Maracaibo Sun (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

02-Oct-20
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay or brown

Prize Money

85050

Owners

E J Kelly, Marshdale Racing (Mgr: R Marshdale), R J Rowlands, P L Morrissey, M C J Lane, Mrs L Cooper, D V Kelly, S N Wells, D H Thorne, A M C Pearson, Mrs R Lewis & D J Bottom

About

Maracaibo Sun is a 6yo bay or brown gelding from Australia trained by Matthew Kelley. His sire is Maurice and his dam is Maracas. He has recorded 2 career wins. On 12 Jan 2025 at Nowra he captured his biggest victory, earning $27,000.00 in the Benchmark 66 Handicap.

Raced At

Canberra • Sapphire Coast • Warwick Farm • Nowra

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Canberra 26-Sep-26 900m GOOD 4 R1 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:53.090 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.040 1st Winning Revolution ( R B Prag ) 2nd Amanoah ( J Quince ) 1.26L 3rd Maracaibo Sun ( E Ly ) 1.43LE Ly 1.43L3 (9)
Sapphire Coast 13-Feb-25 1600m SOFT 6 R6 BM 82 Hcp $975 (of $30,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:35.690, SP: 9.50 In-running: Settled 2nd, 1200m 2nd, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:36.880 1st Master Riley ( A Mclucas 55 ) 2nd Blow In ( O Dalton 61 , Cd 59 ) 0.07L 3rd Victory At Omaha ( C Lever 56 ) 0.70L 5th Maracaibo Sun ( C Keatings 55 , Cd 53.5 ) 2.78L See full resultsC Keatings 55kg, Cd 53.5kg 2.78L5 (10)
Warwick Farm 27-Jan-25 1600m GOOD 4 R6 3,4YO BM 64 Hcp $1,625 (of $65,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:36.840, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 1200m 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.300 1st Puntin ( A Morgan 58.5 ) 2nd American Starlet ( Z T Lloyd 58.5 ) 0.69L 3rd Seven's ( B Nock 62 , Cd 59 ) 3.58L 8th Maracaibo Sun ( C Keatings 61 , Cd 58 ) 6.82L See full resultsC Keatings 61kg, Cd 58kg 6.82L8 (9)
Nowra 12-Jan-25 1600m HEAVY 8 R3 BM 66 Hcp $13,950 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:38.690, SP: 3.30 In-running: Settled 1st, 1200m 1st, 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:35.890 1st Maracaibo Sun ( C Keatings 59.5 , Cd 58 ) 2nd Lulo Link ( L Beuzelin 55 ) 0.10L 3rd Mega Fight ( R P Downey 59.5 ) 1.40L See full resultsC Keatings 59.5kg, Cd 58kg1 (6)
Canberra 27-Dec-24 1300m GOOD 3 R7 Mdn Set Weight $13,000 (of $22,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:17.760, SP: 1.26 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:34.500 1st Maracaibo Sun ( C Keatings 59 , Cd 57.5 ) 2nd Over To Win ( C Ramsbotham 57.5 , Cd 55.5 ) 2.26L 3rd Beograd Boy ( J Taylor 59 ) 4.87L See full resultsC Keatings 59kg, Cd 57.5kg1 (10)