“It is funny because when you get on him on the enclosure, he gets all stirred up and you think he could be a tough ride.
“But, once you get him out on the track, he is one of the more placid horses you could ride, he is so beautiful.
“He is very relaxed in his races, he jumps and settles and he just goes through his gears.
“The further the horse goes, the better he is going to be and he should get a lot of confidence from Monday’s win.”
Hellyer collected a winning double on Monday at Toowoomba as Hell Of A Lad from the Phillip Burns barn triumphed in a 1300 metre Class 1 Handicap event.
A few weeks on from his high-profile fall aboard Southoftheborder at Toowoomba, the jockey says he is still blown away by how much attention the video created online.
He fielded media enquiries from England and Ireland as well as from multiple outlets around Australia.
“It was heartwarming some of the messages I got from people asking if I was OK,” he said.
“I spoke to lots of jockeys and trainers following it. I couldn’t believe the attention it all got; it was gobsmacking.”