Price Eyeing Wet Autumn To Give Globe A World Of Options

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. - NZ Racing Desk

Satono Aladdin Filly impresses on Debut

The juvenile fillies maiden over 1000m at Warwick Farm on Wednesday featured some very expensive fillies, but it was a Kiwi bred that took the prize with Satono Aladdin filly Satono Glow (NZ) (Satono Aladdin) creating a fine impression with a debut win.

Trained by John O’Shea and Tom Charlton, Satono Glow won her only previous trial at Hawkesbury and was expected to run well with Dylan Gibbons in the saddle.

Satono Glow ambled out of the gates and settled last before rounding them up after turning for home to win by half a length.

Dylan Gibbons was always confident he was on the winner.

“She jumped on terms and she sort of made my decision quickly for me,” said Gibbons.

“To be honest, when she got back there, I always felt I had a bit underneath me, but I just loved that in those tricky fields, the leader can get away from you a bit, but when I first asked for an effort I felt I had the race under control.

“I really just saved the whip for when she got there, to let her know to keep going on with the job, but that was a very professional debut.”

Tom Charlton expects Satono Glow can measure up to stakes company in the future.

“She's got a good mind and that'll take her a long way in life and she's all natural. We're pretty pleased for everyone involved,” he said.

“We think they've potentially got a Black Type filly, we hope, on our hands in time.”

A $260,000 Book 1 purchase at the 2025 NZB Karaka Yearling Sale for O’Shea Charlton Racing and James Bester Bloodstock, from the Windsor Park Stud draft. Satono Glow is a half-sister to Group II placed Kitty Flash (NZ) (Ace High) being the third winner from Electrode (NZ) (Pins), a winning half-sister to Group III winner So Wotif (NZ) (Iffraaj) and stakes-winner Bonniegirl (NZ) (Darci Brahma). - NZ Racing Desk

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