Way To The Stars (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

09-Sep-18
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

Reward for Effort

Dam

Writteninthestars

Prize Money

724320

Trainer

Matthew Smith

Owners

M J Zammit, M Zammit, M E Catt, Mrs R McDonald, Mrs S Zammit, Mrs E M Zammit, Mrs L M Catt, J R Attard, R P Tobias, N Role, J R Clarke, P W Harvey, D J Freney, D Rezo, S Bobek, Mrs S Pillay, Maroun Family (Mgr: D Maroun), P D Sharp & A Harvey

About

Way To The Stars is an eight-year-old bay gelding bred in Australia, by Reward for Effort out of Writteninthestars. He is trained by Matthew Smith and owned by M J Zammit, M Zammit, M E Catt and others. Across 33 starts he has claimed eight wins, placed second four times and third three times, earning $721,545 in prize money. His most recent start came at Randwick on 5 September 2026, finishing 11th of 12. His latest victory was at Caulfield on 24 January 2026.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Randwick 05-Sep-26 1000m GOOD 4 R8 G2 CONCORDE (of $1,002,750) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 00:55.600, SP: 151.00 In-running: 800m 6th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:32.650 1st Tempted ( C Schofield 58 ) 2nd Headwall ( Z Lloyd 58.5 ) 0.41L 3rd Beadman ( T Clark 58.5 ) 1.81L 11th Way To The Stars ( A Morgan 57.5 ) 4.36L See full results A Morgan 57.5kg 4.36L 11 (12)
Randwick 28-Aug-26 1045m SOFT 6 R2 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 01:03.980 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.940 1st Way To The Stars ( A Morgan ) 2nd Headley Grange ( A Hyeronimus ) 0.45L 3rd Plaintiff ( C Schofield ) 0.59L A Morgan 1 (10)
Randwick 08-Aug-26 1200m GOOD 4 R8 G2 MISSILE $3,700 (of $302,630) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:08.280, SP: 91.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:33.640 1st Ninja ( T Berry 57.5 ) 2nd Napoleonic ( C Schofield 56.5 ) 1.20L 3rd Angel Capital ( J B Mcdonald 57.5 ) 1.87L 7th Way To The Stars ( R King 56 ) 6.60L See full results R King 56kg 6.60L 7 (7)
Rosehill Gardens 18-Jul-26 1100m HEAVY 9 R7 JULY SPRINT $7,100 (of $160,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:05.350, SP: 9.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st Sectionals: 600m 00:34.540 1st Roselyn's Star ( Z T Lloyd 56.5 ) 2nd Grand Impact ( D Gibbons 54.5 ) 2.24L 3rd Cigar Flick ( A Adkins 56 ) 4.49L 4th Way To The Stars ( R King 60 ) 4.79L See full results R King 60 4.79L 4 (7)
Randwick 03-Jul-26 1045m SOFT 7 R1 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 01:03.230 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.540 1st Way To The Stars ( A Morgan ) 2nd Roselyn's Star ( D Gibbons ) 0.07L 3rd Beauty Charge ( A Adkins ) 0.36L A Morgan 1 (9)
Gosford 09-May-26 1200m GOOD 4 R7 TAKEOVER TARGET (of $250,000) Barrier 9, SP: 16.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st R King 57.5kg 0.64L 3 (11)
Hawkesbury 02-May-26 1100m GOOD 4 R9 HAWK RUSH (of $200,000) Barrier 3, SP: 5.50 In-running: 800m 9th, 400m 10th N Rawiller 57kg 4.35L 8 (14)
Royal Randwick 21-Apr-26 1045m GOOD 4 R3 OPEN-BT N Rawiller 0.18L 1 (8)
Flemington 28-Mar-26 1000m SOFT 7 R9 ATA/BOB HOYSTED (of $175,000) Barrier 2, SP: 9.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 8th C Williams 57.5kg 3.23L 6 (10)
Warwick Farm 20-Mar-26 795m SOFT 7 R3 OPEN-BT N Rawiller 10.51L 2 (9)
Caulfield 21-Feb-26 1100m GOOD 4 R9 OAKLEIGH PLT (of $750,000) Barrier 13, SP: 31.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 1st E Brown 58kg 4.95L 8 (13)
Rosehill Gardens 12-Feb-26 1000m GOOD 4 R1 OPEN-BT N Rawiller 0.18L 2 (7)
Caulfield 24-Jan-26 1000m GOOD 3 R7 W.J. ADAMS (of $175,000) Barrier 2, SP: 11.00 In-running: 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd E Brown 60 0.75L 1 (7)
Rosehill Gardens 13-Jan-26 1030m SOFT 5 R1 OPEN-BT A Morgan 0.07L 1 (8)
Eagle Farm 13-Dec-25 1000m SOFT 5 R6 BRIBIE (of $160,000) Barrier 10, SP: 21.00 In-running: 800m 10th, 400m 7th B Thompson 59kg 0.43L 2 (12)
Canterbury Park 02-Dec-25 900m GOOD 4 R8 OPEN-BT N Rawiller 0.35L 2 (7)
Rosehill Gardens 18-Nov-25 900m GOOD 4 R4 OPEN-BT R King 14.45L 1 (8)
Warwick Farm 31-Oct-25 821m SOFT 6 R5 OPEN-BT N Rawiller 0.28L 4 (8)
Randwick 08-Mar-25 1000m GOOD 4 R6 CHALLENGE (of $500,000) Barrier 7, SP: 41.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 1st R King 58.5kg 3.77L 7 (10)
Flemington 15-Feb-25 1000m SOFT 7 R8 LIGHTNING (of $1,000,000) Barrier 8, SP: 41.00 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 2nd L Currie 58.5kg 7.67L 8 (10)