HOTARUBI Thoroughbred



Hotarubi is a thoroughbred horse born in South Africa in 2020. Race horse Hotarubi is by Vercingetorix (SAF) out of Hanabi (SAF) , trained by Chris Jonker. Hotarubi form is available here. Owned by TKP RACING (NOM: TREVELEN PILLAY).


Pedigree :
Sire VERCINGETORIX (SAF) 2009
Dam HANABI (SAF) 2012
Dam Sire VAR (USA) 1999

About the horse :
Foal Date 18 Oct 2020
Description 5yo B Gelding
Trainer Chris Jonker
Owner Tkp Racing (Nom: Trevelen Pillay)
Career 3 Wins (7%) - 11 Placings (34%) - 41 starts
Wins 1400m (1), 1500m (1), 1700m (1)
PM South Africa : ZAR R864,532

Sale Information :
offline

2022 August Two Year Old Sale (246)  

Oldlands Stud 

Psd. ZAR R 0

Res. ZAR R



Starts:

41

Win Rate:

7%

Place Rate:

34%










Hotarubi Past Races

7 of 10, 28 Apr 2026, R5 TAB GOLD BOWL (LISTED) 3200m | ZAR R 400,000 | 54.0kg | J: M YENI | T: C JONKER | | 3:32.99 | Winner: ENFLAME
9 of 9, 09 Apr 2026, R5 CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALE 25 APRIL CALL 011 681 1796 TO BOOK MR 104 HANDICAP 1600m | ZAR R 160,000 | 57.0kg | J: J PENNY | T: C JONKER | | 1:38.58 | Winner: KING'S EXPRESS
4 of 10, 04 Apr 2026, R4 WILGERBOSDRIFT CARADOC GOLD CUP (LISTED) 2850m | ZAR R 300,000 | 54.0kg | J: R MUNGER | T: C JONKER | | 3:04.23 | Winner: ENFLAME
5 of 8, 14 Mar 2026, R8 TAB 4RACING APP PINNACLE STAKES 1800m | ZAR R 200,000 | 52.0kg | J: P MXOLI | T: C JONKER | | 1:49.94 | Winner: CHOISAANADA
6 of 10, 05 Mar 2026, R6 CLASSIC DAY 7 MARCH MIDDLE STAKES 1600m | ZAR R 160,000 | 60.0kg | J: P MXOLI | T: C JONKER | | 1:38.62 | Winner: OPEN HIGHWAY
2 of 4, 10 Feb 2026, R1 4RACING WELCOMES YOU PROGRESS PLATE 2000m | ZAR R 146,438 | 60.5kg | J: R MUNGER | T: C JONKER | | 2:03.48 | Winner: BAKWENA
4 of 7, 05 Feb 2026, R6 #YOUCANBETONUS! MR 100 HANDICAP 1600m | ZAR R 155,000 | 56.0kg | J: B MARX-JACOBSON | T: C JONKER | | 1:36.40 | Winner: BIRTHRIGHT
6 of 9, 22 Jan 2026, R7 SA DERBY 4 APRIL PINNACLE STAKES 1450m | ZAR R 200,000 | 50.0kg | J: B MARX-JACOBSON | T: C JONKER | Got Bk-Fair but safely held | 1:24.37 | Winner: TIN PAN ALLEY
2 of 4, 17 Jan 2026, R3 GUINEAS DAY 7 FEBRUARY PROGRESS PLATE 1700m | ZAR R 150,000 | 54.5kg | J: B MARX-JACOBSON | T: C JONKER | | 1:43.12 | Winner: TAEGAN'S CHAMP
18 of 21, 20 Dec 2025, R6 WORLD SPORTS BETTING GRAND HERITAGE 1475m | ZAR R 500,000 | 59.5kg | J: T MAYHEW | T: S TARRY | Got Bk-Fair but safely held | 1:26.14 | Winner: MASTERSHIP



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
PIERE STRYDOM 2 50% 0 0% 4 $12,130 58 194
S'MANGA KHUMALO 1 20% 2 40% 5 $33,168 -29 22
S SOSIBO 0 0% 3 100% 3 $3,644 -30 0
KEAGAN DE MELO 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,167 -10 0
ATHANDIWE MGUDLWA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
CRAIG ZACKEY 0 0% 2 33% 6 $5,501 -60 0
K A BREWER 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,809 -10 0
GRANT VAN NIEKERK 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,988 -10 0
K MATSUNYANE 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
RICHARD FOURIE 0 0% 0 0% 1 $500 -10 0
CALVIN HABIB 0 0% 0 0% 1 $2,100 -10 0
CALLAN MURRAY 0 0% 0 0% 2 $0 -20 0
GIRISH SAMO-BURTHIA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
LUYOLO MXOTHWA 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
RACHEL VENNIKER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
JEFFERY SYSTER 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
TRENT MAYHEW 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
BLAINE MARX-JACOBSON 0 0% 1 33% 3 $3,021 -30 0
RYAN MUNGER 0 0% 1 50% 2 $3,606 -20 0
PHILASANDE MXOLI 0 0% 0 0% 2 $400 -20 0
JARRYD PENNY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
MUZI YENI 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
VAAL 2 17% 4 33% 12 $17,083 -34 55
TURFFONTEIN STANDSIDE 1 5% 5 25% 20 $51,802 -168 11
TURFFONTEIN INSIDE 0 0% 2 40% 5 $2,149 -50 0
GREYVILLE 0 0% 0 0% 4 $0 -40 0