Stable News
Rejuvenated Ayrton set to strike Gold in WA
Six-year-old gelding Ayrton is bound for Western Australia this week as the rejuvenated galloper continues his spring campaign. His next start will come at Ascot on Saturday 16 December in the $1.5 million Group 3 Gold Rush (1400m). Ayrton has had a well-documented...
Listed Flemington triumph for Warmonger
Talented three-year-old Warmonger (War Decree) scored a game victory in the TAB Trophy (Listed, 1800m) at Flemington on Melbourne Cup day for trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr. The New Zealand import sports the colours of OTI Racing who purchased the youngster...
First Stakes Win for Gumdrops
A $600,000 Inglis Easter purchase for Sheamus Mills Bloodstock from the Lime Country Thoroughbreds draft, lightly raced Written Tycoon filly Gumdrops took the quantum leap from maiden winner to stakes-winner scoring a narrow victory in the Listed MVRC William Crockett...
Charm Stone brings up Lane treble
Damian Lane has confirmed two of his spring mounts as G1 contenders after snaring a treble at Caulfield on Saturday. Hot on the heels of a return double at The Valley last weekend, Lane was seen at his best aboard restricted mare Vivianne before guiding two G1...
Amenable earns Group 1 chances
Amenable could be racing for Group 1 glory as early as next month after making something of a statement at his first run as a four-year-old at Caulfield on Saturday. Co-trainer Michael Kent Jnr said the stable was delighted following the first-up performance from the...
Ouroboros win forces rethink
Ouroboros may have put his own gelding operation on ice, with the two-year-old colt scoring a gritty on-pace win in the 1000-metre Quayclean Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday. The Mick Price and Michael Kent jnr-trained galloper jumped well and sat outside of Peter...
Spicy Margs’ hot run
Beau Mertens ended an emotional week the same way he started it when he partnered speedy filly Spicy Margs to something of a surprise victory at Caulfield on Saturday. Mertens, who also rode the final winner Golden Path last Saturday at Flemington, said he and his...
Globe trots in again
Unbeaten galloper Globe might be stepped up further in distance for his final run for the season after the untapped gelding thrashed his rivals at BM100 level in the King’s Coronation Cup (1880m) at Ladbrokes Park Sandown. Globe had won his first three starts before...
A trip down memory lane
The recent Inglis Easter sale sparked a trip down memory lane, with pages and pedigrees reflecting the success both on and off the track for some of our former fillies and mares. The catalogue featured ten mares that had been trained by Mick, from a Group 1 winner...
Price loving the win
Mick Price was happy his filly I’mlovin’ya won the Redelva Stakes, but he was also second-guessing himself after the win wondering whether he should have waited a fortnight to produce her fresh in the Robert Sangster Stakes. “I wish today was two weeks away,” Price...
Hat-trick for What You Need
What You Need extended his unbeaten sequence to three with another impressive display down the Flemington straight in claiming Saturday’s Listed Sunlight Classic (1100m). The three-year-old sprint, formerly known as the Moomba Plate and held two weeks earlier, had...
What You Need Steps Up
Emerging three-year-old What You Need has taken the chance to step into the big league this autumn after the impressive Supido colt made a mess of his rivals in the VRC Member Sprint (1100m) at Flemington on Saturday. Co-trainer Mick Price said the colt will next step...
Annavisto a Class Above in Gr 3 Tony Bourke Memorial
Reappearing for the first time since disappointing in the Group 1 Tatt’s Tiara at Eagle Farm last June, the 5yo Reliable Man (GB) mare Annavisto made a one-act affair of the Group III Tony Bourke Memorial (1400m) at Flemington. Dominating from the front under Jamie...
Jacquinot wins CF Orr after group 1 result overturned on protest
Three-year-old colt Jacquinot won the $1m G1 C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) in the stewards’ room as improving older gelding Gentleman Roy was stripped of victory at Ladbrokes Park Sandown Hillside on Saturday. Gentleman Roy ($8) was first past the post ahead of Jacquinot...
Jacquinot returns with a Gr3 win in Manfred Stakes
Quality three-year-old Jacquinot has landed a first-up win that had punters taking the short odds at Sandown holding concerns during the race. Having his first start since finishing ninth in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes (1200m) at Flemington in October, Jacquinot...
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