The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is keen to try Millennium Blade at 1400m in a bid to extract a two-year-old win before season’s end.
Millennium Blade is among the 11 horses down to run in the TAB We’re On (1420m) at Flemington on Saturday, however the stable may wait a week for the Listed Oaklands Plate (1400m) at Morphettville Parks instead.
“I’ve got to have a talk to the owners to see which way they want to go,” Kent Jnr said.
Millennium Blade has raced on just two occasions, finishing third to Prince Tycoon over 1100m before running second to Salty Pearl over 1200m.
Both races were held at Caulfield.
“His two runs have been good,” Kent Jnr said.
“We felt last start he got to the front very early in the straight and wobbled left and right and was a sitting duck for Salty Pearl to get up on his inside and just beat him.
“When he caught sight of her on his inside, he really challenged again late and there was a good margin back to third.
“He’s trained on well and the way he came off the bridle early in that race, and was strong at the post, indicated to us that he should get 1400 metres.
“He is still a maiden, but he’s a nice colt that has done everything right between runs.
“I think Observer looks particularly hard to beat as does Patrick Payne’s horse (Buccleuch), but he’s definitely in the mix if that’s the way we go.”
Kent Jnr said he was unsure how much further into a winter campaign Millennium Blade can go.
If he does line up on Saturday at Flemington, the Listed Taj Rossi Series Final (1600m) at Flemington on July 5 could come under consideration.
“It is only his first racing preparation, so whether he keeps training on, that will be the question with him, but we will learn more from Saturday if we go that way,” Kent Jnr said.
“Saturday could be a bit of a D-day for him.”
