Yendall on track with Seaburge

DEAN Yendall’s ability to ride at a light weight has given him another opportunity in a feature spring carnival race.

Yendall went into this year’s spring without a Group One win but he has since registered two elite-level victories and also finished third in the $3 million Cox Plate.

He gained the winning ride on Yankee Rose in the Spring Champion Stakes in Sydney with a view to riding the filly in the Cox Plate at 47.5kg.

Yendall added the Group One Myer Classic last Saturday on three-year-old filly I Am A Star who carried 49kg.

Now, the Lindsay Park operation of trainers David and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig has called on Yendall to partner Seaburge in today’s $2 million Emirates Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.

Runner-up in the Caulfield Guineas two starts ago, Seaburge is one of two three- yearold colts taking on the older horses in the weight-for-age race, the other being Caulfield Classic winner Good Standing.

They will carry 51kg which is between 7.5kg and 8kg less than their older rivals.

Chad Schofield rode Seaburge at 50kg when he finished eighth in last Saturday’s Group One Cantala Stakes but switches to Good Standing.

After Seaburge’s second in the Guineas, connections opted to keep him at 1600m in to boost his stallion prospects.