Nash's form reminiscent of top hoops

PROBABLY Nash Rawiller wouldn't win on a rocking horse, but I'd still take the risk and back him.

Nash Rawiller

PROBABLY Nash Rawiller wouldn't win on a rocking horse, but I'd still take the risk and back him.

Flash Nash is on fire, he is in totally dominant form. He did not ride on August 3, but at the last three Sydney Saturday meetings he has ridden at he has claimed four winners each time.

I saw George Moore, Ron Quinton, Malcolm Johnston, Mick Dittman and Darren Beadman in their prime and only Moore with 15 winners at the Easter carnival in 1969 had such a dominant run.

Chris Waller summed it up best on Saturday when he saw Rawiller on the $8.50 chance Bay Window stall off his $2.70 favourite Eigelstein to win the last race.

"John Kissick turned in a 10-out-of-10 ride on our horse, but if you don't book Nash you run the risk of somebody else getting him," he said.

Rawiller is not riding against mugs, either. Hugh Bowman's wins on Eurozone and Pretty Pins were both terrific rides.

SURPRISINGLY, although perhaps not surprisingly, the most talked about ride at Randwick on Saturday was still Thomas Huet's effort on Under The Sun at Rosehill the previous week.

I don't know what those on the Racing NSW board think because they don't go to the races, but all the regulars found it amazing that Gai Waterhouse could defend the performance.

IT is a long way from being perfect and it was still a slow six after plenty of good weather, but I thought the Royal Randwick track played a little better on Saturday with the rail out five metres.

Canterbury Park, our best track, was in perfect nick as usual on Wednesday despite overnight and early-morning rain.

NORTHERN Meteor colt Eurozone looked the part taking out the first of the three-year-old black type races, The Rosebud, on Saturday.

Eurozone, though, might need to keep his eye out for another Northern Meteor colt, Zoustar.

The Chris Waller-trained Zoustar had plenty of good judges nodding their approval at his appearance and performance at the Rosehill trials last Monday.

With Northern Meteor's unfortunate demise, all of the major studs will be circling the pack to snare the best of his colts. Their owners can start thinking of upgrading their BMWs or their Mercs or perhaps even their waterfront properties.

SAM Kavanagh, son of Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mark, has hit town and is ready to have his first Sydney runners, with the Starcraft colt Nautile nominated for Gosford on Thursday.

Kavanagh has already had success in Adelaide, but he wants to attack the high flyers and the big prizemoney in Sydney and has set up stables at Rosehill.

Sam, an affable young man, has had a terrific grounding in the industry not only working for his dad, but spending time at Widden Stud and also in the stables of Peter Chappel-Hyam in England.

CHEERING on Rain Affair for a Group 1 win is like it was cheering Hot Danish three years ago.

Hot Danish seemed destined not to taste Group 1 success, but then in the 2010 All Aged Stakes at Randwick she cracked it and, lo and behold, at her very next start she won at the elite level again in the Doomben 10,000.

Joe Pride is tipping Saturday, September 21, and the George Main Stakes as the big day for Rain Affair.