Karaka Book 1
Vendor: Waikato Stud Ltd Buyer: Rich River Thoroughbreds $25,000
Banquo (AUS)
Wannabe (NZ)
Written Tycoon (AUS)
Noondie (AUS)
Pins (AUS)
Zoe Spice (NZ)
Iglesia (AUS)
Party Miss (AUS)
Flying Spur (AUS)
Creatrix (AUS)
Snippets (AUS)
No Finer (AUS)
O'Reilly (NZ)
Sahrhys (NZ)
Last Tycoon (IRE)
Kenmare (FR)
Danehill (USA)
Umatilla (NZ)
Lunchtime (GB)
Kaoru Star (AUS)
Last Tycoon (IRE)
Oak Ridge (FR)

Race Record

3yo
18Sep26
2nd
Ballarat
Good(4) D W Stackhouse (55.5) 7/1 - 1st: Superbec (4.8L)
3yo
24Aug26
5th
Pakenham Synthetic
Synthetic Lachlan Neindorf (55) 15/2 - 1st: Sweet Kanzai (2.5L)
3yo
11Aug26
1st
Pakenham Synthetic
Jump Out 1000m
Synthetic Lachlan Neindorf (0) - 2nd: Monsieur Claude (L)
2yo
29Jul26
2nd
Mornington
Jump Out 750m
Soft(6) Nakhat Singh (0) - 1st: Aryna (L)