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What You Wish For
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Trained by Mark Walker & Sam Bergerson at Matamata, What You Wish For is a 5 year old horse by the sire Embellish, out of the dam Grand Wish.

He has won a total of 4 races from 22 starts for a win percentage of 18%. His career earnings are $224k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Matamata on February 15th in 2025 when he won $51,169 in the Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes (a handicap race over 2,000 metres).

What You Wish For is a top level performer, having started 10 times at group race level, with 1 win.

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a loss of $-530.

The horse tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $12k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$224k
Starts
22
Wins
4
Second
4
Third
2
Win %
18
Place %
45
Profit
-5.3
Conditions
Good
14
3-0-2
$12k
Soft
8
1-4-0
$8k
Heavy
0
0-0-0
$0k
Race Standard
All
10
1-0-1
Group 1
1
0-0-0
Group 2
5
0-0-1
Group 3
2
0-0-0
Race Distance
2100m
3
0-0-0
-3
1600m
6
1-1-0
-3.9
1300m
4
2-1-0
+3.5
2000m
2
1-0-1
+5.1
1400m
3
0-0-1
-3
2400m
1
0-0-0
-1
1500m
1
0-0-0
-1
1100m
1
0-1-0
-1
1050m
1
0-1-0
-1
Race Track
Pukekohe Park
1
0-0-0
-1
Ellerslie
7
0-1-0
-7
Taupo
3
1-1-0
+2.5
Trentham
1
0-0-0
-1
Tauranga
2
0-1-0
-2
Matamata
4
2-1-1
+5.2
Te Rapa
3
0-0-1
-3
Hastings
1
1-0-0
+1
Race State
NZ
19
4-3-2
-2.3
3
0-1-0
-3

Declared to Run

Trentham 7 • Saturday Humphries Construction Manawatu Cup

Race History

Nov-22 25
6/14
0.9
$6.8
Pukekohe Park
4
2100
Myracehorse Counties Cup 
$3k
$170k
C Grylls
53
132.79
-
12
13,13
+7
Oct-25 25
6/11
2.6
$5.2
Ellerslie
4
1600
Show By Skycity Hcp
$1k
$65k
C Grylls
56½
95.93
-
9
9,9,10
+4
Oct-10 25
11/14
6.3
$7.5
Taupo
6
1300
Placemakers Taupo Hcp
$0k
$25k
V Colgan
57
79.54
-
Spell of 195 Days
Mar-29 25
4/11
2.7
$6.7
Trentham
4
2100
City Of Palmerston North Awapuni Gold Cup 
$10k
$200k
M Mc Nab
55½
129.30
-
3
3,3,3
-1
Mar-15 25
5/13
4.5
$11.6
Tauranga
5
1600
Japan Trophy
$4k
$150k
C Grylls
55½
95.57
-
8
7,7
+2
Feb-15 25
1/11
0.2
$7.1
Matamata
4
2000
Matamata Veterinary Services Kaimai Stakes 
$58k
$100k
C Grylls
53
127.85
-
4
4,4
+3
Jan-25 25
6/14
4.6
$17.3
Ellerslie
5
1600
Elsdon Park Aotearoa Classic 
$20k
$1M
B Shinn
57½
94.90
-
14
14
+8
Jan-1 25
8/13
5.0
$85.1
Ellerslie
4
1600
Rich Hill Mile  
$4k
$270k
K Myers
54
96.32
-
12
12,12,13
+5
Dec-14 24
9/16
3.9
$6.4
Te Rapa
4
1400
J Swap Sprint  
$2k
$120k
W Pinn
53
81.90
-
Spell of 73 Days
Oct-2 24
1/12
0.4
$2.1
Matamata
4
1600
Heretaunga - Hastings To The Core (Bm75)
$37k
$65k
O Bosson
60½
97.27
-
12
12,12
+11
Sep-21 24
2/14
0.3
$6.6
Ellerslie
5
1600
Head To Trackside.co.nz (Bm75)
$10k
$55k
V Colgan
59½
97.41
-
13
12,12
+10
Aug-21 24
1/14
1.8
$5.5
Taupo
7
1300
(Bm65)
$10k
$17k
R Goyaram
58½
81.38
-
14
14,9
+8
Spell of 172 Days
Mar-2 24
6/17
11.1
$44.5
Ellerslie
4
2400
New Zealand Derby 
$6k
$1M
J Doyle
57
146.79
-
9
9,9
+3
Feb-17 24
15/15
20.5
$19.6
Ellerslie
4
2100
Eagle Technology Avondale Guineas  
$0k
$175k
V Colgan
57
129.58
-
13
13,13
-2
Jan-31 24
3/14
0.3
$16.2
Te Rapa
3
2000
Legacy Lodge Waikato Guineas 
$14k
$160k
N Parmar
57
125.06
-
14
14,14,14
+11
Jan-14 24
4/8
0.6
$11.9
Ellerslie
4
1500
Bent Down On One Knee Ben Masters 3yo
$3k
$55k
W Kennedy
57
90.22
-
5
5,4
Dec-22 23
3/13
0.3
$3
Matamata
4
1400
Noble & Lee Chartered Accountants (Bm65)
$2k
$25k
C Grylls
58½
83.51
-
6
6,4
+1
Spell of 62 Days
Oct-21 23
4/8
5.2
$10.3
Te Rapa
3
1400
James & Annie Sarten Memorial 
$8k
$150k
V Colgan
57
82.23
-
6
6,5
+1
Sep-23 23
2/8
0.5
$3.3
Tauranga
5
1300
Ultimate Mazda 3YO
$7k
$40k
O Bosson
57
80.12
34.93
4
6,4
+2
Aug-23 23
2/7
0.1
$3.7
Taupo
7
1100
Poverty Bay Turf Club 3yo C&G
$7k
$40k
O Bosson
57½
68.18
-
5
5,5
+3
Spell of 130 Days
Apr-15 23
1/5
1.3
$2
Hastings
4
1300
Thank You Resource 2yo
$17k
$30k
C Grylls
57
75.79
-
1
1,1
Mar-29 23
2/10
2.0
$3.7
Matamata
5
1050
Nzb Insurance Pearl Series Mdn
$3k
$14k
O Bosson
57½
62.21
-
9
9,6
+4