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$3m colt headlines monster spend at Inglis Easter Yearling Sale

Posted on April 7, 2022
in Australian Horse Racing News

The final gavel came down at Inglis’ Riverside Stables late on Wednesday afternoon to conclude an extraordinary Australian Easter Yearling Sale which saw 117-year-old records tumble.

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 July 28, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Coolmore Australia boss Tom Magnier says the Melbourne Cup is high on the agenda for the Irish outfit, but whether they will be players during the spring remains to be seen. Magnier says the Coolmore team in Ireland is planning to have a strong presence in Melbourne during the spring with an emphasis on the[...]

Posted on July 27, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One-winning sprinter Sunlight has been sold for $4.2 million at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale at the Gold Coast. Sunlight, who won the Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast in 2018 during her juvenile season and won three Group One sprints in Australia as a three-year-old, was knocked down to[...]

Posted on May 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top sprinter Sunlight has been retired and will be sold at an upcoming broodmare sale. Connections had been deliberating on the four-year-old's future following two uncharacteristically poor performances in Group One races in Adelaide. Her retirement was announced on Friday and trainer Tony McEvoy paid tribute to the mare as a tough and resilient competitor.[...]

Posted on May 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Tony McEvoy has left the decision on the future of multiple Group One winner Sunlight in the hands of her owners as the mare has a spell. McEvoy, who trains the mare in partnership with son Calvin, said there was no problem with Sunlight after finishing 11th behind Trekking in The Goodwood at Morphettville last[...]

Posted on May 14, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

David Jolly is convinced last year's runner-up Behemoth has had a better lead-up into his second attempt to win The Goodwood in Adelaide. But the trainer also believes the four-year-old gelding will be facing a stronger field than he did a year ago in South Australia's premier sprint race at Morphettville on Saturday. Behemoth was[...]

Posted on May 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A field of 15 has been declared for the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville with favourite Gytrash drawing wide in barrier 12 while another leading contender, The Inevitable, has the outside draw. Saturday's 1200m sprint is the final Group One race of this season's Adelaide carnival. Five-time Group One winner Santa Ana Lane, who won[...]

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 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 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 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 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Gytrash has posted a decisive victory over multiple Group One winner Sunlight in the Group Three Irwin Stakes at Morphettville. Saturday's meeting signals the start of the Adelaide carnival with the two star sprinters scheduled to meet again in the Goodwood next month. Trained by Gordon Richards, Gytrash has emerged this autumn with victory in[...]

Posted on April 17, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Darci Brahma five-year-old Parsifal is on a path to the Group 1 Goodwood (1200m) on May 16 and trainer Will Clarken is expecting an improved performance when the seven-time winner contests Saturday's Group 3 R N Irwin Stakes (1100m) at Morphettville. The gelding finished sixth behind Diamond Effort when resuming over 1000m at Caulfield earlier[...]

Posted on April 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Multiple Group One winner Sunlight will further her preparation for a racetrack return with a barrier trial at Morphettville. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare is being prepared at Kildalton Park in Angaston after being sidelined with injury. Sunlight hasn't raced since finishing second to Kolding in the inaugural Golden Eagle at Rosehill last November[...]

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[...]

$3m colt headlines monster spend at Inglis Easter Yearling Sale

Sustained speed lands Sisstar Caulfield victory

Melbourne Cup On Agenda For Coolmore Team

Star Mare Sunlight Sells For $4.2 Million

Group 1 Mare Sunlight Retired, Up For Sale

Sunlight’s Racing Future Remains In Limbo

Behemoth Out To Go One Better In Goodwood

Wide Draws For Leading Goodwood Contenders

Flemington Trip To Reinvigorate Sunlight

Blinkers On For Lyre In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Sunlight Draws Wide In Group 1 Sangster Stakes

Sunlight On Target For Group One Sangster

McEvoy Happy With Sunlight’s Irwin Return

Gytrash Defeats Sunlight In Irwin Stakes

Group 3 test for Parsifal

Sunlight A Step Closer To Racing Return

Sunlight To Line Up In Flemington Jump-Out

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