JYE McNeil knew he had his hands full when given the ride on the highly promising Sonofkirk.

Because the two-year-old colt simply doesn’t like coming out of the gates.

He didn’t jump well at his debut at Flemington on June 7 to finish third.

Then made another mess of it in the $150,000 Vale Snitzel Handicap over 1000m at Caulfield on Saturday.

And when you have a field running fast and the...