Robert Sangster Stakes

Wet To Suit Teleplay In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

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[...]

Posted on April 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite Sunlight being soundly beaten by Gytrash in the R N Irwin Stakes in Adelaide, trainer Tony McEvoy believes the mare did enough to suggest she is on track for upcoming Group One targets. Sunlight finished three lengths second to emerging sprint star Gytrash in Saturday's Group Three 1100m-race at Morphettville. It was her first[...]

Posted on April 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Ciaron Maher stable has announced a bold plan to run star juvenile Away Game against the older fillies and mares with a light weight in the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes in Adelaide. Two-year-old Away Game has already had a memorable season with four wins from seven starts having competed in Victoria, Queensland and[...]

Posted on March 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star sprinter Sunlight will take the next step towards her comeback from injury when she runs in a jump-out at Flemington. Sunlight will go around in an 800m jump-out on Friday morning with co-trainer Tony McEvoy saying the multiple Group One-winning mare will not be over-extended. Four-year-old Sunlight had surgery to remove a bone chip[...]

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

McEvoy Happy With Sunlight’s Irwin Return

Away Game Scheduled To Run In Adelaide Group 1

Sunlight To Line Up In Flemington Jump-Out

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