The hoop’s talked through the experience and thrill Incentivise gave them on his path to Group 1 glory in Melbourne, as well as what star jockey Brett Prebble would be seeing and feeling on the Queensland-bred gelding.
“To come and reminisce with Ant, it was great, obviously he rode him a few more times than I did,” Wilson-Taylor said.
“We compared what I felt and what he felt when we were riding him and to do the same with Brett Prebble riding him too, it was great.”
Between start number two and six – Wilson-Taylor and Allen often interchanged with who would ride Incentivise – with the senior hoop having some direct advice for the apprentice when it was his turn.
“We have seen how good he is now and it is just was a matter of do not stuff it up,” Allen told Wilson-Taylor.
For the 21-year-old known as KWT, the time spent on Incentivise was precious.
“To have ridden such a good horse so early on in my career, it is great and some people never get to ride a horse like him,” Wilson-Taylor said.