Playing Messiah (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

13-Nov-22
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay or brown

Prize Money

1350

Owners

N D Parnham, Mrs C A Parnham, F S Kilner, A Priolo, Oz Racing Pty Ltd (Mgr: B E Saxild), B C Dowd, J C Peacock & Oz Race (Mgr: C S De Marchi)

About

Playing Messiah is a 3yo bay or brown gelding from Australia, trained by Neville Parnham at Ascot. He is by the stallion Playing God out of the mare Helena Miss. He has yet to break his maiden, having failed to win in three starts. In his most recent race at Pinjarra Scarpside on 4 Jun 2026, Chris Parnham rode him to a ninth-place finish behind the winner Offenbach.

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Pinjarra Scarpside 04-Jun-26 1500m GOOD 4 R3 MDN $450 (of $25,000) Barrier 10, Winning Time: 01:31.830, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd 1st Offenbach ( T Dyson 58 ) 2nd War Colours ( C Martinan 56 , Cd 54 ) 0.92L 3rd Star Assault ( L Ramoly 56 ) 1.16L 9th Playing Messiah ( C Parnham 58 ) 4.93L See full resultsC Parnham 58kg 4.93L9 (11)
Pinjarra 13-May-26 1500m GOOD 4 R5 MDN $450 (of $25,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:31.640, SP: 101.00 In-running: Settled 2nd, 800m 2nd, 400m 2nd Sectionals: 600m 00:36.060 1st Arizona Sky ( W A Pike 57.5 ) 2nd Lord Momo ( L F Fiore 58 ) 3.19L 3rd Universal Talk ( N J Riordan 57.5 , Cd 55.5 ) 4.68L 6th Playing Messiah ( C Parnham 57.5 ) 6.23L See full resultsC Parnham 57.5kg 6.23L6 (15)
Pinjarra Scarpside 27-Apr-26 1300m GOOD 4 R3 3YO MDN $450 (of $25,000) Barrier 9, Winning Time: 01:18.840, SP: 31.00 In-running: Settled 10th, 800m 10th, 400m 10th 1st Prince Of Dala ( B M Parnham 57 ) 2nd Valanne Dawn ( N J Riordan 55 , Cd 53 ) 1.19L 3rd Boutique Belle ( W A Pike 55 ) 1.61L 9th Playing Messiah ( C Parnham 57 ) 9.17L See full resultsC Parnham 57kg 9.17L9 (10)
Belmont 13-Apr-26 1000m GOOD 4 R12 3Y MDN-TRL, Winning Time: 01:01.360 1st Chattahoochie ( M L A Ramoly ) 2nd I'm Cool Two ( H M Watson ) 5.77L 3rd Don't Declare ( C L Azzopardi ) 6.49L 4th Playing Messiah ( K Dhurun ) 6.85LK Dhurun 6.85L4 (9)
Belmont 30-Mar-26 1000m SOFT 6 R11 3YMDN-TRL, Winning Time: 01:03.040 1st Moon Jewel ( K H Tsang ) 2nd I'm Cool Two ( H M Watson ) 1.47L 3rd Specific ( B H Louis ) 2.89L 4th Playing Messiah ( R Cheung ) 3.24LR Cheung 3.24L4 (8)
Belmont 01-Sep-25 1000m SOFT 5 R7 3YMDN-TRL, Winning Time: 01:01.330 1st Brave Wasp ( S F Mcgruddy ) 2nd Roaming America ( B M Parnham ) 1.13L 3rd Refemme No Angel ( J Mcnaught ) 1.92L 7th Playing Messiah ( K Dhurun ) 10.44LK Dhurun 10.44L7 (9)
Belmont 18-Aug-25 1000m SOFT 5 R8 3Y MDN-TRL, Winning Time: 01:02.070 1st Mr Kissinger ( G C O'donnell ) 2nd My Huckleberry ( S D Parnham ) 0.28L 3rd Espresso Time ( J J Brown ) 0.46L 6th Playing Messiah ( L Ramoly ) 12.25LL Ramoly 12.25L6 (7)