Rarely does an unraced 4-year-old make an impression quite like the one Humza Bey has made. Not seen at the races as a 2 or 3-year-old, Humza Bey is quickly making up for lost time, moving to Australia as an undefeated commodity from his New Zealand birthplace. There he raced on two occasions, at Hawera and Wanganui respectively, recording comfortable wins.
Win at Wanganui (NZ) in August 2025 (light and dark blue striped colours)
Acquired by OTI and the Price Kent Racing team following his second victory, Humza Bey made his way to Victoria in September 2025. Given time to relax and acclimatise to his new surroundings, Humza Bey commenced work in preparation for a summer/autumn campaign in November and reached jump-out stage in the first week of January. An easy third placing in this first hitout at Cranbourne was followed by a winning effort at a second trial at Sandown. Interestingly, Redders (2nd in this trial) won quite nicely at Geelong earlier this week.
Sandown trial Win in January, 2026 (OTI colours)
Humza Bey is the son of Belardo, a stallion with whom OTI has quite an affinity. Skippers Canyon is a stayer by Belardo showing great promise, Knobelas is a quality mare racing very well without luck in recent weeks and M’Lady Rose was another winner on debut in the colours during the spring.
Now ready to race for the first time in Australia, Humza Bey has been accepted at Sale on Sunday in a 1400m BM66 (race details here). It is anticipated that he will quickly graduate to a higher level.
Joining Humza Bey at Sale on Sunday is Kazaru, contesting a 1717m Maiden as she progresses towards a potential Tasmanian Oaks start. Our Listed placed filly is desperately close to putting her first win on the board and gets a strong opportunity to do just that in Race 3 (race details here).
We wish their respective ownership groups all the very best of luck this weekend!