Nearest (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

16-Oct-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Sire

The Autumn Sun

Dam

Princess Noir

Prize Money

1625

Owners

Arrowfield Pastoral Pty Ltd (Mgr: J M Messara) & Rose Family (Mgr: F W Rose)

About

Scone R1 ARROWFIELD COUNTRY BOOSTED MAIDEN PLATE — Nearest is a 3yo bay gelding (male) from Australia trained by Paul Messara & Leah Gavranich, who is based at Scone. He is sired by the stallion The Autumn Sun out of the dam Princess Noir. Nearest is yet to break his maiden status, having not won a race yet from 1 attempt. During his most recent race at Tamworth on 10th Apr 2026, Nearest was ridden by Anna Roper and finished 6th, behind the winner Hinto.

Raced At

Tamworth Scone

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Tamworth 10-Apr-26 1200m GOOD 4 R4 SUPER MDN $1,625 (of $50,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:11.090, SP: 1.50 In-running: 800m 10th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:35.510 1st Hinto ( A Brennan 57 , Cd 53 ) 2nd Not So Wrong ( J Partridge 55.5 , Cd 51.5 ) 1.33L 3rd Akuma ( L Smyth 55.5 , Cd 52.5 ) 1.67L 6th Nearest ( A Roper 59 ) 5.49L See full resultsA Roper 59kg 5.49L6 (12)
Scone 01-Apr-26 900m SOFT 5 R6 MDN-BT Barrier 5, Winning Time: 00:54.280 1st Nearest ( W Costin ) 2nd Maiden Pearl ( G Johnston ) 1.51L 3rd Promise You ( L Small ) 2.36LW Costin1 (7)
Scone 11-Mar-26 800m SOFT 5 R3 MDN-BT, Winning Time: 00:46.700 Sectionals: 600m 00:33.560 1st Moon Dart ( M Weir ) 2nd Harry ( S S Llewellyn ) 0.21L 3rd Millicent Daisy ( L Ribeiro ) 1.01L 4th Nearest ( R Jones ) 2.19LR Jones 2.19L4 (5)