Horse Profile

Son Of Sun
Stable

Trained by B Wallace & G Cooksley at Byerley Pk Karaka, Son Of Sun is a 5 year old gelding by the sire Tavistock, out of the dam Smoothing.

He has won a total of 4 races from 15 starts for a win percentage of 27%. His career earnings are $149k, with the biggest win of his career coming at Ellerslie on March 2nd in 2024 when he won $40,935 in the Skycity Horizon (a handicap race over 1,600 metres).

Betting level stakes of $100 win on all of the horse's starts would have yielded a profit of $4780.

The gelding tends to run better on good ground, with an average prize money per start of $14k in those conditions.

Career Statistics

Overall
Prize Money
$149k
Starts
15
Wins
4
Second
1
Third
1
Win %
27
Place %
40
Profit
+47.8
Conditions
Good
8
3-0-0
$14k
Soft
3
1-0-1
$12k
Heavy
4
0-1-0
$1k
Race Standard
All
0
0-0-0
Group 1
0
0-0-0
Group 2
0
0-0-0
Group 3
0
0-0-0
Race Distance
2400m
1
1-0-0
+6.7
1600m
4
2-0-0
+27.7
1500m
3
0-0-0
-3
1400m
5
1-1-1
+18.4
1330m
1
0-0-0
-1
1200m
1
0-0-0
-1
Race Track
Ellerslie
5
3-0-0
+34.4
Te Rapa
1
0-0-0
-1
Pukekohe
1
0-0-0
-1
Matamata
3
1-0-1
+20.4
Pukekohe Park
2
0-1-0
-2
Tauranga
1
0-0-0
-1
Avondale
2
0-0-0
-2
Race State
11
3-1-0
+28.4
NZ
4
1-0-1
+19.4

Declared to Run

Race History

Nov-5 24
1/13
0.8
$7.7
Ellerslie
4
2400
Barfoot & Thompson (Bm75)
$43k
$75k
W Kennedy
57½
151.37
-
5
5,2
+1
Oct-19 24
5/14
4.0
$9.4
Ellerslie
4
1600
Barfoot & Thompson (Bm75)
$1k
$55k
W Kennedy
57
98.12
-
5
5,4
-1
Sep-21 24
1/14
0.3
$21.1
Ellerslie
5
1600
Head To Trackside.co.nz (Bm75)
$32k
$55k
W Kennedy
55
97.41
-
5
7,9
+8
Aug-24 24
7/13
3.4
$30.7
Te Rapa
9
1500
(Bm75)
$1k
$40k
K Myers
56
95.17
-
6
7,9
+2
Spell of 140 Days
Apr-6 24
10/10
11.6
$20.1
Pukekohe
4
1500
Sistema (Bm75)
$1k
$55k
A Lawson-Carroll
54½
88.41
-
10
10,10
Mar-9 24
10/12
5.0
$7.3
Ellerslie
4
1400
3yo+ Spec Mdn
$1k
$80k
N Hailey
56
83.85
-
11
11
+1
Mar-2 24
1/13
0.3
$10.6
Ellerslie
4
1600
Skycity Horizon (Bm65)
$46k
$80k
K Asano
58½
96.79
-
2
2
+1
Feb-7 24
1/14
0.1
$23.4
Matamata
4
1400
Te Akau Racing Stable Mdn
$14k
$25k
K Asano
58½
83.84
-
9
9,7
+6
Jan-1 24
9/9
14.5
$27.6
Pukekohe Park
7
1500
Eagle Technology Spec Mdn
$1k
$80k
A Lawson-Carroll
54
91.81
-
9
9,9
Dec-15 23
4/11
2.8
$5.2
Tauranga
3
1400
Jackson Reeves Lawyers Mdn
$1k
$25k
J Chung
55½
85.87
-
7
7,7
+3
Spell of 69 Days
Oct-7 23
3/15
0.6
$22.2
Matamata
6
1400
Fairview Motors Matamata Mdn
$2k
$25k
A Lawson-Carroll
55½
85.50
-
4
4,3
Sep-20 23
4/11
2.6
$8
Matamata
3
1600
RBC Racing Mdn
$1k
$19k
O Bosson
58½
96.76
-
3
3,3,3
-1
Sep-6 23
6/12
3.5
$4.2
Avondale
10
1330
AJC Marshall Stand - Venue Hire Mdn
$0k
$19k
A Lawson-Carroll
55½
87.50
-
5
7,9
+3
Spell of 77 Days
Jun-21 23
2/11
1.5
$5.4
Pukekohe Park
10
1400
Nzb Airfreight Mdn
$4k
$20k
A Lawson-Carroll
54½
91.44
-
5
5,5
+3
Jun-3 23
5/11
3.3
$11.1
Avondale
10
1200
All Spark Electrical Mdn
$0k
$15k
S Weatherley
58½
76.94
-
11
11,11
+6