Winning Horse: In The Boat (Aus)

4yoG Nostradamus (Aus) - Almost Crystal (Aus)(Snitzel (Aus))

6 starts - 3 wins 1 second 2 thirds $88050

Other Wins

1st Warrnambool Creece Glass & Glazing (Bm64) 1300m (2021)

1st Bunbury Own The Dream Mdn 1216m (2020) (Debut Run)

Other Placings

2nd Warrnambool Star Printing (Bm64) 1000m (2021)

3rd Swan Hill Pooles Accountants (Bm64) 975m (2021)

3rd Ascot Glenroy Chaff Plate 1100m (2021)

Race Result:

1st: In The Boat (Jye McNeil/Lindsey Smith) - $3.20F

2nd: Yulong Defence (Daniel Moor/Phillip Stokes) - $11
3rd: Big Apple (Jamie Kah /Matt Laurie) - $9.50

Winning Time: 1:03.47 Last 600m: NA

Margins: ¾-L x 3/4L

Winning Trainer: Lindsey Smith (Stable rep. Shane Jackson speaking)

On how the race was run: “He mustered speed pretty quick and he’s straight forward - he didn’t have to lead, if he had box seated that was fine. I thought Jye did the right thing and made those on his outside work and made use of the barrier and he was quite impressive, he had a little bit left in the tank at the end.

On the horse coming from WA: “Lindsay always knew that the horse had the ability to come over here and perform well. He came over and worked well but the travel knocked him about a little bit so we gave him a good spell, last prep he ran well and then Lindsay gave him another freshen up with most of November off and he’s come to hand pretty well

Distance limitations: “I think he’ll get 12 (00) maybe 14 (00) at a push but what’s the need when he’s as good as he is and he’s got that tacticat speed that we can use but Lindsay will work out a plan. He was rated 67 before that so he’ll probably go to seventy something so maybe another one of these races and we can claim on him.

Winning Jockey: Jye McNeil

In the early stages: “It wasn’t ideal, he was in there for a long time obviously and he just reacted really fast but forgot to put his feet down on landing - luckily he mustered up really well and it didn’t affect him at all and the draw helped us a little bit.

Towards the finish: “I felt a little bit vulnerable there at the end but he seemed to just keep going through his gears . He’s got an amazing cruising speed and can quicken off that as well.It was a great team effort , Lindsay has done a really good job and Deane (Lester) found this race for him so a great team effort.