What You Wish For (NZ) 2020
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6h Embellish x Grand Wish (AUS) (Smart Missile (AUS))
Foaled Sep 28, 2020
Career: 31 starts, 5 - 8 - 2 $343,065
Trainer: Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson, Matamata
Ownership: Te Akau Wish & Win Racing Partnership (Mgr: Karyn Fenton-Ellis MNZM)
What You Wish For is a 6 year old stallion by Embellish out of the Smart Missile mare, Grand Wish.
Last start was 16th at Trentham on Oct 25, 2026 in the Gee & Hickton Thompson Hcp (Gr.1) over 1600 metres.
Stakes performance:
1st
2025 Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (LR);
2nd
2026 Fairview Matamata Kaimai Stakes (LR);
2026 Fulton Family Stakes (LR);
3rd
2024 Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas (Gr.2);
What You Wish For Latest News
Sale Details
Lot 287 2022 NZB Karaka Book 1Vendor: Cambridge Stud Buyer: Mr DC Ellis $60,000
Embellish (NZ)
Grand Wish (AUS)
Savabeel (AUS)
Bling (NZ)
Smart Missile (AUS)
Grand Strategy (AUS)
Zabeel (NZ)
Savannah Success (AUS)
O'Reilly (NZ)
Night Star (NZ)
Fastnet Rock (AUS)
Comical Smile (USA)
Strategic (AUS)
Grand Prospect (AUS)
Sir Tristram (IRE)
Success Express (USA)
Last Tycoon (IRE)
Centaine (AUS)
Danehill (USA)
Comic Strip (USA)
Zeditave (AUS)
Flying Spur (AUS)
Race Record
6yo
25Oct26
16th
Trentham
Gee & Hickton Thompson Hcp Gr3 1600m
Good(4) W F Pinn (55) 5/1 - 1st: Tisse (7.4L)
6yo
3Oct26
2nd
Matamata
Fairview Matamata Kaimai Stakes LR 1600m
Soft(5) C J Grylls (55.5) 15/8 - 1st: Astoria Brooke (0.2L)
5yo
25Apr26
8th
Riccarton Park
Coca-Cola Canterbury Gold Cup Gr3 2000m
Soft(5) B Queiroz (59) 11/4 - 1st: Bauble (2.5L)
5yo
21Mar26
2nd
Trentham
Stephen Gray Racing Hcp 1600m
Soft(5) C J Grylls (60) 11/4 - 1st: Who Knows (0.4L)
5yo
31Jan26
2nd
Ellerslie
Fulton Family Stakes LR 1500m
Soft(5) Hayley Hassman (53) 8/1 - 1st: Special Sakura (1.6L)
5yo
20Dec25
8th
Trentham
Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup Gr3 2300m
Soft(5) B Queiroz (54.5) 5/1 - 1st: Sagunto (7.7L)
5yo
22Nov25
6th
Pukekohe Park
Myracehorse Counties Cup Gr3 2100m
Good(4) C J Grylls (53) 6/1 - 1st: Final Return (0.9L)
5yo
25Oct25
6th
Ellerslie
Show By Skycity Hcp 1600m
Good(4) C J Grylls (56.5) 4/1 - 1st: The Odyssey (2.6L)
5yo
10Oct25
11th
Taupo
Placemakers Taupo Hcp 1300m
Soft(6) V A Colgan (57) 13/2 - 1st: Churchillian (6.3L)
4yo
15Mar25
5th
Tauranga
Ultimate Mazda Japan Trophy Gr2 1600m
Soft(5) C J Grylls (55.5) 11/1 - 1st: Waitak (4.5L)
4yo
25Jan25
6th
Ellerslie
Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic LR 1600m
Soft(5) B Shinn (57.5) 16/1 - 1st: Orchestral (4.6L)
4yo
1Jan25
8th
Ellerslie
Rich Hill Mile Gr2 1600m
Good(4) K A Myers (54) 100/1 - 1st: Bourbon Empress (5L)
3yo
2Mar24
6th
Ellerslie
Trackside NZ Derby Gr1 2400m
Good(4) Joe Doyle (57) 40/1 - 1st: Orchestral (11.1L)
3yo
17Feb24
15th
Ellerslie
Eagle Technology Avondale Guineas Gr2 2100m
Good(4) V A Colgan (57) 20/1 - 1st: Orchestral (20.5L)
3yo
31Jan24
3rd
Te Rapa
Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas Gr2 2000m
Good(3) N S Parmar (57) 15/1 - 1st: Ascend The Throne (0.3L)
3yo
21Oct23
4th
Te Rapa
James & Annie Sarten Memorial Gr2 1400m
Good(3) V A Colgan (57) 9/1 - 1st: Crocetti (5.2L)
3yo
23Sep23
2nd
Tauranga
Ultimate Mazda 3YO 1300m
Soft(5) O P Bosson (57) 9/4 - 1st: Lupo Solitario (0.5L)
2yo
15Apr23
1st
Hastings
Thank You Resource 2yo 1300m
Good(4) C J Grylls (57) 1/1 - 2nd: Saltcoats (1.3L)