Mick Price

I’m Thunderstruck Smashes Rivals At Flemington

Posted on July 19, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

I’m Thunderstruck bounced back from a third-placed finish at Caulfield on June 26 with a dominant four-length victory at Flemington on Saturday afternoon and in doing so showed why many hold him in such high regard. Michael Kent, who was on course, spoke to Racing.com following the race and despite saying that he was not[...]

Posted on July 12, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr have hinted at big plans this spring for Our Playboy after he trounced his rivals in the Group 3 Winx Guineas (1600m) at the Sunshine Coast on Sunday.

Posted on June 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Three decades of work is paying off for New Zealand breeder Greg McCarthy with the emergence of the exciting three-year-old Ayrton. The gelding bounced back from his first defeat two weeks ago when stepped up to a mile in the Group 3 Gunsynd Classic (1600m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, racing away to score his[...]

Posted on June 3, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Westbury Stud stallion Tarzino recorded his first win as a sire at Sandown on Wednesday and fittingly it was his former trainer who saddled the victor. Caulfield conditioner Mick Price trained Tarzino to wins in the Group 1 VRC Derby (2500m) and Group 1 Rosehill Guineas (2000m) on his way to being crowned Champion Three-Year-Old[...]

Posted on May 29, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Leaving the husband at home to look after the kids while you head to Queensland for a few weeks probably sounds enticing to a lot of Kiwi women at the moment. That dream has turned into a reality for New Zealand trainer Emma Clotworthy, who has been enjoying the warmer climate of the Sunshine State[...]

Posted on May 26, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Australian three-year-old star Ayrton had his first look around Eagle Farm on Tuesday morning before the Fred Best Classic, which he needs to win to ensure a start in next month’s Stradbroke Handicap.

Posted on May 13, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Promising three-year-old Ayrton is one of the talk horses of Australian racing, with an unblemished three from three record. In his short body of work, the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained son of Iffraaj has ratings experts fizzing, with many labelling last Saturday’s impressive Caulfield victor a Group One winner in waiting. The progressive[...]

Posted on April 18, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

The Warrnambool May Racing Carnival is invariably a busy time for Matthew Williams who likes to load the bases and provide a winner or two for the locals. However, this year’s carnival shapes as being a little different as Williams is also in charge of a number of the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr[...]

Posted on March 27, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Annavisto has secured some important black type for her connections with an all-the-way victory in the Listed Bendigo Guineas (1600m) on Saturday. And the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr-trained filly was on her best behaviour, giving rider Jamie Kah an easy steer. Sent out the favourite, Annavisto scored by one-and-three-quarter lengths from Mozzie Monster[...]

Posted on March 23, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

A change in the Sydney Autumn Carnival dates has brought about a change in races for Group 1 Melbourne-trained filly Odeum. With Saturday’s Golden Slipper meeting a washout, which in turn has pushed the whole autumn carnival back a week, Odeum is now likely to run in the Group 3 Birthday Card Stakes (1200m) at[...]

Posted on March 22, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Michael Kent Jr says it will be interesting to see how the week unfolds in Sydney after the big wet pushed back the Golden Slipper meeting by a week. The entire Golden Slipper meeting will be run this coming Saturday after the Rosehill track was deluged with rain last Friday night. Kent Jr prepares Slipper[...]

Posted on March 16, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mick Price is expecting Golden Slipper co-favourite Profiteer to bounce back to his winning ways in the world’s richest two-year-old race at Rosehill on Saturday. A winner at his first two starts, including the Inglis Millennium (1200m) at Randwick last month, Profiteer was run down in the final stages by Golden Slipper opponent Anamoe in[...]

Posted on March 8, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Three-year-old filly Night Raid will be kept to sprinting after defeating older horses in the Listed Matrice Stakes (1200m) at Morphettville on Monday. It was a masterstroke by part-owner Sheamus Mills who found Monday’s race and encouraged Melbourne trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr to send Night Raid to Adelaide. Wearing blinkers for the[...]

Posted on March 3, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mick Price has made a hit-and-run visit to Sydney this week to oversee a crucial trackwork gallop for Golden Slipper favourite Profiteer ahead of his Todman Stakes showdown with unbeaten youngsters Stay Inside and Remarque. A scintillating winner of the Inglis Millennium, Profiteer has been staying at the Sydney stable of Gerald Ryan and Sterling[...]

Posted on February 6, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Victorian colt Profiteer has lived up to the hype, trouncing his Inglis Millennium rivals in a scintillating performance at Randwick.

Posted on February 2, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Profiteer is an odds-on favourite for the Inglis Millennium after drawing perfectly while some of his major rivals will need to overcome wide gates.

Posted on January 15, 2021
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

Horses emanating from New Zealand made an impact at Caulfield on Wednesday, winning four of the eight races. Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr unearthed yet another New Zealand-bred Melbourne metropolitan winner as I’m Thunderstruck arrived in the shadows of the post to win on debut in the Neds Filter Form Plate (1200m), a three-year-old[...]

I’m Thunderstruck Smashes Rivals At Flemington

Golden Eagle and Cantala Stakes on Our Playboy’s radar

Ayrton’s success generations in the making

First winner for Tarzino

New Zealand trainer Clotworthy enjoying Queensland escape

Ayrton prepping well for Fred Best Classic at Eagle Farm

Rising star Ayrton another gun Cataldo recruit

Warrnambool team to be shaped by trials

Annavisto Too Classy In Bendigo Guineas

Meeting Washout Brings About Plan Change For Odeum

Balancing act for two-year-olds in delayed Slipper

Profiteer to strip in perfect shape for Golden Slipper

Blinkers do the trick with Night Raid in Adelaide

Profiteer on song for Todman after impressive gallop

Profiteer Demolishes Millennium Rivals

Millennium Favourite Lands Perfect Draw

Kiwi recruits make presence felt at Caulfield

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