Like father like son. Well kind of. The day after Nash Rawiller saluted in the group 1 Doomben 10,000 in Brisbane, his son Campbell was winning a class 1 at Queanbeyan.
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The 20-year-old Rawiller guided the John Thompson-trained Cosmic Sands to victory in the class 1 handicap (1460 metres) on Sunday.
He's doing his apprenticeship on loan in Gai Waterhouse's stables in Sydney having started out down in Melbourne.
Rawiller had just the one ride at Queanbeyan and he made it count, winning by three-quarters of a length from Legal Challenge with Dancin' Til Dawn third.
He settled the three-year-old gelding in behind the leaders before making his move through the middle of the field in the home straight.
There was never any doubt about what he was going to do for a career.
"Nash is my dad. Brad, who's in Queensland now - he's a champion jockey - he's my uncle," Rawiller said.
"The whole family are jockeys. Stace, my aunty, my other uncle he's a jockey, mum was a jockey and grandpa does everything so it's a very compact family in racing.
"I was brought up into it and I'm glad that was the case, I love what I do."
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He's had plenty of schooling at home, given his pedigree, and learnt to ride on a pony while the family was based in Hong Kong.
It's where Rawiller finished school before embarking on the family business.
"I finished school overseas and basically finished at the end of year 10 and then straight into racing and never looked back," he said.
"I really enjoyed it [in Hong Kong]. I was just lucky I had a horse, a little pony that taught me and I could keep up my riding while I was there.
"I really got involved in track work and racing, and it gave me a good foundation to learn the form before I started race riding so it was a great experience.
"Dad's phenomenal. He rode a group 1 winner yesterday. He's all class. I'm very lucky to have him as a mentor and as a father."