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Jungle’s Wet Track Edge Back At Valley

Posted on August 20, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mick Bell prides himself on getting more things right than wrong with stable star Jungle Edge but he puts his hand up that he got his last start wrong at Caulfield. On that occasion, Jungle Edge showed his usual speed but was beaten a long way out and finished seventh in the Bletchingly Stakes won[...]

Posted on July 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is banking on a rise in distance and some firmer footing being an advantage for Viridine in the Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. Viridine was hampered by the heavy conditions when beaten into second place by Jungle Edge in the Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield on July 11. Saturday's track[...]

Posted on July 22, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mick Bell says his stable star Jungle Edge loves attention and would be a perfect addition to Living Legends when he eventually retires. But there is still plenty of racing left in Jungle Edge who lines up again on Saturday in the Group Three Bletchingly Stakes at Caulfield. The rising 10-year-old is chasing successive[...]

Posted on July 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Cranbourne trainer Mick Bell says he would love to give Jungle Edge the opportunity to run in The Everest in Sydney. The Everest is Australia's richest race, carrying $15 million in prize money and is run at Randwick on October 17. Bell made an impassioned plea to the Australian Turf Club after Jungle Edge won[...]

Posted on July 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mick Bell says he is in awe of stable star Jungle Edge after the sprinter revelled in the heavy conditions to win the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield. In holding off the Godolphin-owned Viridine, Jungle Edge landed a sizeable betting move to run the $2.60 favourite in registering a three-quarter length victory. Saturday's[...]

Posted on July 7, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mick Bell is hoping luck will be on the side of his sprinter Jungle Edge in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield. Bell watched Jungle Edge get run down in the final stages by Oak Door in the 1100m sprint last year and says the gelding is going as well as he was[...]

Posted on June 4, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Dual-licence holder Jade Darose is hoping history can repeat when Parwan Prince runs in a sprint race at Flemington. Parwan Prince, who runs in the Jim Beam Hill Plate on Saturday, provided Darose with her first Flemington win as both a jockey and trainer when successful in the corresponding race last year. The feat was[...]

Posted on June 2, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mick Bell is weighing up options for stable star Jungle Edge who is nominated for sprint races in both Melbourne and Sydney. Jungle Edge is nominated for a 1000m handicap at Flemington on Saturday and the Listed Bob Charley AO Stakes (1100m) at Randwick in Sydney, a race he won two years ago when[...]

Posted on May 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jungle Edge has provided Georgina Cartwright with a number of firsts with the apprentice hopeful the biggest will come at Morphettville. Cartwright is chasing her first Group One victory and rides veteran sprinter Jungle Edge in The Goodwood (1200m) on Saturday. Jungle Edge gave Cartwright her first metropolitan victory when successful at Sandown in December[...]

Posted on May 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Mick Bell will rely on a little-known Adelaide trainer to keep Jungle Edge in peak condition for a shot at the Group One Goodwood at Morphettville. Jungle Edge won his first South Australian start on Saturday, leading throughout in the Group Three D C McKay Stakes (1100m) with apprentice Georgina Cartwright aboard in an[...]

Posted on February 1, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a career spanning 20 years in the saddle, dual licence holder Jade Darose has landed her first stakes winner in riding noted wet-tracker Jungle Edge to victory at Caulfield. Darose has been the regular trackwork partner of the Mick Bell-trained Jungle Edge, but Saturday's Listed W J Adams Stakes was the first time she[...]

Posted on November 25, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Veteran sprinter Jungle Edge has been passed fit to resume his racing career which may be as early as The Valley on Saturday. Jungle Edge is among nominations for a 1000m-handicap having not raced since suffering a bleeding attack at Flemington when sixth over 1400m in August. Racing Victoria stewards passed the gelding on Monday[...]

Posted on July 12, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mick Bell has confidence apprentice Michael Poy can deliver again on the trainer's popular sprinter Jungle Edge, this time in a weight-for-age Group Three race at Caulfield. Poy is the only apprentice with a ride in Saturday's Sir John Monash Stakes, in which apprentices cannot use their claims, but he has earned the chance on[...]

Posted on July 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

The horse who gave Michael Poy his first metropolitan winner is a chance to also land Melbourne's leading apprentice his first stakes race success at Caulfield. Poy is unbeaten from two rides on popular sprinter Jungle Edge and has been called on again to ride the Mick Bell-trained gelding in Saturday's Group Three Sir John[...]

Posted on June 20, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Lucinda Doodt has jumped at the chance to travel interstate to ride popular sprinter Jungle Edge in what will be a first for the apprentice when she rides at Randwick. The Ballarat-based Doodt has never ridden in NSW, let alone Sydney, and is excited about the opportunity to re-unite with the well-performed Mick Bell-trained gelding[...]

Posted on June 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian apprentice Lucinda Doodt has got the call to ride grand sprinter Jungle Edge in the Winter Dash at Randwick. Doodt claims three kilograms which will bring Jungle Edge into Saturday's 1200m-race with 59.5kg. The Mick Bell-trained Jungle Edge will be backing up a week after claiming victory at Sandown with Michael Poy aboard. Noted[...]

Posted on June 17, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Jason Warren will wait until later in the week before deciding on the immediate plans for last-start winner Bel Sonic. Bel Sonic is among nominations for an 1100 handicap at Flemington on Saturday and also the Winter Dash (1200m) at Randwick, with Warren yet to decide whether the sprinter will run this weekend. If[...]

Jungle’s Wet Track Edge Back At Valley

Viridine Out To Turn Tables On Jungle Edge

Jungle Edge Chases Another Stakes Race Win

Bell Chasing Everest Start For Jungle Edge

Jungle Edge Lands Sir John Monash Stakes

Jungle Edge Out To Atone In Monash Stakes

Darose Looks For Repeat Flemington Victory

Two State Options For Sprinter Jungle Edge

Jungle Edge, Cartwright Chase Group 1 Win

Group One Goodwood Next For Jungle Edge

Jungle Edge Provides Darose A Career High

Valley Return A Chance For Jungle Edge

Bell Has Confidence In Apprentice Poy

Poy In Gilt-Edged Chance For Group 3 Win

Doodt Thrilled To Get Back On Jungle Edge

Lucinda Doodt To Ride Jungle Edge In Dash

Warren Yet To Decide On Bel Sonic Plans

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