Yendall celebrates $250,000 Sandown Guineas win on board Allibor

Yendall rode Symon Wilde-trained Allibor from the back of the field to score a half-a-head win from favourite Sweet Reply.

"I'm thankful that they stuck with me. They could put anyone else on that they like. I'll just keep urinating in his pocket, to put in kindly," he said.

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"It's good to get a win for a Symon. He and I have got a really good combination going on and hopefully they continue to stick with me."

Yendall and Wilde were the ultimate beneficaries of the raceday scratching of pre-race favourite Aysar, due to an incident in the stalls.

The withdrawal meant no runner boasted a domestic rating of 65 or more, making it one of the weakest Sandown Guineas on record.

It didn't matter to Wilde or Yendall, however, who were celebrating Allibor's maiden win from just four career starts.

"My bloke was fully lost and still learning his caper, he's screaming raw," Yendall said.

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Liam Hoy, representing the Wilde stable, admitted it was an afterthought to race Allibor in the Guineas

"Condolences to the (Ben) Hayes and (Tom) Dabernig team - obviously Aysar was going to be the one to beat. You need a lot of luck in the game, I suppose, and it was just on our side today," he said.

"It was a reasonably good watch early today, Dean gave him a great spin. It is a long straight and he needed every inch of it."

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