Sunshine In Paris, educated by Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, has claimed an exhilarating victory within the 2024 Champions Dash outcomes at Flemington on Stakes Day.
Sunshine In Paris profitable the 2024 Champions Dash. Picture: Final Racing Pictures.
Ridden by the masterful James McDonald, the mare produced a robust end to edge out 40/1 outsider Proper To Celebration and safe the celebrated Group 1 title fourth-up for the spring.
“She was superb,” Neasham, who claimed her first Group 1 in partnership with Archibald, instructed Channel 9 after the race.
“I used to be somewhat fearful pre-race as a result of she was parading quietly. However she’s simply acquired such a powerful end.”
McDonald’s good journey was essential to the victory. “I didn’t know who gained. I had the gray horse to my inside, and I might have been a certainty crushed if I didn’t get out,” the now four-time Champions Dash profitable jockey stated. “However I had the mare to do it, and geez, I’m rapt.”
Sunshine In Paris’ constant type all through the spring, together with a powerful efficiency when in The Everest, set her up completely for this victory.
Ciaron Maher‘s The Everest – Russell Balding Stakes double profitable mare Bella Nipotina, the pre-race favorite, completed a courageous third dropping few admirers after hitting the entrance briefly earlier than the driving end by Sunshine In Paris and the gray outsider.
“She’s an exceptional racehorse and what we’ve requested her to do, you possibly can see how she’s so aggressive once more at this time. What an incredible and superb mare and searching ahead to when she comes again,” Bella Nipotina’s jockey Craig Williams stated.
2024 Champions Dash Outcomes
| End | No. | Horse | Coach | Jockey | Margin | Bar. | Weight | Penalty | Beginning Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | SUNSHINE IN PARIS | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | James McDonald | 9 | 56.5kg | $5 | |||
| 2 | 9 | RIGHT TO PARTY | Anthony & Sam Freedman | Jye McNeil | 0.15L | 3 | 56.5kg | $31 | ||
| 3 | 5 | BELLA NIPOTINA | Ciaron Maher | Craig Williams | 0.3L | 12 | 56.5kg | $4.40F | ||
| 4 | 10 | STRETAN ANGEL | Phillip Stokes | Luke Nolen | 0.76L | 5 | 56.5kg | $71 | ||
| 5 | 11 | PRIVATE LIFE | Chris Waller | Damian Lane | 1.22L | 8 | 53.5kg | $31 | ||
| 6 | 4 | BARAQIEL | Leon & Troy Corstens & Will Larkin | Ben Allen | 2.22L | 1 | 58.5kg | $12 | ||
| 7 | 1 | GIGA KICK | Clayton Douglas | Mark Zahra | 2.37L | 7 | 58.5kg | $5 | ||
| 8 | 2 | OVERPASS | Bjorn Baker | Joshua Parr | 3.37L | 2 | 58.5kg | $6.50 | ||
| 9 | 8 | ESTRIELLA | Ciaron Maher | Ben Melham | 3.77L | 4 | 56.5kg | $26 | ||
| 10 | 7 | LADY LAGUNA | Annabel Neasham & Rob Archibald | Nash Rawiller | 3.97L | 6 | 56.5kg | $17 | ||
| 11 | 12 | BELLATRIX STAR | Mark Walker | Michael Dee | 5.72L | 10 | 51.5kg | $11 | ||
| 12 | 3 | I AM UNSTOPPABLE | Ciaron Maher | Dylan Browne McMonagle | 8.97L | 11 | 58.5kg | $21 |
Desk Credit score: Racing Australia.
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