Winning Horse: Annavisto (Nz)

3yoF Reliable Man (GB) - Avisto (NZ)(Tavistock (NZ))

7 starts - 4 wins 1 second $231050

Black Type Wins

1st LR Bendigo The Preece Bendigo Guineas 1400m (2021)

Other Wins

1st Pakenham Sportsbet Same Race Multi-Bm64 1200m (2021)

1st Mornington Jane Neve Mdn Plate 1200m (2020) (Debut Run)

Race Result:

1st: Annavisto (M Zahra/M Price & M Kent Jnr) - $2.60F

2nd: Mozzie Monster (J McNeil/J Sadler) - $2.80
3rd: Fatigues (B Egan/J Cummings) - $26

Winning Time: 1:26.01 Last 600m: N/A

Margins: 2¼L x Nose

Winning Trainer: Mick Price & Mick Kent Jnr (Mick Price speaking)

“She’s good. I think if there’s enough horse there then we can go to Adelaide and run in the Nitschke Stakes, 1400 metres for three-year-olds. That’ll do her, I’d say.

“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.

“I thought Mark (Zahra) made a good decision when the horse in front of him was either going to annoy, and he spent a furlong asking her to come back and she did which was good for her. I thought it was a typical M Zahra ‘use your judgement’ ride. He got it right because we went out there with the specific intention to lead but he made his own proper jockey decisions.”

Asked what it is like training a nice horse for high profile footballers: “It’s about the same as everyone else.”

Winning Jockey: Mark Zahra

“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 across him I would 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.

“It’s hard out there because there is a really strong headwind. You don’t hear anything but the way she quickened into the straight she gave me a really good feeling underneath me. Then I was able to see the big screen and sit up.”