Since then not only has the Dawn Ofa New Day x Lady Of The South gelding he owns raced at the New Jersey venue, but he’s won there as well.

Twice.

Uncle Lile won his heat of the Dash For The G Notes series on November 5 and on Saturday in the $US175,000 final, he once again saluted over the mile.

To make it a touch more special for Frisby, on both occasions former Bathurst resident Andrew McCarthy was in the gig.

“It’s pretty good to say I own and race horses in America and Australia,” Frisby said.

“It was a bit of a thrill to have him win over there. He placed fourth in his first run over there and he went real well in that race too.

“The first race he won was at Meadowlands and it was in 1:52.1. He won that race pretty easy too, he won it by 15 metres or something like that.

“It was great to have a Bathurstian on him in Andy – that’s two Bathurst home grown products who have gone to America and won together.”

Prior to heading to North America, Uncle Lile had 131 starts on Australian soil for a record of 29 wins and 34 minor placings.

He had enjoyed eight runs at Group level, with one of his final starts in Australia a third placing in the Group 3 Redcliffe Cup.

But as Uncle Lile went through the grades to become an open class horse, it meant Frisby had to look further away from his Bathurst base for suitable options.

That is what helped him make up his mind to race Uncle Lile in North America. Though Frisby still owns the horse his wife Judy bred, he is now trained by Noel Daley.

Frisby admitted he was unsure how Uncle Lile would perform for his new trainer, but did have confidence in his ability.

“He’s always been a good, sound horse and when I see some of the other horses who have gone over there and found success, I thought he could,” Frisby said.

“Screaman Seaman, he has gone over won races over there and he won one the other day too. He was one of Bernie’s [George Plains trainer Bernie Hewitt] horses and he and Uncle Lile were pretty similar I thought.

“So if he could win, I thought my fella could go on and win too.”

Uncle Lile’s maiden win in the Dash For The G Notes heat saw McCarthy place him third in the running line before making his move down the back straight for the first time.

The final played out in similar fashion as Uncle Lile ($3.40) came from barrier 10 and crossed to be third in the running line.

Following a 28.1 seconds opening quarter, McCarthy got on the move with Uncle Lile.

At the halfway mark he led by a length, that margin further increasing as the field turned for home. Uncle Lile went on to win by two lengths in a 1:52.0 mile rate.