Action King (AUS) Horse

Country

Australia

Foal Date

21-Sep-20
Sex
gelding

Colour

bay or brown

Sire

Harry Angel

Dam

Arabian Gift

Prize Money

163320

Trainer

Rob Potter

Owners

A Van Arkel, B W Taylor, Ms S B McKessar, S Uphill, M A Trusler, J Walsh, J Scoles, M Patel, M Guy, J A Gregory, C L Lawson, J C Sampson, W Shafron, J L Koren, D M Pearce, Elvin Bloodstock (Mgr: V Elvin), J A Serrano Diaz, P G Matley, A F Van Arkel & The Whips (Mgr: J Lloyd)

About

Action King is a six-year-old bay/brown gelding foaled in Australia, by Harry Angel out of Arabian Gift. He is under the training of Rob Potter and is owned by A Van Arkel, B W Taylor, Ms S B McKessar and partners. In 25 starts he has secured five victories, placed second six times and third three times, accumulating $163,320 in earnings. His most recent outing was at Canberra on 18 September 2026, where he finished third of eleven runners. His latest win came at Canberra Acton on 7 August 2026.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Canberra 18-Sep-26 1000m GOOD 3 R7 TAB FED OPEN $4,100 (of $50,000) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 00:56.760, SP: 3.80 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.050 1st Keikoku ( J V Overmeire 55 ) 2nd My Last Hooray ( A Adkins 55 ) 0.12L 3rd Action King ( B Mcdougall 57 ) 1.65L See full results B Mcdougall 57kg 1.65L 3 (11)
Warwick Farm 02-Sep-26 1000m GOOD 4 R7 BM72 $2,350 (of $60,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:57.130, SP: 9.50 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.020 1st Spartus ( Z T Lloyd 59 ) 2nd Beau Bandit ( K Mcevoy 57.5 ) 0.19L 3rd Flightcrew ( C Schofield 57 ) 0.27L 5th Action King ( S Grima 60.5 , Cd 58.5 ) 1.92L See full results S Grima 60.5kg, Cd 58.5kg 1.92L 5 (12)
Canberra Acton 07-Aug-26 1080m SYNTHETIC R6 TAB FED OPEN 85 $18,000 (of $30,000) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:02.280, SP: 1.85 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 4th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.620 1st Action King ( E Ellison 61 , Cd 57 ) 2nd Sunrise Ridge ( A Mclucas 55 ) 2.21L 3rd Hellinda ( R Wedrat-kroezen 55.5 , Cd 53.5 ) 2.36L See full results E Ellison 61kg, Cd 57kg 1 (5)
Eagle Farm 15-Jul-26 1000m GOOD 4 R6 BM78 $6,800 (of $38,000) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 00:58.360, SP: 6.50 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 6th Sectionals: 600m 00:33.980 1st Moulin Miss ( L I Martyn 57 , Cd 54 ) 2nd Action King ( D Budler 57.5 ) 0.01L 3rd Heartoni ( B Osmond 61.5 , Cd 59.5 ) 0.43L See full results D Budler 57.5kg 0.01L 2 (7)
Canterbury 13-Feb-26 1100m GOOD 4 R5 3Y+ BM72 $1,625 (of $60,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:03.920, SP: 6.50 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 8th Sectionals: 600m 00:34.400 1st Everido ( T J Schiller 57.5 ) 2nd Shaggy ( M Fitzgerald 60 , Cd 57 ) 0.14L 3rd Jambalaya ( Z T Lloyd 57 ) 0.60L 9th Action King ( J Collett 59.5 ) 3.96L See full results J Collett 59.5kg 3.96L 9 (10)
Wagga 26-Jan-26 1000m GOOD 4 R5 SCAMPER BM82 (of $27,000) Barrier 5, SP: 2.90 In-running: 800m 3rd, 400m 3rd D Budler 59kg 3.66L 1 (7)
Warwick Farm 07-Jan-26 1000m GOOD 4 R4 BM72 (of $60,000) Barrier 6, SP: 14.00 In-running: 800m 5th, 400m 4th S Grima 55kg 0.25L 2 (8)
Randwick 26-Dec-25 1000m GOOD 4 R5 4Y+ BM78 (of $65,000) Barrier 5, SP: 6.00 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 6th S Grima 53kg 5.58L 7 (9)
Randwick 13-Dec-25 1000m SOFT 5 R2 HIGHWAY CL3SW (of $120,000) Barrier 5, SP: 6.50 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 7th Z Lloyd 59kg 4.03L 8 (18)
Gundagai 14-Nov-25 1000m GOOD 3 R6 TUCKERBOX BM87 (of $50,000) Barrier 12, SP: 9.00 In-running: 800m 6th, 400m 8th J Martin 56kg 0.71L 2 (12)
Canberra 24-Oct-25 1000m SOFT 5 R6 OPEN BM85 (of $22,000) Barrier 1, SP: 4.80 In-running: 800m 12th, 400m 8th J Martin 56.5kg 1.66L 5 (12)
Dubbo 28-Sep-25 1100m GOOD 4 R8 FLYING HCP (of $75,000) Barrier 8, SP: 4.40 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 6th L Day 54kg 4.12L 5 (14)
Canberra 19-Sep-25 900m GOOD 4 R2 OPEN-BT L Day 1L 1 (9)
Gold Coast 23-May-25 1000m SOFT 5 R7 BM78 (of $38,000) Barrier 4, SP: 3.20 In-running: 800m 4th, 400m 5th J Guthmannchester 58kg 3.3L 6 (8)
Eagle Farm 07-May-25 1000m SOFT 6 R7 BM68 (of $38,000) Barrier 8, SP: 2.70 In-running: 800m 8th, 400m 8th K Wilsontaylor 62kg 1.27L 2 (11)