Queen Elizabeth II's racing colours to be on display at Warwick Farm exhibit gallop Nash Rawiller will have the honour of wearing the Queen's silks in an exhibition gallop aboard Carlton House at Warwick Farm tomorrow. HER racing colours are among the most famous in the world and they will be seen on a Sydney racetrack for the first time tomorrow. Former English star Carlton House will carry Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's racing silks in an exhibition gallop between races at Warwick Farm. The Queen's registered colours are as distinctive as they are eye-catching - the jacket has a purple body with scarlet sleeves and gold braiding. The black velvet cap has a gold fringe. They have only been used in Australia once before, in 1997 when the Queen's stayer Arabian Story ran sixth to Might And Power in the Melbourne Cup. The Queen's racing silks have been in the royal family since the Queen's great-grandfather, King Edward VII, introduced them in the late 19th century. Persimmon raced in the King's colours when it won the 1896 English Derby and English St Leger. Carlton House could not deliver the Queen an elusive English Derby triumph but he did finish third to Pour Moi in the Epsom Downs classic two years ago. A winner of the Group 2 Dante Stakes and Group 3 Brigadier Gerard Stakes in England, Carlton House also showed his class at Royal Ascot last year when he pushed Australian champion So You Think in the Prince of Wales's Stakes. When the decision was made to send Carlton House to Sydney to be trained by Gai Waterhouse late last year, the Queen's bloodstock and racing manager John Warren said at the time that the five-year-old "looks the perfect candidate to race in Australia." "It's exciting and a wonderful opportunity for Her Majesty to have a horse that can participate in Australia, where racing is top class," Warren said. Nash Rawiller will wear the Queen's colours when he partners Carlton House in a workout alongside stablemate Fiorente, another former English stayer who ran second to Green Moon in the Melbourne Cup last year. Waterhouse said she intends to restrict the autumn campaigns of Carlton House and Fiorente to "one or two starts at most" before preparing them for the Melbourne spring carnival.