Cup hero is happy at home

History-making Bunbury jockey Kyra Yuill will not use the landmark Perth Cup triumph she scored at the weekend to launch her career over the Nullarbor.

Yuill’s win in Saturday’s $400,000 staying feature could serve as a springboard onto the lucrative, but cut-throat Eastern States’ tracks.

Already rated as one of racing’s hottest young talents, Yuill’s three-year career shifted up a gear when she became the first female hoop to take line honours in the Cup’s 125-year history by riding second favourite Western Jewel to a comfortable two-length victory.

Yuill, 21, also became just the third apprentice to win the Cup, after William Pike in 2005 and Peter Knuckey in 1993.

She is yet to sign off on her racing apprenticeship despite chalking up two Group level successes in 2011.

While Yuill did concede she would grasp the opportunity to take the reins of Western Jewel in a possible Adelaide campaign in March, she oured cold water on relocating any time soon.

"I’m staying in Bunbury, no offers have come up," she said.

"I’m pretty much a senior now so basically where I’m based is where I’ll stay."

Assistant riding master at RWWA Jeremy Hustwitt told the South Western Times that trainers around Australia would have their eye on Yuill.

"The Perth Cup is an Australia wide stage," he said.

"Anybody who had anything to do with racing on a regular basis probably would have been watching it, including all the people in Sydney and Melbourne.

"But I’ve spoken to her and she’s happy to be riding here."