Robert Sangster Stakes

Instant Celebrity Claims Robert Sangster Stakes in South Australia

Posted on May 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

On Friday morning, Instant Celebrity was given next to no chance by trainer Phillip Stokes heading into the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes. Come Saturday afternoon, the filly was a Group 1 winner following an impressive win in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville, South Australia. It had been just over 24 hours from when[...]

Posted on May 1, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Instant Celebrity was an instant success during the spring of 2020, winning her first four career starts, including the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude at Caulfield. However, her first up run in the listed Redelva Stakes at Morphettville on April 17 was far from impressive, and left punters scratching their heads. Phillip Stokes was on[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sisstar has shown sustained speed to lead home her rivals in the Bel Esprit Stakes at Caulfield which has now earned her a shot at a Group 1 race. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare will head across the border for the Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 1 after her brilliant win[...]

Posted on April 17, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin may not have a big presence in South Australia but their main trainer James Cummings is always keen to support their carnival races. Last week the stable sent a pair of their two-year-old to Morphettville for the Listed Dequetteville Stakes (1050m) and came home with a perfect one-two finish. Godolphin and Cummings have added[...]

Posted on April 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sam Freedman and his father Anthony have Group 1 aspirations for Lyre and Prophet’s Thumb, but before that there is a race at Caulfield to sharpen them up. Lyre and Prophet’s Thumb run in Saturday’s Listed Bel Esprit Stakes (1100m) en route to the Group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on May 1.[...]

Posted on May 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony and Calvin McEvoy have resorted to travel in a bid to reinvigorate Sunlight ahead of The Goodwood at Morphettville. Sunlight has been working at Flemington before she returns to the McEvoy’s South Australian base ahead of Saturday’s Group One contest. Tony McEvoy reasoned the mare had become complacent in the country environment at Angaston[...]

Posted on May 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sangster Stakes winner Bella Vella is heading for a spell and will miss South Australia’s biggest sprint race, The Goodwood, at Morphettville. Trainer Will Clarken said Bella Vella had pulled up in great order following Saturday’s Group One victory against fillies and mares. “Although the temptation is high to push on to the Group One[...]

Posted on May 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Adelaide trainer Will Clarken has achieved a milestone first Group One win with bargain-buy Bella Vella who has capped a stunning rise in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Bella Vella was bought online for $22,500 last year and she has won six of her 11 starts since joining Clarken’s stable last year, with Saturday’s[...]

Posted on May 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield trainer Mick Price says Teleplay has the right track conditions to give her an edge in the Group One Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. The Morphettville track was rated in the slow range ahead of Saturday’s 1200m sprint for fillies and mares under weight-for-age conditions. Price, who trains the mare in partnership with Mick Kent[...]

Posted on April 30, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A change of tactics brought about by the disappointment of defeat has led to Street Icon lining up for a Group One assignment in Adelaide. Trainer Kevin Corstens was left scratching his head after the mare finished a weakening seventh in a Group Three race in Hobart in February. Corstens decided to change Street Icon’s[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Blue Diamond winner Lyre are hoping the addition of blinkers will help the three-year-old return to the winner’s list for the first time in more than a year in another Group One. Lyre is set for Saturday’s Robert Sangster Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville and trainer Anthony Freedman has opted to apply blinkers to[...]

Posted on April 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The frustration of self-isolation will be worth it for Zac Spain if he can break through for a maiden Group One win in Adelaide. Coronavirus protocols in South Australia require anyone entering the state to undergo two weeks’ isolation. While fellow Victorian jockeys John Allen, Ethan Brown and Dean Holland have joined forces to beat[...]

Posted on April 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

South Australia’s best races have special significance on more than one level for jockey Dean Holland. After starting his riding career in Adelaide, Holland has forged a successful career in Victoria. But it is in his former home town where Holland has landed some of his biggest wins. His solitary Group One victory came aboard[...]

Posted on April 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star sprinting mare Sunlight has drawn a wide barrier in a capacity field of 16 plus two emergencies for the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. A three-time Group One winner, four-year-old Sunlight has drawn barrier 16 for Saturday’s 1200m feature for fillies and mares while star two-year-old Away Game has barrier four. Away[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony McEvoy believes star sprinting mare Sunlight has a fourth Group One win at her mercy in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville. Sunlight was soundly beaten by Lightning Stakes winner Gytrash in the Group Three R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) last Saturday week in Adelaide but McEvoy has been thrilled with the four-year-old[...]

Posted on April 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian jockey Damien Thornton hopes his commitment to self isolate in South Australia for two weeks will be rewarded with Group One glory during the Adelaide carnival. With the lure of some prized rides on offer from the Anthony Freedman stable, 24-year-old Thornton travelled to South Australia and quarantined for two weeks as required under[...]

Posted on April 26, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Away Game’s already memorable juvenile season could reach new heights if the bold plan to run her in the weight-for-age Group One Robert Sangster Stakes is successful. After Away Game won the Group Two Percy Sykes Stakes at Randwick on April 11, trainers Ciaron Maher and David Eustace revealed plans to pit the filly against[...]

Instant Celebrity Claims Robert Sangster Stakes in South Australia

Stokes Puts Instant Celebrity On Notice For South Australian Group 1

Sustained speed lands Sisstar Caulfield victory

Exhilarates out to add to Godolphin tally in Adelaide

Mares gear up for Sangster Stakes at Caulfield

Flemington Trip To Reinvigorate Sunlight

Bella Vella To Bypass Group One Goodwood

Bella Vella Wins Group One Sangster Stakes

Wet To Suit Teleplay In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Street Icon Chases Sangster Stakes Success

Blinkers On For Lyre In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Isolation Has Spain Keen For Group 1 Rides

Holland Does The Hard Yards For Away Game

Sunlight Draws Wide In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Sunlight On Target For Group One Sangster

Thornton Chasing Group 1 Glory In Adelaide

Away Game On Target For Group 1 WFA Test

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