The feature at the Gold Coast this Saturday is The Sunlight (1100m), where Grafterburners dominates betting. Down below is a speed map, runner preview and $100 betting strategy for the 2026 The Sunlight. 2026 The Sunlight Runner Preview: 1. North England: North England is a good horse, I am convinced… Read More »
Star sprinters Sunlight and Santa Ana Lane have reaffirmed their credentials for the $14 million Everest with a one-two finish in the Gilgai Stakes. Sunlight maintained an unblemished record over the straight 1200m at Flemington, adding Saturday’s Group Two race to her victories in last season’s Group One Coolmore Stud… Read More »
View the results and replay for the 2019 Gilgai Stakes. The Gilgai Stakes was raced at Flemington racecourse on 05/10/2019. Replay: Brave run by Sunlight to win the Gilgai Stakes. Santa Ana Lane heads to The Everest with a solid performance under the belt. pic.twitter.com/WMrb0G4pBv — 7HorseRacing 🐎 (@7horseracing) October… Read More »
Judging by the weight of money for multiple Group One winning mare Sunlight to win the Gilgai Stakes, she is set to stay in Melbourne. Sunlight has been nominated for both the Premiere Stakes at Randwick and the Gilgai Stakes at Flemington on Saturday but the market has her a… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy hopes Sisstar’s victory at Flemington is the entree to a bigger dish later in the week. Sisstar is the younger sibling of multiple Group One winner Sunlight, who runs in Friday night’s Group One Moir Stakes at The Valley. Living in the shadow of her big sister… Read More »
Having missed a start in The Shorts in Sydney, Everest-bound Sunlight has been re-acquainted with The Valley ahead of the $1 million Moir Stakes. Co-trainers Tony and Calvin McEvoy opted to scratch Sunlight from Saturday’s Group Two Shorts (1100m) at Randwick because of a wet track and sent her back… Read More »
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 The Everest. Sunlight is one of 11 acceptors for Saturday’s star-studded Group Two Shorts… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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 Ladbrokes markets having the pair at $9 each. The Les Bridge-trained Classique… Read More »
There were no real surprises this morning at Randwick when multiple Group One winner Sunlight won her trial but it was a run of a boom grey that stole the show. Sunlight jumped and led to win Trial 1 at Randwick but it was the eye catching trial of The… Read More »
Multiple Group One winning sprinter Sunlight showed she will be a force to reckon with this Spring with an impressive trial win this morning whilst Happy Clapper’s trial was on face value disappointing. Sunlight showed she was a serious contender in this years $14m Everest with an easy win in… Read More »
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… Read More »
Four of the 12 slots in the TAB Everest at Royal Randwick on October 19 have been filled with McEvoy Mitchell Racing’s Sunlight securing her berth thanks to the slot held by Max Whitby and Neil Werrett. Following the announcement, Sunlight tightened from $11 to $9 with TAB Fixed Odds…. Read More »
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… Read More »
Brilliant filly Sunlight will miss the Adelaide carnival and be spelled before being prepared for an assault on The Everest in the spring. Trainer Tony McEvoy was not happy with Sunlight after she trialled at Gawler last Friday and on Monday ruled her out of Saturday’s Group One Robert Sangster… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has opted for the combination of ear muffs and winkers in a bid to try to help Sunlight’s younger sibling Sisstar deliver on a long-range target in the inaugural $1 million The Showdown at Caulfield. Sisstar, younger sister to multiple Group One winning stablemate Sunlight, is yet… Read More »
Sunlight has pleased Tony McEvoy in a Gawler barrier trial but the trainer will monitor how the star filly comes through the hit-out before making a final decision on a start in the Group One TAB Classic. Already a three-time Group One winner this season, Sunlight headlines nominations for Saturday… Read More »
Star filly Sunlight will get another chance to land her fourth Group One win of the season, with trainer Tony McEvoy confirming his intention to run the three-year-old in next month’s TAB Classic in Adelaide. Sunlight won the Coolmore Stud Stakes for three-year-olds at Flemington last spring while her autumn… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy says star three-year-old Sunlight will face her biggest test yet in the TJ Smith Stakes, but he’s confident she’s got what it takes. The filly is coming off Group One wins in the Newmarket Handicap and William Reid Stakes but will face a tough field in Saturday’s… Read More »
