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One to Watch – Seymour

Tara Madgwick - Sunday October 12

The Autumn Sun is riding high following a brilliant Group I MRC Caulfield Guineas win for his top class son Autumn Boy and he featured on Sunday with a promising three year-old filly that might be looking towards spring Black Type.

Sunlit Serenade wins at Seymour - image Brett Holburt / Racing Photos

Trained by Tony and Calvin McEvoy and ridden by Damian Lane, Sunlit Serenade was dispatched to Seymour for a 1600m maiden to break the ice and duly got the job done as a short priced favourite.

Having her fourth race start and second this preparation, she looked well placed stepping up from 1300 to the mile and relished the task, travelling smoothly behind the leaders before steaming home down the outside to win by a length eased down.

Sunlit Serenade was a $110,000 Inglis Classic purchase.

A $110,000 Inglis Classic purchase for McEvoy Mitchell Racing / Belmont Bloodstock Agency from the Sullivan Bloodstock draft, Sunlit Serenade is a half-sister to smart middle distance stakes-winner Harmony Rose, who as Group I placed in both the ATC Vinery Stud Stakes and Randwick Guineas.

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She is the fourth winner from seven to race from Gowana, a winning More than Ready (USA) mare whose grand-dam is Group placed Sir Tristram (IRE) mare Iwan, a sister to Golden Slipper winner and leading sire Marauding.

The Autumn Sun has shot into second place on the Australian General Sires List by earnings to sit between I Am Invincible and Snitzel with Autumn Boy his second Group I winner this season joining Autumn Glow.

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Race Result - Move To Strike At Lovatsville Mdn Plate 1600m

Seymour Track: Good(4) Time: 1:38.48
1
Sunlit Serenade
- 3f The Autumn Sun (AUS) x Gowana (AUS) (More Than Ready (USA))
Tnr: T & C McEvoy Rdr: Damian Lane 55
Inglis Classic Yearling Sale $110,000
Seller: Sullivan Bloodstock, Kialla East, Vic
Buyer: McEvoy Mitchell Racing / Belmont Bloodstock Agency (FBAA)
2
1
Move The Torana
- 4m Lean Mean Machine (AUS) x Eloquent Ruby (AUS) (Turffontein (AUS))
Tnr: L Smith Rdr: Fred W Kersley 57.5
Inglis Premier Yearling Sale $150,000
Seller: Twin Hills Stud, Cootamundra, NSW
Buyer: Boomer Bloodstock (FBAA) / Lindsey Smith
3
1.8
Zeaction
- 6g Zacinto (GB) x Fatal Attraction (AUS) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: John McArdle Rdr: J Mott 59.5
4
3
Meet The Wife
- 5m Foxwedge (AUS) x Web Of Love (AUS) (Show A Heart (AUS))
Tnr: Sylvia Thompson Rdr: C J Parish 57.5
5
4
Taxing
- 4g All Too Hard (AUS) x Lenience (IRE) (Oasis Dream (GB))
Tnr: T G Eurell Rdr: Thomas Stockdale 59.5
6
8
Valiant Sun
- 3g The Autumn Sun (AUS) x Valley Girl (NZ) (Mastercraftsman (IRE))
Tnr: Liam Howley Rdr: Ryan Houston 57
7
9
Lyttelton
- 6g Wrote (IRE) x Les Sylphides (NZ) (Bachelor Duke (USA))
Tnr: Ms S Houston Rdr: R Mc Leod 59.5
8
9.2
Boss Boy
- 4g Cable Bay (IRE) x So You Wonder (AUS) (So You Think (NZ))
Tnr: Henry Dwyer Rdr: M Aitken 59.5
9
9.6
Bon Eros
- 3g Brutal (NZ) x Mackenzie Brooke (AUS) (Blackfriars (AUS))
Tnr: Clayton Douglas Rdr: L Currie 57
10
11.6
Devil's Craft
- 4g Squamosa (AUS) x Crafty Devil (AUS) (Starcraft (NZ))
Tnr: Archie Alexander Rdr: John Allen 59.5
11
14.1
Not Fake
- 5m Toronado (IRE) x Fabulously Fake (AUS) (Delzao (AUS))
Tnr: R A Hockley Rdr: Ms J Da Rose 57.5
12
17.9
The Omaha Express
- 4g Omaha Beach (USA) x Solar Star (AUS) (Zoustar (AUS))
Tnr: Carly Cook Rdr: C Newitt 59.5
13
18.1
Couldbetracy
- 5m Last Typhoon (AUS) x No Rhyme Or Reason (AUS) (All Chatter (USA))
Tnr: G C Strang Rdr: J Keating 57.5
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