Apprentice Tyler SchillerĀ has celebrated the biggest win of his burgeoning career with an upset victory aboard the Bjorn Baker-trained Bring The Ransom in the Group 3 Dark Jewel Classic at Scone.
The 23-year-old has had a heady couple of weeks in the saddle, capturing the Wagga Town Plate aboard Front PageĀ last week and just failing to land the feature race double when second aboard Dream RunnerĀ in the Wagga Cup.
Saturdayās Dark Jewel Classic (1400m) was his first success at Group level and he was thrilled to notch the milestone.
āThis is a much bigger stage, biggest win on a Saturday, thatās for sure,ā Schiller said.
āBjorn just sent me out there with a plan to ride her quiet, nurse her as long as possible, and when the splits kept coming, she just kept finding.ā
Schiller was a late comer to the sport and didnāt have his first race ride until around three years ago but he has already booted home more than 190 winners.
Bring The Ransomās victory was a deft training effort by Baker, who last month produced Exotic Ruby to claim the Group 3 Hawkesbury Crown at double-figure odds.
Starting at $51, Bring The RansomĀ was likewise wide in the market but scooted through along the inside to deny theĀ Kris Lees-trained pair of WandabaaĀ ($13) and Never Talk ($4.80 fav) and deliver Baker another fillies and maresā feature.
āWe scratched Bring The Ransom out of the Hawkesbury Crown so itās funny, I was talking to the owners pre-race, Di and Russell (Edwards) and they have been very patient with herā¦.they said can we take turns, Exotic Ruby got it last time?ā Baker said.
āI said sometimes it works out like that but not always.
āItās a great result. She is a very valuable mare now. ā
Baker will let the dust settle before locking in plans for the winner, but he flagged the possibility of taking her north for a race over the Brisbane winter carnival.
