Right You Are scores narrow Flemington win

Jockey Damien Oliver says Flemington winner Right You Are has the scope to keep improving.

Progressive three-year-old Right You Are has arrived in time under the urgings of Damien Oliver to score a narrow win under a big weight at Flemington.

Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr, Right You Are had 62kg in Saturday’s TAB/ATA Trainers’ Trust Handicap (1600m) against his own age and connections stuck with champion jockey Oliver rather than looking to go with a claiming apprentice.

Oliver had Right You Are just in behind the pace and had to be patient in the straight but was able to get the $4.20 favourite through a gap when it presented and then the lightly raced galloper was able to defeat Stretto by a short head.

Kuramae was another short neck away third.

“We spoke before the race and the horse has to be ridden with a sense of timing,” Price said.

“You can’t get it timed much better than that.”

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Price said Right You Are, who has four wins and three placings from seven starts, would be given a break before turning attention to his four-year-old season.

Right You Are is by So You Think out of Leica Ding, who won the Geelong Cup in 2009.

Oliver said Right You Are was a quirky horse but had promise and the scope to continue improving.

“It was quite a muddling run race and they jammed up coming to the turn and I was looking for a run,” Oliver said.

“One thing is that he does have acceleration when you need it even with the big weight. There was a narrow gap and lucky he’s a narrow horse to squeeze through.

“A lot of horses struggle in the transition from three to four, but I think he’s one that’s got more scope for improvement.

“Mick has placed him really well through the winter but I still think he’s got room for improvement physically and even ability-wise.”