Standing at Arrowfield Stud for a fee of $66,000, The Autumn Sun is one of the most exciting stallion prospects in recent times. A Group 1 winning 2yo and the champion 3yo of his year, The Autumn Sun is arguably the best son of his champion sire to ever go to stud. If there is a query about his potential, it is the European nature of his female family. While knockers may point out that it is not a family of early 2yo’s, it is also possible that this factor may allow The Autumn Sun the versatility to become a true breed shaping stallion like his famed sire. No assessment of the stallion can ignore his spectacular racing performances, and this is where we will start.
A $700,000 purchase for Hermitage Thoroughbreds, The Autumn Sun was trained A by Chris Waller and made his first official racetrack appearance in a 2yo trial on 8 December 2017. It was a debut that could hardly have been more impressive for a youngster even though oddly, the runners behind him were never to win a race in their careers despite some expensive breeding. Still, that takes little away from his performance. Eleven days later he won another trial, this time in a field where every runner was to later win multiple races. Connections must have been excited for the future as The Autumn Sun went for a break. He returned with an eye catching third in another trial at Rosehill and then won a Randwick trial in preparation for his first race start. This was perhaps appropriately on Anzac Day when he appeared
