Mighty mare Jets into Triple Crown contention

By Tim O’Connor (HRV)

It required something special and that’s what star squaregaiter Im Ready Jet produced to win a classic edition of the Hygain La Coocaracha Trotters Free For All at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday night.

After settling last in the small field of five over the 2240m trip, the Anton Golino-trained mare reeled off a scorching individual last half of 55.28sec to haul in early leader Vacation Hill (Andy Gath/Kate Gath) and hold off stablemate Hopeful Beauty (Josh Duggan), who flashed home to grab second at big odds.

The victory, in a mile rate of 1:59.3min, was the five-year-old’s 18th from 39 starts and lifted her earnings up over $370,000.

“She’s the best trotter I’ve driven all round,” driver Jason Lee said.

“She’s got such great attributes. She can do work, she can lead, she can come from behind like that when really things weren’t run to suit and when it gets into a dog fight, she can still put her head out and win,” he said.

“Yabby Dam (Farms) have done a great job and had some really nice horses over the years, but this one might be the best of them.”

After missing the opening race of the series, the victory took Im Ready Jet to second on the Kerryn Manning Trotting Mares Triple Crown standings heading into the third and final leg on March 26.

Despite only managing fourth in the La Coocaracha, David Aiken-trained Aldebaran Crescent remains at the top of the leaderboard, two points clear of Im Ready Jet and Vacation Hill.

A $20,000 bonus is payable to the owner if a horse wins all three legs of the Kerryn Manning Trotting Mares Triple Crown, with a $10,000 prize on offer for the leading points scorer through the series (1st – 8 points, 2nd – 5 points, 3rd – 3 points, 4th – 2 points and 5th – 1 point).

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