And he only has to look back to last Friday at Moonee Valley to know he is on track to do just that.

Yendall scored his first city treble - riding a double on two relative outsiders for Tony Noonan, Belscenica and Paganini's Soul, before winning on the well-fancied Isa Halo in the final race.

Yendall gave a celebratory fist pump after Isa Halo passed the post, firstly for the obvious reason and secondly because it was a gem of a ride that proved to him that he more than belongs riding in the city.

Yendall decided early in the race not to join a speed battle and instead took a sit behind Emma Princess, which paid dividends.

"She normally leads, but I decided to take a sit and let her roll into it," Yendall said.

Yendall has only to look down south from his Horsham base to Camperdown and Neville Wilson to know a country-based jockey can make it in town later in life from a rural base.

He also knows jockeys of the calibre of Brad Rawiller, whom he regularly rode against in the country, have made the transition to leading city rider.

Yendall has made a name for himself in the past 4 1/2 years, riding 479 winners, and is hoping to have more opportunities in town.

"Hopefully last week is an indication there are more chances coming my way in town. Obviously, it's easier to ride better-quality horses when you come to town," Yendall said.

Yendall has four rides at tomorrow's meeting at Betfair Park, including Rhyno Chaser in the Group 3 Betfair Eclipse Stakes (1800m) which, if successful, would give him his biggest win in his career.

TAB Sportsbet has Rhyno Chaser as a $7.50 chance.

"I think I'm improving as a rider. To me practise makes perfect and the more rides I get, the better I am getting," Yendall said.

Yendall does not intend moving from Horsham, where he lives with his wife, fellow jockey Christine Puls.

"It makes things a bit harder not living in the city, but I enjoy the lifestyle here," Yendall said.

Yendall has ridden trackwork for David Hayes and has also ridden trackwork at Geelong for co-trainers Jamie Edwards and Bruce Elkington.

"Travelling doesn't bother me. I usually have Christine with me and it breaks the trip up," he said.

"If she's not riding, she will come with me. We share the driving so we don't get as tired."

Early last year Yendall was riding against his wife in a race when she fell at Stawell.

"I saw her fall in the corner of my eye. When I pulled up I hurried back and luckily there wasn't much wrong," he said.

Yendall started his apprenticeship under Kevin Sweeney at Jerilderie and out-rode his claim.

A good golfer, Yendall is a member of the Horsham Golf Club, where he tries to play once a fortnight off a handicap of eight.

Recently Yendall was part of a jockeys' team that won the TVN Golf Day at Kingswood playing with Brad McLean, Brady Cross and Marc Munday.

This season he had the most rides in the state with 275. His haul of 36 winners places him second on the statewide premiership ladder, two behind Luke Nolen.

He has ridden six winners in the past week, the most recent, Ransom Willy, in a $50,000 race at Ballarat on Wednesday.

Yendall won the Country Jockeys' premiership in 2005-06 and this year is third behind Brady Cross and Linda Meech with 32 winners.

His best season was two seasons ago when he rode 141 winners.

Yendall's flow of winners dried up last season, but he said he had a couple of suspensions and also had a pin taken out of his leg - the result of a fall at Moonee Valley four days before he was set to ride in his first Melbourne Cup on Dolphin Jo in 2006.