Adelaide Cup jockey Jett Stanley postpones party for Sydney trip
The highlight of Jett Stanley's nascent riding career will be commemorated by a flight to Sydney for the jockey.
In the Group 2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) at Morphettville on Monday, Stanley partnered the Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young-trained American Wolf to a dramatic success.
Celebrations are on ice, however, with Stanley catching a plane to Sydney that night to attend Warwick Farm Tuesday morning for a gallop with Jenni The Fox prior to her Group 1 Coolmore Classic (1500m) run at Rosehill on Saturday.
Stanley's previous career high was the Group 3 Launceston Cup victory on Asva from February 25.
He had raced at Murray Bridge Saturday, Stony Creek in Victoria Sunday, and returned to Adelaide for Monday's Morphettville card.
"It's been a whirlwind the last 12 days," Stanley told racing.com.
"I've travelled 18,000 kilometres in two weeks. It's been crazy.
I'm on a flight to Sydney tonight to ride trackwork in the morning for Tony Ottobre and Ciaron Maher and I'm riding Jenni The Fox in the Coolmore Classic on Saturday.
I've done a Group 3, a Group 2, so hopefully I can do a Group 1 now."
American Wolf at $21 edged out favourite Highland Bling ($4.80) by a nose in a duel, with Hurry Curry ($9) 5-¾ lengths adrift in third.
Post-race, Stanley was thrown from American Wolf and relied on ambulance staff to confirm the win.
He jogged back enthusiastically, gesturing to spectators instead of hitching a ride.
"The ambos asked if I was OK, and I said, 'tell me the result of the photo and I'll tell you how I'm feeling'," Stanley said.
"One of the ambos said American Wolf and I said yeah and they said, 'you've won'.
I started running after that and the limp went away pretty quick.
To do it for Trent and Nat is very special. They have been friends since the day I was born."
American Wolf, successful in last April's Listed VRC St Leger (2800m) at Flemington, was primed for this target by Busuttin and Young.
His rating had raised entry questions for the gelding.
"This was always the horse's Grand Final," Young said.
"We were a little worried we weren't going to get into the race with his rating.
It was the sixth start (of his preparation) today, but Jett rode him a treat. He relaxed nicely and that is what he needed.
Jett is coming along in leaps and bounds and he's turning into such a great jockey.
I've known him since he was a baby and I'm absolutely over the moon."
Young pondered the gelding's next steps this preparation.
"He's still dappled. He looks great, we'll get him home and weigh it up," Young said.
"If he does go anywhere after this, we'll give him three or four weeks to get over it, especially with the trip over and being his sixth run, we need to look after him a little bit."
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