Winning Horse: I’m Telling Ya (Aus)

7yoG Reward For Effort (Aus) - Rapid Sensation (Aus)(Success Express (USA))

50 starts - 5 wins 6 seconds 7 thirds 7 fourths $371195

Other Wins

1st Mornington Mercedes-Benz Mornington-Bm78 1200m (2020)

1st Flemington Wallace (Bm70) 1100m (2017)

1st Geelong No Fuss Event Hire Hcp (C1) 1200m (2017)

1st Pakenham Synthetic Polytrack Mdn Plate 1200m (2016)

Other Placings

2nd Flemington Seppelt Drumborg Grand (Bm80) 1100m (2020)

2nd Caulfield Neds (Bm78) 1200m (2020)

3rd Caulfield Nick Johnstone R.E. (Bm80) 1200m (2020)

3rd Mornington Highview Accounting (Bm70) 1200m (2019)

3rd Caulfield Nitto Denko (Bm78) 1200m (2019)

3rd Caulfield Mrc Supports Legacy (Bm78) 1100m (2019)

2nd Flemington Flemington Event Staff (Bm78) 1200m (2019)

2nd Flemington Grampians Region Hcp 1100m (2019)

3rd Flemington Lucrf Super (Bm78) 1100m (2019)

3rd Caulfield Ladbrokes Back Yourself (Bm78) 1100m (2019)

2nd Bendigo The Big Screen Company (Bm70) 1100m (2017)

3rd Flemington Flemington Event Staff Hcp 1100m (2017)

2nd Ballarat City Of Ballarat Hcp (C1) 1200m (2017)

Race Result:

1st: I’m Telling Ya (Jye McNeil/Amy & Ash Yargi) - $13

2nd: Zakat (Jamie Kah/James Cummings) - $3.20F
3rd: Laverrod (Tom Stockdale/Sean & Jake Casey) - $7

Winning Time: 1:10.57 Last 600m: 33.87

Margins: ¾L x 1L

Winning Trainer: Amy & Ash Yargi (Ash speaking)

“Amy bought this horse for $20,000 and he’s still racing at this age quite consistently. But as you all know he’s a hard horse to catch. He needs a lot of luck to go his way and he got that luck today with a good ride.

“He’s got some knockers. He’s one of those horses that you look at and see when he runs on hard you want to back him next start and then doesn’t get the job done. He just needs everything to line up and go his way but when it does he’s very effective.

“He got the nice run through them and last time Jye rode him he nearly won on him a couple of years ago. I was very confident when we put Jye on today and congratulations to him, too. Nice ride.

“He’s had a tough campaign, this horse. We sent him up to Sydney and he ran there with a week back-up and then two weeks into this. He’s a tough animal. He can race consistently in the city for us and we’re very happy to have him.”

Winning Jockey: Jye McNeil

“It all fell into place really well for him today. He let down on a beautiful surface and when it all comes together he’s very capable of winning nice races and he deserved that one today.

“I think the key was a low pressure race. He did it comfortably rather than chasing. I was able to get onto the back of Zakat and I knew he would take us into the race.”