Nightsun

(Australia)
Country
Australia
Foal Date
2019-10-26
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay/brown
Dam
Galivant
Sire of Dam
Galileo
Home Track
Cranbourne
Prize Money
$96,545
Trainer
R & M Griffiths & De Kock
Owner
Princeton Thoroughbred Stud (Mgr. C W Pearce), Mrs K J Pearce, R D Griffiths & Mrs S G Griffiths
About

Nightsun is a 5-year-old bay/brown gelding from Australia, trained by R & M Griffiths and De Kock, based in Cranbourne. He is sired by Tosen Stardom and his dam is Galivant. So far in his career, Nightsun has won one race. On January 3, 2023, at Stony Creek, he was ridden by Carleen Hefel and achieved his most notable victory to date, winning the $27,000 3yo+ Maiden Set Weight and defeating Redskin Jimmy.

Race Record
Track Date Type Condition Place Prize
Bendigo 2024-02-27 3YO+ BM 58 Hcp GOOD 3 3 (13) 2160
Werribee 2024-02-02 3YO+ BM 58 Hcp GOOD 4 2 (11) 4590
Stony Creek 2024-01-18 3YO+ BM 58 Hcp SOFT 5 2 (11) 4590
Stony Creek 2023-12-29 Cl1 SOFT 7 2 (8) 4590
Flemington 2023-07-01 3y hcp SOFT 5 13 (14)
Sportsbet-Pakenham Synthetic 2023-06-02 Bm58 SYNTHETIC 4 (12) 1875
Flemington 2023-05-20 3y hcp SOFT 5 9 (12) 3000
Ladbrokes Park Hillside 2023-04-29 LR Vrc st leger SOFT 6 4 (11) 13500
Ladbrokes Park Lakeside 2023-04-15 LR Galilee final SOFT 6 7 (9) 4000
Apiam Bendigo 2023-04-01 Leger trial SOFT 5 3 (14) 18000
Sportsbet-Pakenham 2023-03-23 0-64 GOOD 4 4 (8) 2000
Stony Creek 2023-03-15 2up-trl GOOD 4 1 (7)
Warrnambool 2023-02-01 Bm58 GOOD 4 6 (11) 750
Mornington 2023-01-22 0-64 GOOD 4 4 (8) 1875
Stony Creek 2023-01-03 Mdn-sw GOOD 4 1 (7) 14850
bet365 Park Kyneton 2022-12-15 Mdn-sw SOFT 5 3 (10) 3375
Traralgon 2022-11-27 Mdn-sw SOFT 6 2 (10) 4590
Bendigo 2022-05-01 2y mdn-sw HEAVY 8 6 (8) 700
bet365 Geelong 2022-04-13 2y mdn-sw GOOD 4 10 (14) 700