CONOR Brassil landed his first Australian winner last Sunday, taking out the A$100,000 Brendan Drechsler Hurdle aboard the Bevan Laming-trained Right Now at Pakenham.

Having been sidelined in late June with a minor fracture in his lower back after a race fall at Warrnambool, the Co Kildare-born Brassil’s breakthrough win came at his first ride back from injury and just his fifth race ride in Australia.