Nihancan (2022) Horse

Foal Date

15-Nov-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay

Owners

L La Sala, Bops Racing (Mgr: B J Crooks), D Hulett, Mrs Y Phythian, L T Phythian, A J Mcrae, B G Sullivan, R E Carvell, M G Hammond, D C Shaw & W J Valentine

About

Nihancan is a 3yo bay gelding (male) from trained by John Symons & Sheila Laxon, who is based at Macedon. He is sired by the stallion Reliable Man out of the dam Arapaho Miss. Nihancan is yet to break his maiden status, having not won a race yet from 1 attempt. During his most recent race at Ballarat on 20th Mar 2026, Nihancan was ridden by Liam Riordan and finished 11th, behind the winner Lufitaah.

Raced At

Ballarat Echuca

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ballarat 20-Mar-26 1600m GOOD 3 R2 3Y MDN-SW (of $32,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:39.080, SP: 101.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 1200m 7th, 800m 8th, 400m 10th 1st Lufitaah ( D Yendall 56 ) 2nd Wonderdownunder ( L Neindorf 58 ) 0.75L 3rd Emperor Tzu ( J Allen 58 ) 0.95L 11th Nihancan ( L Riordan 58 ) 10.85L See full resultsL Riordan 58kg 10.85L11 (11)
Ballarat 23-Feb-26 1100m SOFT 5 R16 3UP-TRL, Winning Time: 01:07.290 1st La Fontelina ( H T Coffey ) 2nd Adieu Grasse ( M T Aitken ) 3.50L 3rd Just Curious ( V L Boeuf ) 5.25L 7th Nihancan ( J Allen ) 7.85LJ Allen 7.85L7 (8)
Echuca 16-Feb-26 900m GOOD 4 R11 3UP-TRL, Winning Time: 00:52.900 1st Queen Caves ( C A Taylor ) 2nd Shalaakei ( L N Mcneil ) 0.50L 3rd Stretch The Monkey ( H T Coffey ) 2.75L 9th Nihancan ( L Riordan ) 10.10LL Riordan 10.10L9 (9)
Sunshine Coast@Inner Track 27-May-25 1000m SOFT 7 R3 2Y-TRL Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:04.290 Sectionals: 600m 00:37.360 1st Better Go Torque ( S C Tierney ) 2nd Spot The Aussie ( R Maloney ) 2.50L 3rd Potenco ( P Hamblin ) 2.60L 8th Nihancan ( R Dolan ) 10.90LR Dolan 10.90L8 (8)