Happy Lucky Dragon Win | Nash Rawiller's 'fried rice' moniker a recipe for success
If Nash Rawiller keeps winning races at his current rate he won’t mind what the locals make of his ungainly but ultimately effective style and neither will they, but his new nickname in the local pressroom of 炒飯 - meaning “fried rice” - might yet stick.
If Nash Rawiller keeps winning races at his current rate he won’t mind what the locals make of his ungainly but effective style and neither will they, but his new nickname in the local pressroom of 炒飯 - meaning “fried rice” - might yet stick.
When Rawiller digs in and really goes for home, a certain reporter has likened it – rather unkindly, we must say – to a chef enthusiastically whipping up some fried rice over a large wok.
It’s not often the former New South Welshman in "Happy Lucky Dragon Win" gets parochial but we had to jump to the defence of Rawiller, the undoubted alpha male of the Sydney jockeys’ room for the best part of a decade and a three-time champion before bringing his pointy elbows to Sha Tin.
Although he may not be in the realm of some of Europe's top stylists, give me Rawiller’s strength and nerve any day.
Aesthetically pleasing it is not, but is there anyone you would rather have riding for your life and needing to lift a tired horse over the line? Look at his ride on Elvstroem to win the 2004 Caulfield Cup:
