At the last, Jay Jay Zee (left) is about to 'nip' up the inner© Photo Healy Racing
Gordon Elliott followed up Gerri Colombe s Aintree Grade 1 success with a Ballinrobe winner today, as his newcomer Jay Jay Zee (6/1) led home a 1-2 for the trainer in the Tim Kelly Maiden Hurdle.
Jay Jay Zee headed Free Flowing (8/13f) on the inside on the run-in with winning jockey Jody McGarvey's ground-saving manoeuvre proving the difference, defeating stablemate Osssifer Hops by three-parts of a length with Free Flowing finishing third.
McGarvey, who rides Cape Gentleman in tomorrow's Aintree Grand National, reported "I said I'd take a chance and go down the inner turning in - it was a bit tight for room but, lucky enough, it paid off.
“He's only a small horse but the gap was there and, in fairness to him, he was game and stuck his head out and went through it.”
He added “it didn't ride much of a race, we went very steady early on but I was able to get into a nice rhythm, got a nice tow into it and he showed a little turn of foot from the back of the last to the line.”
Regarding Cape Gentleman, the Grade 1-winning jockey added “he has a bit of class and who's to say that with a clear run around he can't be in the shake-up.
“Of the others, Capodanno is a horse I've ridden in the past and I could see him go well."
Quotes from Mark Nunan
