# Sunfire (horse)

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American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Sunfire Sire Olambala Grandsire Ornus Dam Sunburst Damsire Banastar Sex Stallion Foaled 1925 Country United States Color Bay Breeder Richard T. Wilson, Jr. Owner Richard T. Wilson, Jr. Trainer Thomas J. Healey Record 73: 21-?-? Earnings $66,206 Major wins Ohio Derby (1928) Toronto Cup Handicap (1928, 1929) Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap (1928) Ballston Handicap (1929) Last updated on November 4, 2021

**Sunfire** (foaled 1925 in [Kentucky](/source/Kentucky)) was an American [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing), bred and raced by the co-owner and president of [Saratoga Race Course](/source/Saratoga_Race_Course), [Richard T. Wilson, Jr.](/source/Richard_Thornton_Wilson%2C_Jr.)

## Background

Sunfire was sired by Wilson's [Olambala](/source/Olambala), a multiple winner of important races including the [Latonia Derby](/source/Latonia_Derby) and [Suburban Handicap](/source/Suburban_Handicap) and sire of several top runners including the 1916 [American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt](/source/American_Champion_Two-Year-Old_Colt) [Campfire](/source/Campfire_(horse)), and [Belmont](/source/Belmont_Stakes) and [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes) winner [Pillory](/source/Pillory_(horse)).

## Racing career

Sunfire was conditioned for racing by future [U.S. Racing Hall of Fame](/source/National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame) [trainer](/source/Horse_trainer) [T. J. Healey](/source/T._J._Healey). In 1928, he won the [Toronto Cup Handicap](/source/Toronto_Cup_Stakes) at [Old Woodbine Racetrack](/source/Old_Woodbine_Racetrack) in [Toronto, Ontario](/source/Toronto%2C_Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada) and the [Ohio Derby](/source/Ohio_Derby), held at Bainbridge Park Race Track near [Cleveland Ohio](/source/Cleveland_Ohio).[1] In winning the Ohio Derby under [jockey](/source/Jockey) Roger Leonard, Sunfire set a new Bainbridge Park Race Track course record of 1:52 1/5 for a mile and a furlong.[2]

At [Blue Bonnets Raceway](/source/Blue_Bonnets_Raceway) in Montreal Sunfire won the eighteenth edition of the [Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windsor_Hotel_Cup_Handicap&action=edit&redlink=1). A race open to horses age three and older, Sunfire was the only three-year-old in a field of seven runners.[3]

Raced again at age four, back in Toronto Sunfire won his second straight Toronto Cup Handicap and ran second to [Preakness Stakes](/source/Preakness_Stakes) runner-up [Sir Harry](/source/Sir_Harry) in the 1929 [King Edward Gold Cup Handicap](/source/King_Edward_Stakes).[1]

Sunfire was not successful at [stud](/source/Stud_(animal)).

## External links

- [Sunfire's pedigree and partial racing stats](http://www.pedigreequery.com/sunfire)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-SUN1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-SUN1_1-1) [*2018 Woodbine Media Guide*](https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2018-Revised.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20201015231420/https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2018-Revised.pdf) October 15, 2020, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Sunfire Captures $12,000 Ohio Derby"](https://www.nytimes.com/1928/08/12/archives/sunfire-captures-12000-ohio-derby-wilson-entry-sets-new-bainbridge.html). New York Times, Section Sports, page 7. 1928-08-12. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Daily Racing Form Charts: Blue Bonnets"](https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1928062501/drf1928062501_12_2). Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1928-06-25. Retrieved 2021-11-04.

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