Jye McNeil: Melbourne Cup 2020 champion selling Botanic Ridge home
Twilight Payment jockey Jye McNeil’s prize money will be very handy as he searches for a new family home.
Melbourne Cup winner Jye McNeil is hoping to rein in a buyer for his Botanic Ridge home, just a month after winning Australia’s most famous race.
The champion rider and his partner, fellow jockey Jessica Payne, have put their four-bedroom house at 81 Limeburner Grove on the market with $800,000-$850,000 price hopes.
It comes just a month after the 25-year-old collected his $220,000 share of $8m prize money, after his impressive Melbourne Cup win on Joseph O’Brien-trained horse Twilight Payment.
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McNeil said he relocated from Melbourne’s outer southeast to the inner city just after his four-month-old son Oakley was born in August.
“The only reason we’re selling is to be closer to Flemington and Caulfield racecourses and my conditioning and fitness coaches,” McNeil said.
“I was driving 19 hours a week just to get to the trackwork and with a young baby it’s just not feasible.”
He said they were still on the lookout for their next home in Melbourne, which would ideally be about 10 minutes away from the major courses.
McNeil said he would miss the modern property’s location inside the Settlers Run Golf Course estate and its comfortable and contemporary accommodation.
It was also an easy drive away from Cranbourne Racecourse, where McNeil frequently raced early in his career.
CoreLogic shows he bought the property for $665,000 in May 2016 shortly after it was built.
Buxton Bentleigh director John Rombotis said the large house offered plenty of space for a family, a large contemporary kitchen and views of the city skyline from the backyard.
“Jye will be there on December 17 when I take it to auction and we plan on having the Melbourne Cup on display too,” Mr Rombotis said.
“I think it will sell really well based on the quality of the home itself. It could go to a younger family or an older demographic who want to life in an estate with golf outside the front door.”
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