There’s already a “plan B” in place for Robert and Luke Price’s ex-Godolphin recruit Zaragoza should the weather halt Thursday’s Kembla Grange meeting.
There’s already a “plan B” in place for Robert and Luke Price’s ex-Godolphin recruit Zaragoza should the weather stop Thursday’s Kembla Grange meeting from proceeding.
Luke Price said the preference would be for the four-year-old to stay at home for the Join The Warra Club Handicap at Kembla, but he’s also engaged in the Thank You ATC Members Handicap at Randwick on Saturday as a back-up.The gelding was secured for $60,000 via an Inglis Digital sale. With only three starts under his belt, including a Kembla heavy track win in January, there has to be some upside, according to Price.“I’m pretty sure there’s something still in the tank.
“I hope we’re right that he was a good buy. You never know until the money is in the bank. He’s a lovely, big, strong type showing great ability and is a lovely horse to have around the stable.”He was meant to kick off for the Price stable at the Kembla meeting two weeks ago but was scratched at the barriers and went back to the trials, running second at Randwick last week.
“It didn’t go to plan originally, when the horse played up in the barriers at the first start we wanted to give him,” he said.“I don’t love trialling him a week out but I still want my options going forward. I think he’s going well enough to win in town on a wet track.“I like 1100m more than 1000m if anything, but I thought his class would take him a long way.
“If he runs Saturday, he’d be a really good each-way chance on a track that would really suit him and he’d be going around with 53kg on his back.”
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