TWO Wagga men have combined to enjoy race success in America.

Wagga trainer Trevor Sutherland was over the moon on Monday morning after Power Alert scored in his American debut for Brian Lynch.

Power Alert showed great potential for Sutherland, winning $98,000 in 13 race starts, but was then banned from Australian racing after bleeding twice.

Sutherland and client Jim Power then took a gamble and sent the four-year-old to Lynch to continue his racing career in the United States, where he can legally be treated for bleeding.

Power Alert had his first American start on Monday morning and blew his rivals away with a strong win on debut.

The grey clocked 54.94 seconds for the 1000 metre trip at Gulfstream.

Sutherland, who also trained a winner at Junee's harness racing program on Sunday night, could not have been happier with Power Alert's victory.

"Not too many can say they've had a winner at Junee and America in the space of 24 hours," Sutherland said with a laugh.

"He just played with them.

"It was a pretty good field too with some group three winners in it so we thought if he could be competitive then we were going to have some fun going forward.

"It's going to be all fun now."

Power Alert paid $19.20 for the win and won by 1¾ lengths.

Power Alert is now trained by Lynch, himself a former Wagga man and now one of the leading trainers in the United States.

The race carried $42,000 US in prizemoney.

Sutherland and Power own the four-year-old and spent a considerable amount on getting Power Alert checked out and sent to Lynch in the US.

Sutherland said it has now proven more than worthwhile.

"It certainly puts us well in front," he said.

"To do something like this is such a rarity. It's something later in life we'll sit down and appreciate.

"We had to do it, he's too nice a horse not too.

"It was a big step but it's going to be worthwhile."

The American caller was quite taken by the performance of Power Alert and referred to him as the "Australian".

"What a debut here by Power Alert," the caller said.

Power Alert's biggest win in Australia was the $61,000 Wellington Boot (1100m) in March last year.