{"id":374268,"date":"2025-08-26T06:38:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374268\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T06:38:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T06:38:14","slug":"sunshine-in-paris-retired-to-stud-after-track-work-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374268\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine In Paris retired to stud after track work injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three-time group 1 winner Sunshine In Paris was retired after sustaining an injury in track work on Tuesday, creating more intrigue in the race to secure places in the $20 million The Everest.<\/p>\n<p>Co-trainer Annabel Archibald notified Racing NSW stewards on Tuesday of the decision to retire the six-year-old Invader mare, a winner of more than $6 million in prize money, to stud immediately after the injury that morning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tommy Berry gives a roar as Sunshine In Paris takes out the Sheraco Stakes last year.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/8f53379db7990025c5c09968894e278c46d5cb84.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tommy Berry gives a roar as Sunshine In Paris takes out the Sheraco Stakes last year.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Sunshine In Paris, a $13 chance with Sportsbet for the October 18 The Everest at Randwick before Tuesday\u2019s news, damaged her right fore sesamoid bone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter consultation with her owners, John and Deb Camilleri, and our vets, we have decided to retire her with immediate effect,\u201d Annabel and Rob Archibald said in a statement about their \u201cstable star\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe joined our stable as a yearling in May 2021 and went on to record seven wins, five at group 1 level, including three group 1 victories, and earned more than $6m in prize money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has been a wonderful flag bearer for the stable, who delivered us unforgettable moments on the track, and we are very grateful to John and Deb for entrusting us with their star mare, who will fondly be remembered as Rob\u2019s first group 1 winner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trainers Annabel and Rob Archibald.\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/f25c81fddc4204fb0a09bc7d86ef8a4172dd3aad.jpeg\" height=\"390\" width=\"584\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trainers Annabel and Rob Archibald.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know she will be a wonderful mare at stud and look forward to following her next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Owned by Fairway Thoroughbreds\u2019 John Camilleri, the breeder of Winx, Sunshine In Paris won the 2023 Surround Stakes, the 2024 VRC Champions Sprint, and this year\u2019s Doomben 10,000 at group 1 level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three-time group 1 winner Sunshine In Paris was retired after sustaining an injury in track work on Tuesday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4107],"tags":[1071,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-374268","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-racing","8":"tag-racing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115093694748874359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}