Think About It was a bay gelding foaled on 8 September 2018. Bred by Greg and Donna Kolivos’s Lightning Thoroughbreds, he was born and raised at Newgate Farm.

He was by ten-time Group 1 winner So You Think, whose racing brilliance extended from 1400 to 2100 metres. His dam, Tiare, was a winning daughter of Flying Spur and the Zabeel mare Moorea. She was also a half-sister to Group 2-winning sprinter Keen Array, while the wider family produced Hong Kong Group 1 winners The Duke and Sky Field.

The pedigree joined two of Australia and New Zealand’s most influential bloodlines. Flying Spur introduced the speed of Danehill, while Zabeel supplied the deeper stamina behind the female family. So You Think had already worked particularly well with daughters of Flying Spur, with Think About It becoming the second Group 1 winner bred on that cross.

Think About It was Tiare’s second foal. His rise dramatically changed the commercial standing of the family, with her final foal, a Wootton Bassett colt later named Royal Air Force, selling for A$900,000 in 2024.

Think About It was offered by Newgate Farm as Lot 493 at the 2020 Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale. Proven Thoroughbreds and Joe Pride Racing purchased him for A$70,000.

The price was modest in the context of the sale. He was the second-cheapest of the fourteen So You Think yearlings offered, while the sire’s yearlings averaged more than twice his purchase price during that season. Proven Thoroughbreds’ Jamie Walter already had considerable faith in So You Think, having bought nine earlier yearlings by the stallion, eight of whom became winners.

Think About It was subsequently shared among a large ownership group assembled by Proven Thoroughbreds. He was never publicly resold. When Newgate later secured an Everest slot, it selected the horse it had raised as its 2023 representative, reconnecting him with the farm at the greatest point of his racing career.

Think About It did not race until late in his three-year-old season. He debuted at Kembla Grange in July 2022 and won the 1200-metre maiden by two lengths, providing an immediate glimpse of the power that would later define him.

Following his retirement, Think About It was placed in the care of Sam Clipperton, who had ridden him in nine of his eleven victories. The ownership group selected Clipperton’s Hunter Valley property as his permanent home, allowing the horse affectionately known as “Spud” to remain with the person most closely associated with his racing career.

In February 2026, Think About It underwent emergency surgery for colic. Although he initially appeared to recover, complications developed and he was euthanised. He had survived the frightening incident that ended his racing career, but was unable to overcome this final illness.