Heavily backed favourite Eclair Sunshine came with a barnstorming finish from last to earn his first win in Saturday's West Adelaide Football Club Hcp (1050m) at Morphettville and credit All Too Hard with his sixth
The Phillip Stokes-trained gelding was snagged back to last by Matthew Neilson from an outside barrier.
Saving ground close to the rails, the son of All Too Hard faced a wall of horses before Neilson switched him wide to make his challenge.
It proved the winning move as Eclair Sunshine overpowered Tony McEvoy's Kid Flash (Shrapnel) to win by a length and a quarter with Matt Laurie's From The Clouds (Star Witness) three-quarters of a length back in third.
Runner-up in two of his previous three starts, Eclair Sunshine (pictured above as a yearling ) was purchased by his owner C.K. Li for $290,000 from the Vinery Stud draft at the 2016 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling
A half-brother to five-time stakes winner Platinum Kingdom (Magnus), Eclair Sunshine is the seventh foal of the unraced Giant's Causeway mare Miss Rangoon a half-sister to Grade III winner and multiple Grade 1 placed
(Meadowlake).
A Smart Missile colt out of Miss Rangoon was sold to Jun Almeda for $11,000 at the recent Magic Millions National Yearling
Miss Rangoon has a weanling colt by Hinchinbrook and was bred back to All Too Hard last spring.
A half-brother to the incomparable Black Caviar 4-time Group I winner All Too Hard (pictured) will stand for a fee of $44,000 at Vinery Stud this spring.
