Persian Wonder (2023) Horse

Foal Date

18-Aug-23
Sex
gelding

Colour

brown

Sire

Hello Youmzain

Dam

Steer By the Stars

Prize Money

292550

Owners

W M Shelton, Mrs S E Shelton, Miss A R Shelton, J S Drabyna, A K Rezo, A J Mitchell, Mrs S J Mitchell, A P Gessell, Ms K Docherty & S N Rezo

About

Persian Wonder is a 3yo brown gelding trained by David Payne at Rosehill. He is by Hello Youmzain out of Steer By the Stars. As a stakes winner with $292,550 in earnings, he is considered an above‑average racehorse. On 12 Sep 2026 at Rosehill Gardens, ridden by Ashley Morgan, he captured his biggest victory to date in the $250,000 Ming Dynasty Quality, beating Stormy Marco. He has consistently offered value to bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 123% ROI.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Rosehill Gardens 12-Sep-26 1400m GOOD 4 R6 G3 MING DYNASTY $141,200 (of $250,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:22.890, SP: 19.00 In-running: Settled 8th, 800m 6th, 400m 7th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.500 1st Persian Wonder ( A Morgan 53 ) 2nd Stormy Marco ( J Mcdonald 58.5 ) 0.60L 3rd Tenenbaum ( C Schofield 54 ) 0.84L See full resultsA Morgan 53kg1 (10)
Rosehill Gardens 29-Aug-26 1300m GOOD 4 R7 G3 UP&COMING $6,100 (of $251,150) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:16.080, SP: 31.00 In-running: 800m 7th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.910 1st Plagiarism ( R Bayliss 55 ) 2nd Genesis Runner ( K Mcevoy 53 ) 0.73L 3rd Hostwin King ( L Beuzelin 53 ) 1.35L 5th Persian Wonder ( A Morgan 56 ) 2.81L See full resultsA Morgan 56kg 2.81L5 (10)
Randwick 08-Aug-26 1400m SOFT 5 R3 3&4Y BM72 $4,000 (of $160,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:23.100, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.030 1st Avista ( J B Mcdonald 56.5 ) 2nd Mind Ya Bizz ( C Schofield 54 , Cd 55 ) 0.07L 3rd Dusty Bay ( S Grima 59 , Cd 57 ) 0.26L 6th Persian Wonder ( T Berry 57 ) 2.05L See full resultsT Berry 57kg 2.05L6 (9)
Canterbury 22-Jul-26 1200m SOFT 7 R2 2&3Y C&G MDN $48,000 (of $100,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:12.470, SP: 3.30 In-running: 800m 1st, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.720 1st Persian Wonder ( Z Lloyd 59.5 ) 2nd Yoshida ( R Jones 59 ) 0.44L 3rd Stateroom ( C Schofield 56.5 ) 1.52L See full resultsZ Lloyd 59.5kg1 (7)
Rosehill Gardens 10-Jul-26 1030m SOFT 7 R4 2Y-TRL, Winning Time: 01:04.250 Sectionals: 600m 00:35.970 1st Roebuck Plane ( R King ) 2nd Persian Wonder ( A Collett ) 2.53L 3rd Stateroom ( A Hyeronimus ) 2.55LA Collett 2.53L2 (8)