Price Eyeing Wet Autumn To Give Globe A World Of Options

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There’d arguably be few horses trialling better in Sydney in recent weeks than Group 1 winner Globe (NZ) (Charm Spirit) but co-trainer Mick Price is wary a drying track will make him vulnerable first-up at Rosehill on Saturday.

A somewhat surprise winner of the Group 1 Caulfield Stakes back in the spring, Globe and stablemate La Fracas have been sent north in the hope Sydney has one of its wet autumn carnivals and they can strike.

Price, who co-trains with Michael Kent Jnr, said all options are open for Globe beyond the Group 2 $300,000 Hyland Race Colours Ajax Stakes (1500m).

“I haven’t got a specific race for him but he’s in Sydney to capitalise if you do get a wet track, somewhere between a mile and 2000m,’’ Price said.

“I don’t reckon the Doncaster will suit him, unless it was a wet track. He’s going to be nominated for just about everything and we’ll think on the run depending on the weather.

“He’s going super, he’ll give plenty of cheek but his chances improve on a wet track.”

Globe, $4.80 with TAB on Wednesday, has won both his trials in Sydney in the past few weeks and put four lengths on Vivy Air (Hellbent) in the latest over 1200m last Thursday.

He passed a stewards gallop on Wednesday morning, the result of some blood being found in a nostril after he hit his head when going into the barriers in that trial.

The seven-year-old has come up with the outside barrier in the Ajax though that less a concern to Price than the track conditions.

“He’s a good beginner, he’s a big 17 hand horse who propels himself forward out of the gates,’’ he said.

“Being out there won’t harm him, he’ll work across, I hope they don’t keep him out.

“If the track is a good 4 he’s probably going to be a bit vulnerable.

“He’s no star but he’s in Sydney for the wet tracks and the right races and hopefully we can be right time, right place, which we have been with him in the past.”

He was in the right place at the right time when winning that Caulfield Stakes, Price saying in the small field Blake Shinn was able to get control and caught the likes of Treasurethe Moment (Alabama Express) and Buckaroo (Fastnet Rock) off guard.

Price is enthusiastic about how Globe is working and trialling and he can only expect a solid showing first-up noting he generally improves with a run.

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