Night Fighter (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

12-Sep-20
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Dam

Scarlet Silk

Prize Money

127775

Trainer

Sue Grills

Owners

P J Hatton, Mrs J A Hatton, A J J Hawke, Mrs L A Hawke, Miss E C M Davies, M N M Davies, N C Farr-Jones, C J R Terry, J W Terry, M R A Irwin, J F Grills & A J Tod

About

Grafton R6 FIDELITY CAPITAL COUNTRY BOOSTED BELFLYER CLASS 6 SHOWCASE PLATE — Night Fighter is a 5yo bay gelding (male) from Australia trained by Sue Grills, who is based at Tamworth. He is sired by the stallion Smart Missile out of the dam Scarlet Silk. Night Fighter has managed to win 5 races in his career so far. On 26th Oct 2025 at Coonabarabran, Night Fighter scored his most significant win to date, getting the money in the $40000.00 Showcase Baradine Cup Bm66 Hcp. He has proven a profitable horse for the punters over the journey. If you had backed Night Fighter throughout his career you'd have achieved a 19% return on investment.

Raced At

Tamworth • Inverell • Scone • Armidale

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Tamworth 22-Jan-26 1200m GOOD 3 R5 BM82 $5,300 (of $30,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:09.530, SP: 4.40 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 5th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.920 1st Chandon Star ( C Hillier 55.5 ) 2nd Night Fighter ( J Duggan 57 ) 0.88L 3rd Oakfield Badger ( A Bullock 60.5 ) 0.93L See full resultsJ Duggan 57kg 0.88L2 (9)
Inverell 01-Jan-26 1400m GOOD 4 R7 INVL CUP BM88 $2,675 (of $45,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:22.060, SP: 3.60 In-running: Settled 6th, 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.640 1st Voracious ( L Rolls 58.5 ) 2nd Mystery Lad ( J Pracey-holmes 59 ) 1.27L 3rd Next Pay Run ( L J Tilley 55 ) 1.72L 4th Night Fighter ( Y Lewis 55 , Cd 56 ) 1.78L See full resultsY Lewis 55kg, Cd 56kg 1.78L4 (14)
Tamworth 22-Dec-25 1200m GOOD 4 R4 BM82 $13,950 (of $27,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:09.860, SP: 4.80 In-running: 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd Sectionals: 600m 00:33.950 1st Night Fighter ( J Duggan 55 ) 2nd Mystery Lad ( G Spokes 61.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 0.86L 3rd Taipan Legend ( G Buckley 55 ) 1.77L See full resultsJ Duggan 55kg1 (7)
Scone 02-Dec-25 1200m GOOD 4 R7 BM66 $5,050 (of $27,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:11.420, SP: 3.60 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:32.950 1st Chandon Star ( C Hillier 55.5 ) 2nd Night Fighter ( S Grima 59 ) 1.69L 3rd Kate's Tiara ( L Small 60 , Cd 58 ) 2.81L See full resultsS Grima 59kg 1.69L2 (9)
Armidale 09-Nov-25 1400m SOFT 5 R5 GUYRA CUP $1,200 (of $35,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:23.310, SP: 6.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 9th 1st Shamedy ( B Looker 56.5 ) 2nd Rematch ( A Bullock 62 ) 0.16L 3rd Rhythm Is A Dancer ( B Nock 62.5 ) 0.99L 5th Night Fighter ( S Grima 55 ) 3.94L See full resultsS Grima 55kg 3.94L5 (11)