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Autumn Glow: the 2025 filly who arrived like a sunrise—and hasn’t stopped shining

Autumn Glow’s emergence felt less like a prospect “on the way” and more like a light switching on. From her first public trials in early 2024 to a flawless three-start spring campaign and a statement first-up victory on Golden Slipper Day in 2025, she’s compiled the kind of résumé that makes even battle-hardened form students lean forward.

Four from four on raceday; two Group wins and a Listed scalp; tactical versatility; elite closing speed; and that unmistakable aura of a horse who still has gears we haven’t seen. PuntersRacenetRacing and Sports+1

Origins and the making of a blue-blood

Pedigree doesn’t ride races—but it does explain a lot about Autumn Glow’s raw material. She is by The Autumn Sun, the champion 3YO who won five Group 1s and is now a prized young stallion at Arrowfield; and she’s out of Via Africa (SAF), whose broodmare page has become one of the most sought-after in the country.

Via Africa is also the dam of Golden Rose hero and current Newgate stallion In The Congo, making Autumn Glow his half-sister—a neat genetic hint that speed with substance runs in the family. Breednet+1Newgate Stud Farm

Her commercial trajectory matched the page. Offered as a weanling at the 2022 Magic Millions National Sale, she fetched $600,000, then topped the 2023 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale among fillies at a head-turning $1.8 million to Arrowfield Pastoral and Hermitage Thoroughbreds.

It’s one thing to be an “Easter topper”; it’s another to canter out and validate the valuation on the track. Autumn Glow has done precisely that. Breednet

The Waller polish and the McDonald/McEvoy touch

Entrusted to Chris Waller, Sydney’s metronome of excellence, Autumn Glow received the patient, systems-driven education that has become a hallmark of the stable. The public first saw her in a March 2024 Rosehill trial—an easy win that hinted at precocity—before a July tune-up and an August 6 trial that she again took with minimum fuss.

By the time she walked into her debut at Rosehill on August 17, 2024, the foundations were laid. She won, hands low. Two weeks later, Kerrin McEvoy let her roll from midfield in the Group 3 Up And Coming Stakes and she swamped the colts with a professional, controlled surge.

First filly to ever win the race; unbeaten after two; and very obviously still learning. PuntersRacenet

That run set up a step to the Group 2 Tea Rose Stakes at Randwick on September 21. With James McDonald back aboard, Autumn Glow parked on speed and put them away in a few effortless bounds, stopping the clock and shortening sharply for the Group 1 Flight Stakes a fortnight later.

Notably, Waller—rarely given to hyperbole—likened her look and manner to her sire, calling her “the spitting image of dad.” As praise goes, that’s rare air. RSN

The plan to press on to the Flight was shelved when a minor issue saw her scratched and spelled for the remainder of spring—a conservative decision that, in hindsight, seems emblematic of Waller’s long-game approach. The filly returned in 2025 even stronger. Breednet

Golden Slipper Day: the perfect reappearance

Unbeaten horses attract pressure, yet Autumn Glow’s return in the Listed Darby Munro Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill on March 22, 2025, played like a controlled sparring session. From the draw she lobbed into a stalking spot; when McDonald asked, she lengthened, and the race was over in a dozen strides.

Four starts, four wins, now with the “first-up off a break” box emphatically ticked. For a filly with credible 1400–1600m aspirations, a sharp 1200m return at stakes level is exactly what you want to see. Racing and SportsHorse Betting

What the clock and the sectionals say

The qualitative eye test—the ease, the body language—has backed up the data. Across her 3YO spring:

• Up And Coming (G3, 1300m, Rosehill, 31 Aug 2024): Settled midfield, rounded them with a measured sprint, and won by a widening margin. It was the kind of performance that suggests a genuine 1400–1600m profile, not a pure 1200m speedster stretching. PuntersRacenet

• Tea Rose (G2, 1400m, Randwick, 21 Sep 2024): Controlled the race on speed and produced a decisive last 600m, winning with authority over quality fillies Snow In May and Manaal. Style: adaptable; substance: high. PuntersRacing and Sports

Then:

• Darby Munro (LR, 1200m, Rosehill, 22 Mar 2025): A sprint-trip return where she quickened like a proper Group horse and maintained it through the line—exactly what you’d hope for from a filly whose grand final targets sit beyond six furlongs. Racing and SportsHorse Betting

Those runs don’t just fill a trophy cabinet; they sketch a shape. Autumn Glow’s default weapon is acceleration anywhere from the 600m to the 200m, and she can either own the speed (up on the bridle, tempo in hand) or use it (come off a back and put them away). That duality is rare, and it is what separates good from elite as you climb into Group 1 company.

Pedigree that points to sustained excellence

Being by The Autumn Sun gives Autumn Glow an engine that should only get more efficient with maturity. That sire line—Redoute’s Choice over Galileo’s daughter Azmiyna—has power and stretch. On the dam side, Via Africa brings fast, tough South African blood (by Var) and has already thrown a Group 1 Golden Rose winner in In The Congo.

A half-sister to a colt who measured up at the top end at three, Autumn Glow blends speed (dam) with scope (sire). That’s why yearling judges fought for her; that’s why she brought $1.8 million; and that’s why she looks so comfortable across 1200–1400m with a likely 1600m range. Breednet+1

Ownership, handling, and the patient arc

Owned by Arrowfield Pastoral and Hermitage Thoroughbreds, Autumn Glow has been managed along a conservative path—one that prioritised education and confidence over box-ticking. A three-run spring and a single first-up hit in the autumn is the opposite of “ring-hard,” yet she’s made each outing count and banked experience without stress.

That restraint is a hallmark of Waller’s operation and usually pays back in the fourth and fifth preps, when the physical and mental maturity converge. Breednet

What 2025–26 could look like

By August 2025, Autumn Glow had trialled twice (22 July and 7 August at Randwick), both soft, “fitness-first” pieces of work that read exactly like a mare building to a spring campaign.

The public programs will be set by track conditions and field make-ups, but the profile screams: begin at 1200–1300m, progress to 1400–1600m, and pick off the right Group races when the tempos and maps suit.

Some reporting in July flagged her among Waller’s spring features discussion, which tells you the stable sees what the market sees: a mare capable of measuring up in open-grade company sooner rather than later. BreednetDaily Telegraph

Tactics and “how she wins”

If you isolate the key frames from her four wins, a pattern emerges:

1. Clean beginnings and tractability. Whether from a soft draw or midfield gate, she begins well enough to take the position her jockey wants. That matters in Sydney, where tactical speed buys you options.

2. Relaxed mid-race cadence. The head carriage is low and economical; she doesn’t pull and waste fuel. Horses that conserve can reel off a better last 600m than their raw ability alone might suggest.

3. Instant lengthening. At the 400m, there’s no lag between cue and response. McEvoy got it in the Up And Coming; McDonald has cued it twice—and she’s given him the same efficient, linear acceleration each time. It’s the “no rocking-horse stride” quality: a clean transition from travel to torque. RacenetRacing and Sports+1

4. Sustained to the line. The margin in her wins actually opens late, a sign she’s not peaking and dropping; she’s building through the final 200m. That’s why the step to a strong-run mile feels within reach.

Where’s the ceiling?

That’s the fun—and the frustration—of an unbeaten early career: we still don’t know. But a few things are safe to say:

• Trip: 1200–1600m looks her present wheelhouse. She’s shown the turn of foot to be deadly at 1200m fresh and the substance to be dominant at 1400m. Whether she ultimately thrives at a high-pressure mile will be decided by tempo and map more than stamina per se. Racing and Sports+1

• Track and ground: Wins on Good 4 and Soft 6 suggest she handles typical Sydney ranges. Her trials on heavier decks have been educational rather than searching; race-day evidence leans “versatile.” Punters

• Company: She’s beaten up on age-restricted fields so far. The next exam is open Group company, where older, seasoned milers will make her earn it. The way she’s been managed implies that test is coming.

• Mindset: Perhaps her best attribute. You can teach tempo; you can’t teach temperament. She conserves, she responds, she doesn’t fight her rider. That scales.

The human factor

Horses make people look clever, but people help horses show what they are. In McDonald and McEvoy she’s had two elite readers of tempo, both of whom ride her like a horse they trust to relax and reload. With Waller placing her meticulously and connections resisting the temptation to over-race her when minor issues pop up (e.g., the Flight-Stakes scratch and spell), Autumn Glow has enjoyed a low-friction ascent. That’s not luck; that’s governance. Breednet

The half-sister effect (and why it matters)

Being a half-sister to In The Congo isn’t just trivia. It frames expectations:

• Speed signature: In The Congo’s Golden Rose win was built on sustained speed and tactical ruthlessness. If Autumn Glow inherits even part of that “on-speed relentlessness,” it’s a weapon when tracks are tight or rails are out. Racenet

• Commercial tailwind: If she lands a Group 1, her residual value as a broodmare—already buoyed by price tag, sire, and dam—will be immense. That can influence placement decisions late in a prep: when to roll the dice on a grand final, when to bank a Group 2/3.

• Surface and shape: In The Congo proved high-class from 1100m to 1400m. Autumn Glow’s Tea Rose suggests her spectrum may tilt slightly further toward 1600m, thanks to The Autumn Sun’s influence. Racing and Sports

What the record already proves

Strip the narrative away and focus on the ledger:

• Career: 4 starts, 4 wins, $549,500 in prizemoney through March 2025. Breednet

• Black type: Group 3 Up And Coming (1300m), Group 2 Tea Rose (1400m), Listed Darby Munro (1200m). Racing and Sports+2Racing and Sports+2

• Connections: Trainer Chris Waller (Rosehill), owners Arrowfield Pastoral & Hermitage, ridden to wins by Kerrin McEvoy and James McDonald. BreednetPunters

• Recent public work: Randwick trials on July 22 and August 7, 2025—both soft, fitness-building efforts. Breednet

That is the CV of a mare who has already passed every test set for her age and stage.

Risk, reality, and the road ahead

Racing careers aren’t straight lines. Autumn Glow was scratched from the Flight Stakes and turned out—a minor speed bump that may, in fact, have added longevity. The art now lies in threading the needle between ambition and attrition—chasing the right Group 1 without letting the campaign get heavy. Sydney’s spring and early summer offer several paths for a 1200–1600m mare with her profile; Melbourne’s top-end sprints and miles beckon if she handles the left-handed way of going and a tighter tempo. The only certainty is that she’ll meet horses with deep, open-age form, and that’s when raw talent becomes tested temperament. Breednet

Why Autumn Glow resonates

Fans latch onto different things. Some love the bloodlines; others live for the turn of foot. Autumn Glow offers both, plus an ineffable polish. She moves with balance; she conserves; she pounces. For punters, that profile screams “map-proof”—the kind of horse who doesn’t need one scenario to win. For breeders, she’s a brochure in motion: The Autumn Sun over Via Africa, bought dear and racing like a dividend. For the sport, she’s a narrative we crave: a filly who looked the part in the ring, looks the part in the yard, and looks even better when the gates crash back.

The bottom line

Autumn Glow is still at the beginning, which is the exciting part. Yet already she’s a stakes-winning, unbeaten mare with Group-1-level signals in her data and demeanor. The team around her is one of the best in the country; the plan has been patient; the horse has done the rest. If she keeps stepping as she has—sound, tractable, ruthless from the 400—the 2025–26 season could be where promise becomes proof at the very top.

Until then, enjoy the view. Horses like this don’t come along often—and when they do, the smart play is simple: watch, admire, and appreciate the glow.

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