Kentucky Shine (2022) Horse

Foal Date
24-Aug-22
Sex
gelding
Colour
bay
Sire
Staphanos
Dam
Moonshine Lucy
Prize Money
327
Owners
G I Barnett, P Archer, Explosive Breeding Ltd, C D Paulin, Z T Paulin & S F Ritchie
About

Kentucky Shine is a 3yo bay gelding trained by S Ritchie & C Murray and stationed in Cambridge. He is by Staphanos out of Moonshine Lucy. The horse has not yet broken his maiden, having failed to win in two starts. In his latest start at Tauranga on 12 Dec 2025, George Rooke rode him to a sixth‑place finish, behind the winner Vendabelle.

Raced At
Tauranga Avondale
Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Tauranga 12-Dec-25 2100m GOOD 4 R1 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances $375 (of $25,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 02:10.620, SP: 12.80 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 8th, 400m 6th 1st Vendabelle ( M Cameron 56.5 ) 2nd Romanin ( R Hutchings 56.5 ) 0.40L 3rd Mooloo ( L Satherley 56.5 ) 2.70L 6th Kentucky Shine ( G Rooke 57 ) 12.90L See full resultsG Rooke 57kg 12.90L6 (8)
Avondale 06-Nov-25 1400m GOOD 4 R6 3YO+ Mdn Set Weight With Allowances (of $18,500) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:23.320, SP: 12.90 In-running: Settled 12th, 400m 13th 1st Road To Paris ( G Rooke 57 ) 2nd Night Wolf ( M Cameron 57 ) 1.80L 3rd Sneaky Cyclone ( C J Grylls 57 ) 4.10L 15th Kentucky Shine ( J Doyle 57 ) 25.10L See full resultsJ Doyle 57kg 25.10L15 (15)