2025 Doomben 10,000: Sunshine In Paris could race on to The Everest in Sydney Spring Carnival

Sunshine In Paris can take a significant step towards another start in The Everest if she wins the $1.5 million Doomben 10,000 (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday.

Sunshine In Paris (white silks, green and yellow checked cap) wins the Champions Sprint at Flemington in November last year. Picture: George Sal / Racing Photos

Sunshine In Paris can take a significant step towards another start in The Everest if she wins the $1.5 million Doomben 10,000 (1200m) at Doomben on Saturday.

The outstanding mare’s owner, John Camilleri, revealed a decision would be made on whether to extend her race career for another season after she contested the Group 1 sprint.

One of the nation’s elite sprinters, Sunshine In Paris is a rising six-year-old mare but has only had 16 starts, winning six races – including two at Group 1 level – for more than $5 million prizemoney.

Trained by Annabel and Rob Archibald, Sunshine In Paris is already an invaluable broodmare but she is racing as well as ever which makes the decision on her future such a vexed question for connections.

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“We will decide after the Doomben 10,000,’’ said Camilleri, whose Fairway Thoroughbreds owns an Everest slot.

“But the feeling from Annabel and Rob is the mare is lightly-raced and she is going really well.

“At this stage, we would like to have another crack at The Everest so we are leaning towards going for another year.’’

Sunshine In Paris, who ran a close fifth in The Everest last spring, is at $26 in early TAB Fixed Odds betting for the $20 million race at Royal Randwick on October 18.

But the immediate focus is the Doomben 10,000 on Saturday where Sunshine In Paris is pressing for favouritism at $4.50 behind Overpass at $3.50.

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Champion jockey James McDonald is reunited with Sunshine In Paris in the Doomben 10,000 and will be keen to keep intact his perfect race record on the mare after they combined to win the Group 1 Champions Sprint at Flemington last spring.

Trainer Rob Archibald said Sunshine In Paris had freshened up well since her unlucky third to Jimmysstar in the Group 1 All Aged Stakes a month ago.

“Sunshine In Paris is great,’’ Archibald enthused. “James (McDonald) galloped her last week and was very happy with the mare.’’

Lady Laguna and Libertad give the Archibald stable a strong representation in the Doomben 10,000 with both sprinters at $26.

The Archibalds, who have begun the Brisbane carnival with successive Saturday stable doubles after stakes wins with Depth Of Character (Group 2 Queensland Guineas) and Libertad (Group 2 Victory Stakes) at Eagle Farm on May 3, then another with Bosustow (Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas) and Shahzad at the Gold Coast last weekend, also have a big team entered for the two-day Scone Cup Carnival later this week.

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Rob Archibald revealed Port Lockroy and former English galloper Al Mubhir were likely to run in the Listed $200,000 Scone Cup (1600m) on Friday.

Then at the Scone stand-alone meeting on Saturday, the Archibald stable has talented mare Written In Code as the early $4.50 favourite for the Group 3 $250,000 Dark Jewel Classic (1400m), Ostraka ($13) for the Listed $200,000 Ortensia Stakes (1100m) and Kujenga ($8) for the Listed $200,000 Woodlands Stakes (1100m).