The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr-trained Jungle MagnateĀ has emulated his sire by becoming a Derby winner in Australia.
TarzinoĀ took out the 2015 Victoria Derby while seven-and-a-half years later Jungle Magnate has had his moment of glory in the Group 1 South Australian Derby (2500m) at Morphettville on Saturday.
Before joining Kent Jnr in a training partnership in 2019, Price preparedĀ TarzinoĀ to win the Derby and said he hopes to be back in Adelaide in 12 monthsā time looking for another Derby victory.
Ridden by Mark Zahra, Jungle Magnate ($7.50) scored by 1-Ā¾ lengths from Yaphet ($10) with Detonator Jack ($3.50) a further three-quarters-of-a-length away third.
āWe paid $60,000 forĀ TarzinoĀ and put some really good people into him,ā Price toldĀ racing.com.
āThat stallion is doing a good job and weāve got a few of them that we think go well and this time next year I reckon weāll have another big, strongĀ TarzinoĀ back here for the Derby.ā
Jungle Magnate ran in the Victoria Derby last year, finishing tenth toĀ Hitotsu, but Price conceded he had messed up the geldingās preparation.
After a debut 1400m win at Sandown, Price had Caulfield Guineas aspirations for the three-year-old.
āBut in his first-up run after a spell, he went too slow,ā Price said.
āI thought āwhat are we going to do nowā, so I had to change him around mid-prep which cost him.
āWhen he ran in the Victoria Derby, heād had enough, he was on the way down, but we had it pegged right this time.
āHe had a good spell, a good prep and a big circle around this race as his peak point.ā
After two return trips to Adelaide, Price would now prefer to spell Jungle Magnate for a spring preparation rather than head north for a tilt at the Group 1 Queensland Derby (2400m) at Eagle Farm in two weeks.
āI never want to go too far with my horses,ā Price said.
āI would want to put him out is my first thought. He doesnāt have to get on a plane and fly to Queensland.
āHeās done a good job and Iād like to see him in the paddock.ā