FOR the owners of fillies and mares running in one of the 11 stakes races taking place on the eastern seaboard today, a win or placing will all but guarantee a career in the breeding barn and add a few more zeros to the value of their foals, reports The Age.It says: This is not lost on Mick Price, who sends four well-performed females to Adelaide today in search of a stakes win on a bumper program at Morphettville.Price won the group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes last year with Bel Mer and is hoping
FOR the owners of fillies and mares running in one of the 11 stakes races taking place on the eastern seaboard today, a win or placing will all but guarantee a career in the breeding barn and add a few more zeros to the value of their foals, reports The Age.
It says: This is not lost on Mick Price, who sends four well-performed females to Adelaide today in search of a stakes win on a bumper program at Morphettville.
Price won the group 1 Robert Sangster Stakes last year with Bel Mer and is hoping to make it back-to-back wins in the sprint with recent stable acquisition Velocitea. Price took over the training of Velocitea late last year when Brian Mayfield-Smith retired from training, and she is unbeaten in two runs for her new mentor.
''She's done really well for us and this is a golden opportunity for her in a group 1 race to really add to her value as a broodmare,'' Price said.
''She was a little soft first-up when she nearly got caught on the line, but you could see the improvement in her last time. She's flying and will run a big race.''
Joining Velocitea in Adelaide will be Aloha and Nakaaya - two fillies chasing the group 1 Australasian Oaks. Although Price gives the fillies sound chances, he would be happier if his representatives were a cross between the two.