TRAINERS PROFILE: MICK PRICE AND MICHAEL KENT JNR
Mick Price has firmly established himself as one of Australia’s leading racehorse trainers since taking out his licence in 1991.
In 2003 Mick trained the trifecta in the Group 3 Blue Diamond Preview with Halibery, Gaelic Princess and Roedean, while World Peace took out the race for the stable in 2004.
Mick kept his fantastic record with two-year-olds intact by winning both the colts and fillies divisions of the Blue Diamond Preludes in 2005 with Perfectly Ready and Doubting.
In 2007 he continued his stakes winning trend by taking out the Group 1 Underwood Stakes with Rubiscent, the Group 2 Sandown Guineas with Schilling and the Group 3 Sandown Stakes with Gotta Have Heart, just to name a few.
Mick Price on Michael Kent – “Exciting to have him aboard. Very well educated both personally and professionally and a rider who can provide expert feedback.”
“All I have ever aspired to is be a good horse trainer. I now have that opportunity and I am going to make it work. I am walking into a Group One winning stable and our aim is to become better and better at what we do…” Michael Kent (Jnr)
Recent Highlights and Successes Thoroughbred Shares
Feature Race | Year | Course | Class | Dist | Horse |
SUNLINE STAKES | 2021 | M V | 3UFM OPEN G2 | 1600 | QUANTUM MECHANIC |
MATRICE STAKES | 2021 | MORP | 3U OPEN LR | 1200 | NIGHT RAID |
INGLIS MILLENNIUM | 2021 | RAND | 2 OPEN | 1100 | PROFITEER |
THOUSAND GUINEAS | 2020 | CAUL | 3F OPEN G1 | 1600 | ODEUM |
JIM MOLONEY STAKES | 2020 | CAUL | 3F OPEN LR | 1400 | ODEUM |
ATLANTIC JEWEL STAKES | 2020 | M V | 3F OPEN LR | 1200 | NIGHT RAID |
HDF MCNEIL STAKES | 2020 | CAUL | 3 OPEN G3 | 1200 | IMMORTAL LOVE |
VAIN STAKES | 2020 | CAUL | 3CG OPEN G3 | 1100 | OUR PLAYBOY |
LIGHTNING STAKES | 2020 | MORP | 23 OPEN LR | 1050 | PARLOPHONE |
ANDREW RAMSDEN STAKES | 2020 | FLEM | 345 OPEN LR | 2800 | OCEANEX |
PORT ADELAIDE CUP | 2020 | MORP | OPEN LR | 2500 | OCEANEX |
ZEDITAVE STAKES | 2020 | CAUL | 3CG OPEN G3 | 1200 | CIRCUIT SIX |
KEVIN HEFFERNAN STAKES | 2019 | SANH | OPEN G3 | 1300 | TELEPLAY |
MATRIARCH STAKES | 2019 | FLEM | 4UM OPEN G2 | 2000 | OCEANEX |
MAYBE MAHAL STAKES | 2019 | FLEM | 4UM OPEN G3 | 1400 | TELEPLAY |
Current Season Statistics
As of 21st March 2021
Season | Wins | Win (%) | Places | Place (%) | Runners | G1(w) | G2(w) | G3(w) | LR(w) |
2020/21 | 97 | 16.10% | 161 | 42.90% | 602 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Training Facilities
- Mick has 70 boxes located at the prestigious Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne with a variety of stables and yards that can cater for any individual horse’s needs.
- Caulfield has five different surfaces for horses to work on including turf, synthetic and sand tracks, a safe swimming pool and two tracks for trot and canter work. We have a modern 8 horse truck, access to a therapeutic water treadmill and less injuries due to good, safe facilities.
- We have a comprehensive network of pre-trainers available, utilising the state of the art facilities throughout Victoria, as well as various beach and water walker facilities.
- As well as the stable environment, horses can be freshened throughout their preparation by spending time at Monomeith water walker or continuing their training preparation at our Warrnambool Stables utilising the beach under the care of Matthew Williams.