| "Rio Grande's Last Race" | |
|---|---|
| by Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson | |
| Written | 1896 |
| First published in | The Sketch |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | 16 December 1896 |
| Full text | |
 Rio Grande's Last Race at Wikisource | |
Rio Grande's Last Race is a racing poem by Australian writer and poet Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson. It was first published in the London Sketch magazine on 16 December 1896.[1] It was later published as the title poem for Paterson's second poetry collection, Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses, in 1902.
The poem was one of Paterson's favourites, and its theme of a jockey's premonition of death is unusual for the poet.[2]
- ^ Austlit - "Rio Grande's Last Race" by A. B. Paterson
- ^ The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd edition, p650