Vibrant Sun Shines Brightest in Australasian Oaks Results 2024

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The Mark Zahra-ridden Vibrant Sun produced a gritty performance to capture the 2024 Australasian Oaks at Morphettville on Saturday.

Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr., the daughter of The Autumn Sun defied a slight setback that forced her to miss the traditional lead-up race, the Auraria Stakes.

Despite the lack of a recent run, Vibrant Sun’s fitness from her victory in the Group 3 Alexandra Stakes (1600m) proved sufficient for the longer distance.

Zahra executed a masterful ride, taking the lead early and dictating the pace.

He skillfully guided her around the bend, conserving enough energy for a crucial late push.

On the home turn, reigning NZ Oaks winner Pulchritudinous challenged Vibrant Sun for the lead, briefly taking the advantage.

However, Vibrant Sun dug deep, regaining the lead with 250m remaining and holding off a strong finishing surge from the competition.

Two other The Autumn Sun fillies, Private Legacy and Coco Sun, rounded out the placings, finishing second and third respectively.

The pre-race favourite, Wings Of Song, saw her six-race winning streak snapped as she finished a respectable fourth.

“We always liked her,” co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr told Racing.com.

“Third-up, 2000 metres, straight to the front, huge effort by the filly.

“Missed a run in the Auraria, had a little set back, so massive job by the whole team back at home.

“What a gutsy effort by the filly. Huge run.

“She was there to be beaten.

“Awesome result for everybody.”

With her maiden Group 1 victory secured, Vibrant Sun may now be given a well-deserved break.

The decision on her participation in the Brisbane Winter Racing Carnival features will be made later.

2024 Australasian Oaks Results

	Finish	No.	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Margin	Bar.	Weight	Penalty	Starting Price
	1	6	VIBRANT SUN	Mick Price & Michael Kent (Jnr)	Mark Zahra		11	56kg		$6
	2	12	PRIVATE LEGACY	Gregory Hickman	Craig Williams	0.1L	9	56kg		$18
	3	8	COCO SUN	Tony & Calvin McEvoy	Ms Jamie Kah	0.2L	3	56kg		$8.50
	4	2	WINGS OF SONG	Patrick Payne	Jake Noonan	0.9L	8	56kg		$5F
	5	1	PULCHRITUDINOUS (NZ)	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Tim Clark	1.5L	6	56kg		$7
	6	10	QUICKSTER	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Blake Shinn	1.9L	12	56kg		$8.50
	7	15	BON MISTRESS	Ken & Kasey Keys	Daniel Stackhouse	3.1L	4	56kg		$151
	8	7	MOLLYNICKERS	Peter G Moody & Katherine Coleman	Ms Carleen Hefel	3.3L	13	56kg		$21
	9	3	POSITIVITY (NZ)	Andrew Forsman	Michael Dee	3.7L	7	56kg		$20
	10	13	INTO YOU	Shay Keating	Ms Alana Kelly	4.2L	10	56kg		$41
	11	14	THE AUTUMN BELLE	Henry Dwyer	Beau Mertens	4.7L	14	56kg		$61
	12	5	QUEEN OF DRAGONS	Peter & Paul Snowden	Damian Lane	4.7L	1	56kg		$11
	13	9	QALI AL FARRASHA (NZ)	Mark Walker	Billy Egan	6.5L	16	56kg		$41
	14	11	CONCELLO	Chris Waller	James McDonald	6.6L	5	56kg		$8
	15	4	SERASANA	Robbie Griffiths & Mathew de Kock	John Allen	9.7L	2	56kg		$51
	16	16	INFINITY IMPERIAL	Liam Howley	Chad Schofield	27L	15	56kg		$201
		19e	SHUT THAT D’OR	Garret Lynch	Sairyn Fawke		0
		18e	SEEKING STARDOM	Andrew Gluyas			0
		17e	HARVEST MOON	Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott	Ms Winona Costin		0

Table Credit: Racing Australia.

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