Mick Price

Turnbull Stakes next for Oceanex

Posted on September 23, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Oceanex is continuing to please trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr ahead of the Group 1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) in November. The daughter of Ocean Park guaranteed her spot in the great race after winning the Listed The Andrew Ramsden (2800m) at Flemington in May. The five-year-old mare has finished towards the tail of[...]

Posted on September 23, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

The classic seasons for a couple of Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr’s runners will start to ramp up this week. The Caulfield trainers will line-up Kiwi-breds Bak Da Man and Dalgarno in the Victoria Derby Trial (1800m) at Flemington today. Bak Da Man recorded his maiden victory at the second time of asking at[...]

Posted on September 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Michael Walker said Mick Price didn't take him seriously when he said Odeum could have won her previous start bar for bad luck but he had the last laugh.

Posted on September 16, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mick Price believes Cambourne is up to Caulfield Guineas standard but his problem is trying to get the Bendigo winner into the Group One race.

Posted on September 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Top Queensland colt Wisdom Of Water makes his Melbourne debut in the Danehill Stakes alongside stablemate and three-year-old filly Annavisto.

Posted on September 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The clash between undefeated three-year-olds Immortal Love and Cherry Tortoni will be one of the early highlights on a strong Flemington meeting.

Posted on September 2, 2020
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Kiwi mare My Gold Bracelet made a good start to her Australian career when finishing a close-up third in the Allan & Helen Angus Hcp (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday behind So You Swing. Originally trained by Johno Benner and Hollie Wynyard, My Gold Bracelet won the Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) in March. Now[...]

Posted on August 29, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Despite the stable believing Immortal Love was a superior wet tracker, the horse overcame the firm conditions at Caulfield to maintain his undefeated record with a last-ditch win in the Group Three McNeil Stakes. Co-trainer Mick Price said Immortal Love was a three-lengths better horse on a rain-affected track after he had defeated some of[...]

Posted on August 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Staying mare Oceanex, who is guaranteed a start in the Melbourne Cup, is set to resume at Caulfield two weeks earlier than originally planned. Michael Kent Junior, who trains in partnership with Mick Price, said they were initially going to wait for the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington on September 12. However, given they are[...]

Posted on August 15, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A decision to target a Group Three event instead of a maiden with three-year-old Bella Nipotina has paid off handsomely for the Tom Dabernig and Ben Hayes stable with a victory in the Quezette Stakes at Caulfield. The filly’s success was also significant for her jockey Michael Rodd as it was his first Group winner[...]

Posted on August 13, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Michael Kent Junior believes Parlophone can continue her upward spiral and put her hand up as a possible Group One contender by winning the Quezette Stakes at Caulfield. At her last start the Kent Junior and Mick Price trained three-year-old produced a withering finishing burst to win the Listed Lightning Stakes at Morphettville, coming from[...]

Posted on August 8, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Promising galloper Tavidance has put an off day behind him, returning to his best with an easy six-length win at Flemington. The triumph gave the Mick Price and Michael Kent Junior stable a race-to-race double following the win of three-year-old filly Cafe Rizu in Saturday’s Grinders Coffee Roasters Plate (1800m). Tavidance’s success in Saturday’s Seppelt[...]

Posted on July 18, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Progressive three-year-old Right You Are has arrived in time under the urgings of Damien Oliver to score a narrow win under a big weight at Flemington. Trained by Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr, Right You Are had 62kg in Saturday’s TAB/ATA Trainers’ Trust Handicap (1600m) against his own age and connections stuck with champion[...]

Posted on July 17, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

After a last-to-first victory at his most recent start in South Australia, three-year-old Calypso Reign is set to race in Melbourne for the first time at Flemington. Calypso Reign is in Saturday’s The Melbourne Town Plate and trainer David Jolly is keen to see how the grey gelding performs over the straight 1200m course because[...]

Posted on July 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having locked away a start, Oceanex has commenced a long, slow build-up towards the Melbourne Cup. The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained mare won her way into the Melbourne Cup with victory in the Andrew Ramsden at Flemington in May. May’s race was the second staging of the Andrew Ramsden to offer a ballot[...]

Posted on July 11, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

A decision to delay Krone’s retirement for 12 months paid dividends when she won the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast. Starting at $5, Krone burst through at the 200m to beat Sydney visitor Special Missile ($5) for her first win since March last year. Krone was trained but Mick Price in Melbourne and[...]

Posted on July 10, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

The younger member of the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr training partnership is expecting a better performance from Tavisan with his return to his home track at Caulfield. Tavisan is on the quick back-up from running in the All Victorian Sprint Final at Flemington last Saturday in which the sprinter finished last behind Lord[...]

Turnbull Stakes next for Oceanex

Trials and preludes await Kiwis

Walker Not Surprised By Odeum’s Victory

Cambourne Headed To Group 1 Caulfield Guineas

Star Queensland Colt In Melbourne Debut

Price Confident Regarding Immortal Love

Eye-catching Australian debut for My Gold Bracelet

Love Swoops To Claim First Stakes Victory

Change Of Plans For Cup-Bound Mare Oceanex

Michael Rodd Back In Town With Stakes Win

Parlophone Chasing Hat-Trick At Caulfield

Talented Tavidance Bounces Back In Style

Right You Are Scores Narrow Flemington Win

Calypso Can Reign In Williams Title Bid

Oceanex Starts Build-Up To Melbourne Cup

Krone Too Strong In Glasshouse Handicap

Turning Track To Suit Tavisan In Monash

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