The little sister of Australia’s latest sprint queen is set to make her return at Bendigo. Sisstar is a year younger than sibling Sunlight who last week won a third Group One race when successful in the William Reid Stakes at Moonee Valley. Like Sunlight, Sisstar is trained by Tony… Read More »
Sunlight has erased the memories of her previous visit to The Valley with a breathtaking victory in the Group One William Reid Stakes. The only time Sunlight has finished out of the placings was in the Group One Manikato Stakes at The Valley last October when she was slow into… Read More »
A bruised foot has forced the Anthony Freedman-trained Shoals out of the Group One William Reid Stakes at The Valley. A three-time winner at the highest level, Shoals had been heavily supported from $4.20 into $3.10 ahead of her scratching from Friday night’s 1200m sprint. Freedman had been confident of… Read More »
A field of 11 has been declared for Melbourne’s final Group One race of the year, the William Reid Stakes. Favourite Sunlight has drawn the outside barrier in Friday night’s 1200m sprint at Moonee Valley as connections look to erase the demons of her only unplaced run in 14 starts… Read More »
Star filly Sunlight has pleased her trainer Tony McEvoy in a gallop at The Valley ahead of the William Reid Stakes. McEvoy took advantage of the opportunity to gallop the Newmarket Handicap winner at the course ahead of Friday night’s Group One William Reid Stakes to get her re-acquainted with… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy will give Sunlight another look at The Valley before the filly runs in the William Reid Stakes. Sunlight is one of five potential runners in Friday night’s Group One 1200m William Reid Stakes who will work at the track on Monday morning. The Peter Gelagotis-trained Malaguerra, the… Read More »
After upstaging the older horses to win the star-studded Newmarket Handicap, three-year-old filly Sunlight is set to chase elite level weight-for-age wins this autumn. And her trainer Tony McEvoy believes Sunlight is still getting better. Sunlight claimed her second Group One win, and first against older horses, when she led… Read More »
Star filly Sunlight has given jockey Barend Vorster a memorable start to his new life in Australia, with the pair combining to win the time-honoured Group One Newmaket Handicap at Flemington. South African Vorster had ridden successfully in Singapore for the past 15 years and only arrived in Australia late… Read More »
Like his ride in the Newmarket Handicap, Barend Vorster says he will be better for his first-up performance at Flemington. Vorster rides Sunlight in Saturday’s Group One Newmarket Handicap with the filly running second-up after finishing third in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington on February 16. Arriving in Melbourne after… Read More »
Fresh from his upset win on Manuel in the C F Orr Stakes, jockey Luke Currie will chase his next Group One win aboard star filly Sunlight in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington. Currie guided the Tony McEvoy-trained Manuel to an all-the-way win in Saturday’s Group One Orr (1400m) at… Read More »
Sunlight has indicated she is on target for her Group One Lightning Stakes assignment with an impressive jump-out victory at Werribee. The jump-out over 800m on Friday was her first serious hit-out since she defeated her three-year-old male counterparts in the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on November… Read More »
Star filly Sunlight is building up towards her first major target of the year. This time last year Sunlight was basking in the glory of a dominant win in the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic at the Gold Coast. The Tony McEvoy-trained sprinter has gone on with the job… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy is taking a relaxed approach to comparisons between star filly Sunlight and two-year-old Sun City. The similarities between the stablemates are well documented with both by star sire Zoustar and both being placed in the Maribyrnong Plate Trial before coming to Queensland to undertake a Magic Millions… Read More »
The little sister of defending Magic Millions 2YO Classic winner Sunlight will not get the chance to emulate the flying filly in this season’s rich race at the Gold Coast. Trainer Tony McEvoy said while two-year-old Sisstar had the talent, at this early stage of her juvenile season she did… Read More »
Trainer Tony McEvoy has resisted any temptation to target another win at the rich Magic Millions race day at the Gold Coast with Sunlight and will wait for Group One sprints in Melbourne with the star filly. Sunlight won the $2 million Magic Millions 2YO Classic (1200m) at the Gold… Read More »
The Tony McEvoy-trained Sunlight has upstaged her male rivals to win the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes. Sunlight was the only filly in the race and she made her own luck to claim the Group One sprint run run over the famous Flemington straight course. She defeated the Chris Waller-trained… Read More »
A host of prized colts will be running for much more than the $1 million purse in the Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington. Victory in Saturday’s Group One sprint for three-year-olds, which has become an important stallion-making race, would significantly enhance any of the nine colts’ future value. But there… Read More »
Tony McEvoy’s hopes that three-year-old filly Sunlight can upstage the older sprinters in the Group One Manikato Stakes have been boosted after the barrier draw for the $1 million race. The McEvoy-trained Sunlight worked sharply at Moonee Valley on Tuesday and will start from barrier three in a field of… Read More »
Tony McEvoy is giving star filly Sunlight every opportunity to get comfortable around the tricky Moonee Valley racetrack ahead of her bid to upstage the older horses in the Group One Manikato Stakes. McEvoy took the three-year-old to the Valley on Saturday morning for a work-out under Luke Currie and… Read More »
A couple of horses who ran well at Caulfield have tightened in with the TAB for the Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley in a couple of weeks. Sunlight scored a rather dominant win in the Thoroughbred Club Stakes (1200m) and trainer Tony McEvoy said post race that the likely… Read More »
