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HORSE PROFILE
SUNLINE
Breeding: foaled 29.9.1995, bay filly
Owners: T J McKee, T A Green, H M Lusty
Trainer: Trevor McKee Jockeys: Greg Childs, Larry Cassidy, Peter Johnson
Record: 35 Starts 25 Wins 2
Seconds Prize Money $11,201,607
Sunline was foaled on 29 September 1995 at Pleasanton
Stud near Cambridge, New Zealand. She was a big strong filly. Her sire was the son of
Green Desert in Desert Sun and her dam the Western Symphony mare Songline. Her breeders
leased her to trainer Trevor McKee at Takanini, South Auckland.
Sunline, racing under the McKee stable colours, had three starts in New Zealand as a
juvenile for three easy wins. At two she won the Auckland Breeder's Stakes at Ruakaka over
1200m. Sunline had a determination to win and when not competing liked to show her
handlers who the boss is. She was a winner of 13 group one races and many consider her the
greatest mare to race in Australia since Wakeful.
Achievements:
- Mercedes New Zealand Horse of the Year, 2000-01, for the third year in succession
- Mercedes Champion Sprinter/Miler
- Mercedes Champion WFA Performer
- Champion Australian Racehorse of the Year, 2000-01, for the second year in succession
- Champion Australian Filly/Mare, 2000-01, second year
- Champion Australian Middle Distance Performer, 2000-01, second year
- first horse since Kingston Town in 1982 to defend Cox Plate title (1999 and 2000)
- the first horse in the southern hemisphere to accumulate $6,334,691 in prize money after
her second Cox Plate win
- equalled the record winning margin of 7 lengths set in 1979 by Dulcify
- first horse to be inducted into the Hall of Fame while still racing
DATE |
PLACE |
RACE |
GROUP |
DISTANCE |
CLUB |
ACTUAL $ |
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At Two Years |
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10.5.98 |
won |
2yo Maiden |
SW |
1100 |
Paeroa |
$2,302 |
30.5.98 |
won |
2yo Handicap |
Handicap |
1200 |
Ellerslie |
$11,069 |
9.7.98 |
won |
Breeder's Stakes |
SW |
1200 |
Ruak |
$11,069 |
At Three Years |
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22.8.98 |
won |
3yo Fillies |
SW |
1200 |
Hastings |
$11,069 |
5.9.98 |
won |
Furious Stakes (G3) |
SW |
1400 |
AJC |
$68,060 |
19.9.98 |
won |
Tea Rose Stakes (G2) |
SW |
1500 |
STC |
$103,625 |
3.10.98 |
won |
Flight Stakes (G1) |
SW |
1600 |
AJC |
$240,160 |
1.2.99 |
won |
3yo Handicap |
Handicap |
1200 |
Ellerslie |
$5,039 |
20.2.99 |
2nd |
Armanasco Stakes (G3) |
SW |
1600 |
VATC |
$80,000 |
6.3.99 |
won |
A V Kewney Stakes (G2) |
SW |
1600 |
VRC |
$326,000 |
20.3.99 |
won |
Moonee Valley Oaks (G3) |
SW |
2040 |
MVRC |
$658,000 |
3.4.99 |
won |
Doncaster Handicap (G1) |
SW |
1600 |
AJC |
$682,460 |
17.4.99 |
5th |
Queen Elizabeth Stks (G1) |
SWFA |
2000 |
AJC |
$10,000 |
At Four Years |
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|
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21.8.99 |
won |
Warwick Stakes (G2) |
SWFA |
1400 |
AJC |
$103,460 |
11.9.99 |
2nd |
Theo Marks (G2) |
Quality Handicap |
1300 |
STC |
$27,000 |
25.9.99 |
2nd |
George Main (G1) |
SWFA |
1600 |
AJC |
$63,000 |
2.10.99 |
4th |
Epsom Handicap (G1) |
Handicap |
1600 |
AJC |
$24,000 |
23.10.99 |
won |
Cox Plate (G1) |
SWFA |
2040 |
MVRC |
$1,086,000 |
20.11.99 |
won |
Breeder's (G2) |
SWFA |
1400 |
Pukekoe |
$32,303 |
7.12.99 |
7th |
Hong Kong Cup (G1) |
SWFA |
2000 |
Sha Tin |
$0 |
11.3.00 |
won |
Appollo Stakes (G2) |
SWFA |
1400 |
AJC |
$103,460 |
1.4.00 |
won |
Coolmore Classic (G1) |
Quality Handicap |
1500 |
STC |
$347,055 |
22.4.00 |
2nd |
Doncaster Handicap (G1) |
Handicap |
1600 |
AJC |
$432,000 |
29.4.00 |
won |
All Aged Stakes (G1) |
SWFA |
1600 |
AJC |
$274,460 |
At Five Years |
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19.8.00 |
won |
Manikato Stakes (G1) |
SWFA |
1200 |
MVRC |
$133,000 |
3.9.00 |
won |
Memsie Stakes (G2) |
SWFA |
1400 |
VATC |
$130,600 |
16.9.00 |
won |
Feehan Stakes (G2) |
SWFA |
1600 |
MVRC |
$139,500 |
7.10.00 |
2nd |
Turnbull Stakes (G2) |
SWP |
2000 |
VRC |
$50,000 |
28.10.00 |
won |
Cox Plate (G1) |
SWFA |
2040 |
MVRC |
$1,180,000 |
25.11.00 |
won |
TB Stakes (G2) |
SWFA |
1400 |
Pukekoe |
$29,755 |
17.12.00 |
won |
Hong Kong Mile (G1) |
SWFA |
1600 |
Sha Tin |
$1,103,582 |
10.2.01 |
won |
Waikato Draught (G1) |
SWFA |
1400 |
Te Rapa |
$49,104 |
3.3.01 |
won |
Appollo Stakes (G2) |
SWFA |
1400 |
AJC |
$103,400 |
24.3.01 |
3rd |
Dubai Duty Free (G2) |
SWFA |
1777 |
Dubai |
$352,081 |
21.4.01 |
3rd |
All Aged Stakes (G1) |
SWFA |
1600 |
AJC |
$32,000 |
The $3 million Carlton Draught Cox Plate at
Moonee Valley on Saturday 26 October 2002 was Sunline's final start.
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