Protectionism (AUS) Horse

Country
Australia
Foal Date
27-Aug-21
Sex
mare
Colour
bay
Sire
American Pharoah
Prize Money
3150
Owners
G Harvey
About

Protectionism is a 4yo bay mare (female) from Australia trained by Brett & Georgie Cavanough, who is based at Scone. She is sired by the stallion American Pharoah out of the dam Godiva Rock. Protectionism is yet to break her maiden status, having not won a race yet from 1 attempt. During her most recent race at Inverell on 1st Jan 2026, Protectionism was ridden by Nick Palmer and finished 3rd, behind the winner Beyond The Sky.

Race Record
Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Inverell 01-Jan-26 1050m GOOD 4 R1 CTRY MDN-SW $3,150 (of $35,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:00.060, SP: 3.60 In-running: 800m 6th, 400m 7th 1st Beyond The Sky ( L Small 57.5 , Cd 59.5 ) 2nd Sivo ( G Spokes 59 , Cd 61 ) 2.54L 3rd Protectionism ( N Palmer 57 , Cd 59 ) 4.36L See full resultsN Palmer 57kg, Cd 59kg 4.36L3 (9)
Scone 11-Dec-25 900m GOOD 4 R1 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 00:51.700 Sectionals: 600m 00:32.480 1st Sobek ( E Drew ) 2nd Protectionism ( J Urquhart-warren ) 4.36L 3rd Heathcliff ( A Bullock ) 4.38LJ Urquhart-warren 4.36L2 (7)
Scone 19-Nov-25 1100m SOFT 5 R11 OPEN-BT, Winning Time: 01:06.570 1st Aimpoint ( A Bullock ) 2nd Winged ( J Partridge ) 0.07L 3rd Reflecting Fame ( A Roper ) 2.36L 6th Protectionism ( J Urquhart-warren ) 4.89LJ Urquhart-warren 4.89L6 (6)
Warwick Farm 29-Apr-25 790m HEAVY 8 R15 3Y-BT, Winning Time: 00:47.230 Sectionals: 600m 00:34.290 1st Columbia Blue ( C Schofield ) 2nd Broadcast Boogie ( R Jones ) 0.64L 3rd El Toro Macho ( D Gibbons ) 0.67L 8th Protectionism ( T Sherry ) 24.53LT Sherry 24.53L8 (8)