Very Grateful (NZ) 2021

Profile

5g Ace High (AUS) x Smokin' Valentina (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Foaled Nov 09, 2021
Career: 12 starts, 1 - 0 - 0 $531,860
Trainer: W K Mo, Hong Kong
Ownership: Henry Lee Po Lai
Very Grateful is a 5 year old gelding by Ace High out of the Encosta De Lago mare, Smokin' Valentina.
Last start was 5th at Happy Valley on Sep 16, 2026 in the Lido Hcp (C4) over 1200 metres.

Sale Details

Lot 1013 2023 NZB Karaka Book 2
Vendor: Rich Hill Stud Buyer: Okaharau Station $50,000
Ace High (AUS)
Smokin' Valentina (AUS)
High Chaparral (Ire)
Come Sunday (AUS)
Encosta De Lago (AUS)
Good To Be True (AUS)
Sadler's Wells (USA)
Kasora (IRE)
Redoute's Choice (AUS)
Sunday Service (AUS)
Fairy King (USA)
Shoal Creek (AUS)
Brief Truce (USA)
Dalzing (AUS)
Northern Dancer (CAN)
Darshaan (GB)
Danehill (USA)
Sunday Silence (USA)
Northern Dancer (CAN)
Star Way (GB)
Irish River (FR)
Blazing Sword (AUS)

Race Record

5yo
9Oct26
7th
Happy Valley
Good M Chadwick () - 1st: Packing King (5L)
5yo
16Sep26
5th
Happy Valley
Good M Chadwick (56.5) 20/1 - 1st: Bright Day (2L)
5yo
8Sep26
8th
Sha Tin
Good M Chadwick () - 1st: Waka (10.8L)
4yo
15Jul26
11th
Happy Valley
Good M Chadwick (59.5) 12/1 - 1st: Shamz (5.5L)
4yo
20May26
4th
Happy Valley
Good K C Leung (59.5) 30/1 - 1st: Vivacious Win (6.5L)
4yo
29Apr26
5th
Happy Valley
Dead K C Leung (61) 40/1 - 1st: Honest Witness (6.8L)
4yo
10Apr26
6th
Conghua Turf
Good K C Leung () - 1st: Virtus Glory (4.5L)
4yo
18Mar26
10th
Happy Valley
Firm Jerry Chau (60.5) 12/1 - 1st: World Hero (7L)
4yo
25Feb26
4th
Happy Valley
Good Jerry Chau (60.5) 15/2 - 1st: Legend Star (1.5L)
4yo
2Feb26
3rd
Conghua Turf
Good Jerry Chau () - 1st: Super Sicario (1.3L)
4yo
16Jan26
7th
Conghua Turf
Good Jerry Chau () - 1st: Lucky Balerion (5.3L)
4yo
1Jan26
11th
Sha Tin
Good K C Leung (54) 60/1 - 1st: Six Pack (7.5L)
4yo
15Dec25
6th
Conghua Turf
Good K C Leung () - 1st: Happy Index (3L)
4yo
1Dec25
8th
Conghua Turf
Good K C Leung () - 1st: Gustosisimo (3.8L)
4yo
13Nov25
8th
Conghua Awt
Good Y L Lai () - 1st: Pakistan Legacy (15.5L)
4yo
28Oct25
9th
Conghua Turf
Good M Chadwick () - 1st: Eighty Light Years (6L)
4yo
8Oct25
11th
Happy Valley
Firm K C Leung (54.5) 40/1 - 1st: Kyrus Dragon (6.5L)
4yo
9Sep25
5th
Sha Tin
Slow K C Leung () - 1st: Glorious Journey (6L)
3yo
9Jul25
6th
Happy Valley
Firm K C Leung (55) 11/1 - 1st: Sovereign Fund (2.3L)
3yo
11Jun25
4th
Happy Valley
Firm K C Leung (54.5) 9/1 - 1st: Nordic Dragon (1.8L)
3yo
28May25
4th
Happy Valley
Firm Jerry Chau (54.5) 100/1 - 1st: Gracious Express (1.8L)
3yo
9May25
9th
Happy Valley
Good K C Leung () - 1st: Candlelight Dinner (4.3L)
3yo
7Nov24
1st
Pukekohe Park
Good(4) K Stott (57) 5/2 - 2nd: Vegas Lights (0.2L)