The Group I VRC Oaks will probably come up a bit quickly for this lightly raced daughter of The Autumn Sun, but there will be a myriad of options next year for this blue-blood filly that opened her account at Hawkesbury on Tuesday.
A three-quarter sister to dual Group I winner Shout the Bar, the John O’Shea and Tom Charlton trained Rye Manhattan was stepping out to 1800m at her third race start following a first up second over 1600m at the start of the month.
Ridden patiently by Dylan Gibbons, Rye Manhattan was allowed to find her feet early and chimed in with a good finish over the final furlong to score by half a length in a field of older rivals.
Might be a future for this new winner for The Autumn Sun. Rye Manhatten (3f The Autumn Sun x Drinks All Round) for @JohnOSheaRacing A homebred for Ron Finemore, she's the 3/4 sister to 2 time G1 winner Shout The Bar. This her 3rd start - first time up to 1800m. @ArrowfieldStud
— Breednet (@BreednetNews) October 27, 2026
Retained to race by her breeder Ron Finemore, Rye Manhattan was foaled and raised at Newhaven Park and is the fourth winner from five foals to race from Drinks All Round, a winning O’Reilly mare from the family of multiple Group I winner Rangirangdoo.
She has broken the ice, but has a way to go to emulate the success of her older three-quarter sister Shout the Bar, who won both the Group I ATC Vinery Stud Stakes at 2000m and the VRC Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington over 1600m.
A $200,000 Magic Millions purchase for Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, Shout the Bar turned into a goldmine for her owners winning $1.3million on the track and then selling for $2.7million to Tom Magnier at the 2022 Inglis Chairman’s Sale when she had finished racing.
Coolmore got an immediate return from Shout the Bar when her first foal, a colt by Home Affairs, topped 2025 Inglis Easter when selling for $3million.
Shout the Bar has a yearling colt by Justify (USA) and has foaled this spring producing a colt by Wootton Bassett (GB), so this family has loads of upside going forward.
Widden Stud have a full sister to Shout the Bar called Emerald Bay that is also getting every opportunity at stud and they sold her Zoustar colt at Inglis Easter this year for $1million to Tom Magnier. He has been named Bay of Biscay and is in work with Chris Waller.
Drinks All Round is also still active and has a yearling filly by Pride of Dubai and has foaled this spring producing a colt by Cool Aza Beel.
