Slim pickings...Adelaide jockey Simon Price denied himself a big Christmas feed or two so he can ride Tara Man in tomorrow's $400,000 Perth Cup. He's been on a tough diet to keep a promise to trainer Tony McEvoy to ride Tara Man at his right weight of 52kgs in the Cup. Price (40) says: ' I've not ridden at such a light weight in over 12 months.' Price, who rode a double at Morphettville on Wednesday, has a normal minimum riding weight of around the 53 to 54kgs mark.Early tip...PPD's man in NZ, N
Slim pickings...Adelaide jockey Simon Price denied himself a big Christmas feed or two so he can ride Tara Man in tomorrow's $400,000 Perth Cup. He's been on a tough diet to keep a promise to trainer Tony McEvoy to ride Tara Man at his right weight of 52kgs in the Cup. Price (40) says: ' I've not ridden at such a light weight in over 12 months.' Price, who rode a double at Morphettville on Wednesday, has a normal minimum riding weight of around the 53 to 54kgs mark.
Early tip...PPD's man in NZ, Neil Franklyn, admits he's expecting Aussie raider Monton to run a big race in the prestigious Grp 1 Railway Stks 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday, but he's still keen to tip the 11/2 ($6.50) chance Italian Princess. The Tim Martin trained Monton is the early fav at 7/4 ($2.80). Italian Princess, from the Graham Richardson stable, ran 2nd/8 over 950m at Cambridge NZ on Dec 14, btn a length.
Latest Railway Stakes market from TAB Sportsbet:
MONTON 2.80 1.45
ITALIAN PRINCESS 6.50 2.37
VONUSTI 7.00 2.50
ATAPI 7.50 2.62
BEAUTIFUL GIRL 9.00 3.00
MUFHASA 9.00 3.00
DASHING DONNA 14.00 4.25
EGO 16.00 4.75
CELERIS 21.00 6.00
PINSOIR 21.00 6.00
TIP THE WINK 31.00 8.50
DOUBLE BARREL (1E) 41.00 11.00
FAZZLE (3E) 41.00 11.00
RICHARD BEYMER 41.00 11.00
JACOWILS 51.00 13.50
MISS RAGGEDY ANN 61.00 16.00
ROUGH ODDS (2E) 61.00 16.00