Winning double for jockey Kyra Yuill after bouncing back from shocking fall at Albany Racing Club meeting

Senior jockey Kyra Yuill notched a winning double on locally trained horses, bouncing back from a shocking fall in race one at Percy Spencer Racecourse on Sunday. The 31-year-old was riding the Sarah Searle-trained Firelock, which became unbalanced and crashed into the rails rounding the home turn, dislodging Yuill in the Hygain Micrspeed Maiden (1000m). Yuill was all right, and the four-year-old gelding sustained only a minor abrasion to his leg as Steve Wolfe’s Hang Glider went on to win the race. Four-year-old gelding St John then won by a nose for Yuill in race two for Albany trainer Samantha Faithfull, before Yuill rode the Paul Hunter-trained Back In Blue to a win at odds of $4.20 in race four and completed a double. “I was all right,” Yuill said. “I was pretty lucky with how I ended up rolling but I felt all right to ride so I just kept going. “I was definitely a bit stiff and sore going at that speed but when you’re riding, you don’t really notice it much at all because of the adrenaline. “It’s more when you cool down you start to feel it a bit more but I just kept moving on throughout the day and got through it all right. “I’m all sweet. I’ve got a race this Thursday and then into the Railway Stakes on the weekend.” It was a big day for Yuill, who rode seconds on Kohli and Censure to go with her two winners. “I loved my book of rides. I thought they were all awesome and I thought they all ran really good races,” she said. “The others might have been a bit too sharp for one of the last ones, Morton’s Fork, but there’s not much to say about the other four. “They really just put their best foot forward and two were unlucky to maybe not get their nose in front, and the two that did get their nose in front did well.” Wolfe finished with a winning double on the program, as Hang Glider broke his maiden status and Hear Me Sing won a third race of his career, both ridden by Natasha Faithfull. Hang Glider was smashed into a short $1.30 favourite on the tote and saluted by nearly a length. Hear Me Sing claimed race five by a nose, edging out Censure in a close finish.