Zac Guildford’s partner is a successful jockey who is a gifted and talented lightweight rider from New Zealand.
Zach was sentenced to nine months of community service in March 2022 for two different fraud offenses involving his relatives and acquaintances.
Zachary Robert Guildford is of English-Mori origin and is a Mitre 10 Cup player for Waikato.
Meet Zac Guildford Partner/Wife: Who Is Sam Spratt?
Samantha Spratt is a Takanini jockey and the girlfriend of Zac Guildford.
Samantha was 18 years old when her horse startled and leaped the railing in 2003, causing life-threatening head injuries. Doctors said she would never ride again, but she defied them.
Throughout her riding career and personal life, Spratt has faced several challenges. She has spoken about Zac’s alcoholism on numerous occasions.
Zac Guildford went to Napier Boys’ High School and was selected for the New Zealand All Blacks after a stellar national representative career with New Zealand Secondary Schools.
Furthermore, Zac excelled in the New Zealand Under-19 team and spent two seasons with the New Zealand Under 20 team.
Were Zac Guildford Father And Grandfather Also Rugby Players?
Zac Guildford’s father, Robert Guildford, was among the spectators at the Under-20 World Cup final in Tokyo in 2008. Sadly, after New Zealand’s 44–28 win against England, Robert died of a heart attack.
Robert had played rugby for the Napier Technical senior third side until a knee injury forced him to hang up his boots.
He was a former Wairarapa Bush representative and had moved to Hawke’s Bay 12 years ago with his beautiful wife, Deborah Guildford, and two children.
Zac has a younger brother named Victor, and like his brother and father, he also plays premier club rugby for Napier Technical.
At the time of his death, Victor worked as a supervisor in the electrical industry.
Zac is accused of taking over $40,000 from his grandfather over several months.
Furthermore, it is unknown whether or not his grandfather played rugby. Similarly, there is not a lot of information about him.
Zac Guildford Sentence Update: Here Is What Has Happened So Far
On March 18, 2022, Zac Guildford stood in Masterton District Court after pleading guilty to stealing $41,500 from his grandfather through online banking and defrauding a friend of $60,000.
Between March 30 and April 9 of last year, Zac stole $41,500 from his grandfather, with whom he had been living. He was accused of fraudulently accessing an internet banking account on nine consecutive occasions.
On Friday, he was also sentenced to driving charges stemming from an incident in August of last year (2021).
The nature of his penalties has yet to be decided by the judges. More information regarding Zac’s case will become available in the next few days.
This is not the first time Zac has gotten himself into trouble.
On November 11, 2011, Zac was accused of drunken naked assaults in Rarotonga during an alcohol-fueled incident. He had apologized and admitted to being an alcoholic person.
After pleading guilty to hitting a woman in the face in 2019, he dropped an appeal to keep his name hidden in court in April 2021.