Boom apprentice Kyle Wilson-Taylor ticked another significant box in his career when he rode his first Saturday Metropolitan winner at Doomben today.
The young hoop partnered the very smart Hinged to victory in the opening race on the card to a clear-cut victory to take the Michael Nolan trained runner’s record to five wins from seven starts with two runner-up finishes.
Wilson-Taylor admitted to being relieved at putting the win behind his name saying there was a lot of nerves going into today but that the race ended up being a comfortable sit and steer for him.
His master Lindsay Hatch, who has previously been instrumental in guiding Baylee Nothdurft to last season’s Metropolitan Premiership while still an apprentice, believes Wilson-Taylor has what it takes to go very far in his profession, but would prefer the hype surrounding his progress not to be there as he believes ‘probably hasn’t helped him.”
The old formula of working hard and keeping your feet on the ground applies as far as Hatch’s teachings are concerned and, so far, results-wise, Wilson Taylor’s rate of progress has been very impressive indeed!