Mufhasa
Mufhasa, was a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who won a number of Group races in New Zealand and Australia in a career stretching from 2007 to 2013. He was known as King Mufhasa in Australia.
Mufhasa was trained by Stephen McKee and ridden in the majority of his races by Samantha Spratt. Towards the end of his career he was trained by Bruce Wallace and he was cared for throughout his career by strapper Amy Doran.
His win in the 2012 Windsor Park Plate was his tenth and final Group 1 victory.
Mufhasa was voted the New Zealand Horse of the Year for the 2009 and 2012 seasons. In 2021 he was inducted into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame.
Notable performances
- 12 November 2008 - 1st in the Coupland's Bakeries Mile beating Vosne Romanee and Sterling Prince
- 17 January 2009 - 1st in the Telegraph Handicap beating Atapi and Ruud Van Slaats
- 7 February 2009 - 1st in the Waikato Sprint beating Gaze and Ruud Van Slaats
- 28 February 2010 - 1st in the Otaki-Maori Weight for Age beating Hold It Harvey and Daffodil
- 22 January 2011 - 1st in the Telegraph Handicap beating First Command and Coup Align
- 12 February 2011 - 1st in the Waikato Sprint beating Wall Street and Keep The Peace
- 27 August 2011 - 1st in the Makfi Challenge Stakes beating Jimmy Choux and Fleur de Lune
- 17 September 2011 - 2nd in the Windsor Park Plate behind Jimmy Choux with Hold It Harvey 3rd
- 8 October 2011 - 1st in the Toorak Handicap beating King's Rose and Luen Yat Forever
- 3 December 2011 - 1st in the Captain Cook Stakes beating Vonusti and Dating
- 11 February 2012 - 2nd in the Waikato Sprint behind Veyron with Fazzle 3rd
- 25 February 2012 - 1st in the Futurity Stakes beating Pinker Pinker
- 22 September 2012 - 1st in the Windsor Park Plate beating Fleur de Lune and Xanadu
- 6 April 2013 - 2nd in the George Ryder Stakes behind Pierro
- 21 September 2013 - 2nd in the Windsor Park Plate behind Xanadu with Nashville 3rd.