Winning Horse: Jump The Broom (AUS)

4yoM Sebring (Aus) - Bubbleberry (Aus)(Statue Of Liberty (USA))

4 starts - 4 wins $145750

Other Wins

1st Canterbury Bowermans (Bm72) 1250m (2021)

1st Moonee Valley Xmas Parties @ The Valley-Bm64 1200m (2021)

1st Geelong Andrews & Co Estate Agents Mdn 1200m (2021) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Jump The Broom (Team Hawkes/J McNeil) - $3.10F

2nd: Typhoon Harmony (P Gelagotis/V Duric) - $4.60
3rd: Evening Glory (A & S Freedman/D Thornton) - $5.50

Winning Time: 1:10.65 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Long Neck x 1L

Winning Trainer: Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes (Wayne speaking)

Super return: “It wasn’t Jye’s fault but she was in an awkward spot coming to the corner. At Mornington you need to be in the right spot which she certainly wasn’t and he needed a little bit of luck to get out. Not many horses will win from that sort of spot. Her turn of foot is amazing and she is certainly going somewhere. With Sydney off today, whether we head to Sydney, or not, but that’s what we were thinking. We picked this race about a month ago and her record’s intact.”

Is there a race in Sydney: “I don’t know if she would get north of 1200 (metres), but does she have to. She probably doesn’t have to. I’m happy for her to run around in 1200 metre races. One night when she ran at Canterbury, she wasn’t actually loving it even though she won on a wet track up there. It might all be coming too quick for her. Rick (Jamieson) is very patient, he doesn’t want you to rush them. She’s not going to stud this year, so we’ll get her for another spring, another autumn and go with her.

“Sydney might be coming too quick. The end result was today was a $130,000 race and to put it into perspective, Mount Popa won in Sydney before, the Mornington Cup winner of last year, and his race was worth $160,000 and it was a Group race. This was a restricted race for $130,000, so we’re winning just as much in prize money for winning a restricted race down here, so we’re happy to keep her down here.”

Winning Jockey: Jye McNeil

Found yourself in an awkward situation: “She was really good. I was concerned when we ended up three pairs back in that awkward position. I just rode her where she was comfortable, got to the outside and she was really strong through the line, which was fantastic. She was prepared really well for today and she showed that on track.”

How much did you need to urge her: “I was pretty reasonable on her. She’s obviously a talent and has a lot of natural ability. Once I got to the outside, the leader did kick clear, but she did chase really well. It was a great effort.”