Sunlight

Wet Forces Sunlight Out Of Shorts

Posted on September 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Sunlight has joined Santa Ana Lane as a non-runner in the Group Two Shorts because of the wet Randwick track. The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained mare is now likely to run in the Moir Stakes at The Valley next week. The Shorts (1100m) is a major lead-up to the $14 million Everest on October 19[...]

Posted on September 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Connections of Everest-bound mare Sunlight will continue to monitor the Randwick track condition before deciding whether the triple Group One winner takes her place in one of the main lead-up races to next month's $14 million sprint. Sunlight is one of 11 acceptors for Saturday's star-studded Group Two Shorts (1100m) at Randwick, which features a[...]

Posted on September 9, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Tony McEvoy has given Sunlight a pass mark for her first-up run in Sydney en route to her main goal of The Everest. Sunlight beat one runner home in Saturday's Concorde Stakes won by Redzel at Randwick with McEvoy saying there were a number of factors that counted against her. Racing NSW stewards reported[...]

Posted on September 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Four-time Cox Plate winner Winx headlines the five contenders for the Victorian Racehorse of the Year award for 2018/19. The Racehorse of the Year will be one of the awards announced at the annual Victorian Racing Awards on Saturday night in Melbourne. Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter, Australian Guineas and All-Star Mile winner Mystic Journey,[...]

Posted on September 6, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Luke Currie has issued a word of warning as Sunlight makes her spring return in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick. While looking forward to reuniting with the mare in Saturday's race, Currie believes Sunlight will be improved by the hit-out. Currie has a strong association with Sunlight having been aboard in eight of her[...]

Posted on September 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual Everest winner Redzel heads to the Concorde Stakes as the outsider in the six-horse field. He has won the 1000m-sprint at Randwick for the past two years on his way to his wins in the world's richest race on turf. But bookmakers are wary heading to Saturday with three of the six runners already[...]

Posted on September 2, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three confirmed Everest contenders and some other high-profile contenders for a slot in the $14 million race are in line to clash in the Concorde Stakes at Randwick. Entries for Saturday's Group Three Concorde (1000m) have been extended after seven nominations were taken on Monday but it is packed with quality. Sunlight, Pierata and dual[...]

Posted on August 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Classique Legend has shown no ill effects from a delay to his Everest preparation with a solid second to speedster Sunlight in a Randwick barrier trial. Both are headed to the $14 million Everest on October 19 with the markets posting the pair at $9 each. The Les Bridge-trained Classique Legend missed his first scheduled[...]

Posted on August 11, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Glamour mares Arcadia Queen and Enticing Star will stay home a little while longer before trialling in public. The two Bob Peters-owned mares joined Chris Waller's stable a few weeks ago from Perth. Both are headed to the $14 million Everest and had been listed to run in barrier trials at Randwick on Monday but[...]

Posted on June 23, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star filly Sunlight is back at the Flemington stables of trainer Tony McEvoy but her race program into the $14 million The Everest is yet to be confirmed. Sunlight won three Group One races this season – the Coolmore Stud Stakes, Newmarket Handicap and William Reid Stakes – and last month was named as the[...]

Posted on May 24, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Star filly Sunlight is a confirmed runner in the $14 million Everest for a group headed by Max Whitby. Trained by Tony McEvoy, Sunlight has won three Group One races this season, starting with the Coolmore Stud Stakes over the Flemington straight course in November. During the autumn the three-year-old beat older horses to win[...]

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