Wistful Win At Flemington

The Peter Snowden trained Wistful convincingly won the TAB Rewards Trophy at Flemington this afternoon after being well positioned on the pace during the race by Kerrin McEvoy.

Wistful Wins the TAB Rewards TrophyWistful Wins the TAB Rewards Trophy

"We were mindful that there was no speed in the race and Kerrin wanted to make sure he had her in the right spot", Snowden said.

"She had a good barrier and that probably helped."

"She travelled nicely, she had a bit of cover when the one whipped up around her and she was always travelling sweetly."

With most of the big field losing ground negotiating the home turn Wistful was able to take it easy until well into the straight. When McEvoy let her loose at the 200 metre mark the Tiger Hill mare quickly put the result beyond doubt.

"She was very dominant at the end and that's what I like to see, a horse that goes to the line like that", Snowden said.

Wistful and Kerrin McEvoy return to scaleWistful and Kerrin McEvoy return to scale

Wistful ($4.00-$4.80) won by a length and three quarters from Minnie Downs ($12) with a head to third placed Rememba How ($61-$41).

McEvoy said he would have been happy to lead in the race but didn't mind taking the sit behind Sinhala.

"We just took bad luck out of the equation and I wouldn't have minded leading but (Darren) Gauci just cruised around and I was able to get the drop."

"She travelled nicely, I knew I had a kick when I wanted it and she's a real dream to ride."

Snowden has big plans for the lightly raced mare which has now won 4 of her 8 starts.

"She's an improving filly that's done a great job this time in and hopefully there's more to come."

"She was at 1800m at her last start and she had no luck at all and I think she's get a trip like that (2000m) for sure. I'm wishing I had her in the Matriarch (Stakes on Saturday) but at the time I thought it would be a step too far but I think the mile at Caulfield in two weeks time is the right progression for her."

Photos: Fiona Tomlin