Triple Crown triumph as Jet soars

By Tim O’Connor (HRV)

Im Ready Jet claimed the inaugural Kerryn Manning Trotting Mares Triple Crown with a Group 1-winning performance at Tabcorp Park Melton on Saturday night.

The Anton Golino-trained mare showed her class to take out the TAB Sumthingaboutmaori Trotters Free For All (2760m) by 5m over Aldebaran Crescent (David Aiken/James Herbertson), with the result giving the five-year-old a one-point victory over the runner-up in the series.

Aldebaran Crescent had topped the leaderboard heading into the third and final leg of the Triple Crown, but was overtaken by Im Ready Jet, who pocketed a $10,000 bonus for connections.

“She’s something else,” driver Jason Lee said after the win.

“She still did that in second gear up the straight, she sort of needed something to race her.

“I was pretty confident a long way out, just with how well she was travelling and Kate (Gath) had done a little bit of work (with Vacation Hill). She wasn’t walking in front, she was bowling at a good enough click. We ran a bit of time.”

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