Stablemates on song for Blue Sapphire Stakes tilt

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11 October 2022

Stablemates on song for Blue Sapphire Stakes tilt

Grand Impact and Bews will represent Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr in the Group 3 Blue Sapphire Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Wednesday. The stable won the race last year with Extreme Warrior and with Flying Artie in 2016. Bews was a debut winner at Sale on August 11 before finishing fifth at Bendigo two weeks later. Grand Impact has won his two starts, scoring at Geelong in July and then at Sandown in early August.

Jacquinot to get the jump on rivals

Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr will produce the first of their big names for 2023 at Cranbourne on Monday morning when Jacquinot has his first jump out for the campaign. The Rubick colt will take part in an 800-metre hitout for three-year-olds as he gears up for what could be a career-defining campaign. The Widden Stud-bound galloper's stallion…

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Sister to super sprinter Lankan Rupee to debut at Geelong races Wednesday

Five-time Group 1 winner Lankan Rupee's little sister debuts at Geelong on Wednesday but she's a complete contrast to the powerful sprinter. Lankan Rupee's deeds to win the Oakleigh Plate, Newmarket Handicap and TJ Smith Stakes at Group 1 level were enough for the gelding to win the Australian Horse Of The Year crown in the 2013/14 season. The son…

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Five-time Group 1 winner's sister to debut at Geelong

A sister to five-time Group 1 winner Lankan Rupee will make her debut at Geelong on Wednesday. Picture: George Salpigtidis Five-time Group 1 winner Lankan Rupee's little sister debuts at Geelong on Wednesday but she's a complete contrast to the powerful sprinter. Lankan Rupee's deeds to win the Oakleigh Plate, Newmarket Handicap and TJ Smith Stakes…

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Sandhu has Lofty plans with colt

Trainer Julius Sandhu has his quality three-year-old Lofty Strike back in work with two of Victoria's big sprints races on his radar. The Group 1 Oakleigh Plate (1100m) at Caulfield in February and the Group 1 Newmarket Handicap (1200m) at Flemington are high on Sandhu's agenda. After going through his two-year-old year undefeated which culminated…

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Mick Price believes Jacquinot ticks the right boxes to become an Everest winner

Jacquinot is in peak condition, he gets the right run from his good barrier, the likelihood of a very fast race tempo suits - the only box left to tick is the track conditions. This was trainer Mick Price's summation of crack colt Jacquinot's chances on the eve of the $15m The TAB Everest (1200m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Price, who trains in…

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Melham Steers Grand Impact To Victory In Blue Sapphire Stakes

The Mick Price & Michael Kent Jnr-trained Grand Impact has taken out the Blue Sapphire Stakes over 1200m at Caulfield. There was drama aplenty in the barriers before they jumped with the race favourite - Economics - flipping in the barriers and ultimately being scratched. Grand Impact ended up jumping as the $3.10 favourite with online…

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Lombardo kicks off spring at Caulfield

An explosive piece of work at Cranbourne on Tuesday has the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable brimming with confidence about the upcoming preparation of Lombardo. The last start Group 1 winner of The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville in May, could not be held slow enough in his work according to Price ahead of his first-up run in the…

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