BY BEN SPORLE MICK PRICE: THE VALLEY OF DREAMS Mick Price knows Caulfield like the back of his hand, he trained at The Heath for 25 years and picked up his fair share of majors at the track along the way. Today, The Valley puts its spin on Caulfield, another track where Price hasn’t been left out of the winners’ stall when it comes to the top level. Price remembers when Craig Newitt wrote on the back of a shoebox to show him how Extreme Choice could overcome the outside gate to win a Moir Stakes, just as that duo had done three years earlier in the race with Samaready. His 2014 Manikato Stakes win with Lankan Rupee still goes down as one of the most memorable of all time with a wall of eight runners across the track – 0.8 lengths between them. Price recalls hearing Rob Heathcoire at a function the day before saying how Buffering was going to bring his superstar undone - aggravating Price to give Newitt the riding instructions to lead at all costs.
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