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Horse Form Profile

Age: 3 years

Trainer: K R Burke

Owner: Tony Bloom & Ian McAleavy

Place /
No / Draw
Date / Going /
Distance / Class
Time + Course Horse + Weight
Jockey / Trainer
VerdictStarting price

2nd

11

(9)

11th Jul 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

16:35 Newmarket (July)

Venetian Sun

8st 13lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: K R Burke

3yo filly who is unbeaten (6-6) over sprint trips, mostly in Group races, including two at the top level; only narrowly justified favouritism in the Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot (good to firm) most recently but it's hard to knock her record and there may yet be further advancement in terms of her rating; sire won the July Cup; receives all the allowances and duly warrants respect.

6/1

1st

21

(13)

19th Jun 2026

Good To Firm

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

15:05 Ascot

Venetian Sun

8st 13lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: K R Burke

5-5 over sprint trips, including 2yo wins at this meeting (C&D, good to firm) and in the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville (6f, good); having failed to stay 1m in the 1,000 Guineas, she was dropped back in trip in the Group 2 Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock (6f, good to soft) four weeks ago and won in fine style; leading claims.

11/8F

1st

8

(3)

23rd May 2026

Good To Soft

0m 6f 0y

Class 1

14:58 Haydock

Venetian Sun

8st 13lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: K R Burke

Top 6f 2yo, completing a notable hat-trick with wins in Group 3 at Royal Ascot, Group 2 at Newmarket (July) and Group 1 at Deauville (all good/good to firm); seemed fine at 7f (ran on after meeting trouble) when third in the Moyglare at the Curragh (yielding) on her final start but shaped like a non-stayer when stepped up to 1m for 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket on reappearance; remains open to progress back at 6f; leading claims.

7/4F

11th

19

(1)

3rd May 2026

Good To Firm

1m 0f 0y

Class 1

15:35 Newmarket

Venetian Sun

9st 2lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: K R Burke

Absent since finishing third to Precise in the Moyglare Stud Stakes when upped to 7f at the Curragh, losing her unbeaten record but far from disgraced and sticking on in a manner that suggests she'll stay 1m this year; 4-4 previously and completed a notable 6f hat-trick with wins in Group 3 at Royal Ascot, Group 2 at Newmarket (July) and Group 1 at Deauville; may well rate higher still and add to an already impressive tally; pleased her trainer in a racecourse gallop last month; highly respected.

9/2

3rd

7

(1)

14th Sep 2025

Yielding

0m 7f 0y

14:40 Curragh

Venetian Sun

9st 2lb

J: Clifford Lee

T: K R Burke

A revelation since a debut success at Carlisle, climbing the Pattern level at a rapid rate; landed the Group 3 Albany Stakes and the Group 2 Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes (beating the subsequent Lowther winner Royal Fixation); gamely resisted the Coventry winner Gstaad in the Prix Morny; tough and talented, hard to be sure she will stay 7f at this stage.

5/2