Autumn Mystery (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

24-Aug-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

The Autumn Sun

Prize Money

410035

Owners

N J Thompson & Mrs D A Thompson

About

Autumn Mystery is a 4yo bay gelding from Australia, trained by Rory Hunter in Mornington. He is by The Autumn Sun out of Stop Making Sense. As a stakes winner with career earnings of $410,035, he is considered to possess above‑average ability. On 18 Oct 2025 at Caulfield, Blake Shinn rode him to victory in the $240,000 Caulfield Classic, beating Miewa.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Caulfield 27-Sep-26 2000m GOOD 4 R3 G3 JRA CUP $4,000 (of $200,000) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 02:04.360, SP: 26.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 1200m 9th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th 1st Royal Supremacy ( M Zahra 60 ) 2nd Future History ( B Melham 59.5 ) 0.75L 3rd See That Storm ( C Williams 54 ) 3.75L 7th Autumn Mystery ( T Nugent 54 ) 5.16L See full resultsT Nugent 54kg 5.16L7 (13)
Flemington 12-Sep-26 1700m GOOD 3 R10 HCP $3,000 (of $150,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:42.240, SP: 41.00 In-running: Settled 11th, 1200m 11th, 800m 11th, 400m 11th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.200 1st St Lawrence ( L J Bates 54 ) 2nd Ziryab ( J A Johnstone 54 ) 2.00L 3rd Future History ( B J Melham 62.5 ) 2.35L 6th Autumn Mystery ( T Nugent 54 ) 3.90L See full resultsT Nugent 54kg 3.90L6 (15)
Caulfield 29-Aug-26 1400m SOFT 7 R4 BM84 (of $130,000) Barrier 15, Winning Time: 01:24.090, SP: 81.00 In-running: 800m 16th, 400m 15th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.710 1st Home Rule ( D Keane 61.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 2nd Porter ( L J Bates 57 , Cd 55.5 ) 0.15L 3rd Stylish ( B A Shinn 59.5 ) 0.90L 14th Autumn Mystery ( B Rawiller 62 ) 10.77L See full resultsB Rawiller 62kg 10.77L14 (16)
Caulfield Heath 19-Aug-26 1000m R4 Jump Out-S5, Winning Time: 01:01.210 1st Bossy Benita ( D W Stackhouse ) 2nd Inkaruna ( D M Lane ) 3rd Royal Insignia ( L K Cartwright ) 6th Autumn Mystery ( B Rawiller )B Rawiller6 (7)
Southside Pakenham SYNTHETIC 04-Aug-26 1000m R3 JumpOut-Synth, Winning Time: 01:00.780 1st Go To Hollywood ( B Allen ) 2nd Salsita ( D G Thornton ) 3rd Snakeinthegrass ( J Mcneil ) 5th Autumn Mystery ( B Shinn )B Shinn5 (8)