“She’s good. I think if there’s enough horse there then we can go to Adelaide and run in the Nitschke Stakes, Listed 1400 metres for three-year-olds at Morphettville on April 24. That’ll do her, I’d say,” Price said. “We never intended to go too deep into her prep and she can have a nice spell. The older she gets the better she’ll get.” Winning rider Mark Zahra had the luxury of sitting up on the filly as he crossed the line. “It was easy. Dylan (Dunn, Air Defence) was keen to lead inside me and she was a bit keen in the first bit. If I started to cross him I wouldn’t have been sure that I could get her back. So I just had to fight her a little bit early and once we went a little bit quicker she was beautiful,” Zahra said.
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Phill Cataldo’s connections with trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jr. is looking set to pay some serious dividends through two unbeaten horses in 2021.
Cataldo brokered deals which resulted in Ayrton and Kurabui both making their way to the Price-Kent stable this year, and they have started their careers in perfect style.
Ayrton is looking to be one of the most exciting horses in Victoria. He won on debut by five lengths over 1300 metres at Bendigo on December 13 and followed that up with a 4.25 length victory over 1400 metres at Caulfield on Boxing Day.
His efforts have impressed ratings experts, and Price said afterwards that he won like a group horse.