On Track Magazine Spring 2021

33 Onto Group 1 and black type racing this year, and Rick has certainly done all he can to ensure he is a strong chance of achieving Spring Carnival glory: he has Chris Waller’s Blondeau, who is targeted towards the Golden Eagle held in Sydney on Derby Day; the Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Deepstrike looking towards the Ballarat Cup on 20 November; the Hawkes-trained stayer Zeyrek who ran a slashing fourth in the Metropolitan and looks set to be a strong contender in this year’s Melbourne Cup; and last, but by no means least, there’s the Anthony and Sam Freedman-trained French import Delphi who is on a Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup path. When prompted if he thought he could win a W.S. Cox Plate, Rick smiled and, in his soft Scottish accent, lent forward and said: “I’ve got a better chance of winning the Melbourne Cup, but I would dearly love to win a Cox Plate.” TRAINER DATE HORSE RACE Gai Waterhouse 14/4/2007 Meurice Champagne Stakes, Randwick 8/10/2011 Descarado Caulfield Stakes, Caulfield 16/10/2010 Descarado Caulfield Cup, Caulfield 6/10/2012 Glencadam Gold The Metropolitan, Randwick David Hayes 7/11/2009 All American Emirates Stakes, Flemington Michael Moroney 29/10/2011 Glass Harmonium Mackinnon Stakes, Flemington Chris Waller 23/3/2013 Foreteller The Ranvet, Rosehill 18/5/2013 Beaten Up Doomben Cup, Doomben 7/9/2013 Foreteller Makybe Diva Stakes, Flemington 14/9/2014 Foreteller Underwood Stakes, Caulfield 11/10/2014 Amicus 1000 Guineas, Caulfield 1/11/2014 Preferment Victoria Derby, Flemington 6/12/2014 Moriarty Kingston Town Stakes, Ascot 4/10/2015 Preferment Turnbull Stakes, Flemington 12/3/2016 Preferment Australian Cup, Flemington 26/3/2016 Preferment BMW, Rosehill 2018 Unforgotten AJC Oaks, Randwick 2018 Unforgotten Hill Stake, Randwick Mick Price 2018 Grunt VRC Guineas, Flemington 2018 Grunt Makybe Diva Stakes, Flemington A Group 1 honour roll to be proud of