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Expressiveness ready for Cockram bid

Former New Zealand mare Expressiveness is set to have her second Australian start when she lines up at Caulfield.

Trainer : MICK PRICE and MICHAEL KENT JNR.
Trainer : MICK PRICE and MICHAEL KENT JNR. Picture: Racing and Sports.

The Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr stable is banking on a drop back to mares' grade being beneficial for Expressiveness at her second start in Australia. 

The former New Zealand-trained mare, heads to the Group 3 Cockram Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on Saturday after a pleasing first-up run at the track on August 17. 

Expressiveness finished third, beaten 1-¼ lengths, behind the Ben, Will and J D Hayes-trained Arkansaw Kid

"She was very good first-up, very brave, but was beaten by a better horse on the day and the Hayes boys have got a big rap on Arkansaw Kid," Kent Jnr said. 

"She's a big-barrelled mare that was always going to improve more than most out of the race and I think race fitness is what she needs now. 

"She has come on beautifully from the run. She has worked well since, and she didn't have a hard run first-up and she's drawn a lovely gate." 

Expressiveness came across to the Price and Kent Jnr yard having won six of her 17 starts In New Zealand. 

Included among those starts was a narrow second in one of New Zealand's premier sprints, the Group 1 Telegraph Stakes (1200m) at Trentham

Kent Jnr is hopeful Expressiveness can recapture that type of form and be a competitor in some of the Stakes races through the spring. 

"Typical of the Cockram on Saturday, it's always a strong race being the start of the spring," Kent Jnr said. 

"It's a big field with a bit of depth to it and she's right in the mix. 

"She's a Group class mare and whether she gets back up to the top-class level in Australia, time will tell, but we'll give her a chance to tell us." 

Expressiveness heads the market for the Cockram Stakes at $4 ahead of Extratwo at $8. 


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Caulfield Saturday, 31st August 2024

5f212y TURF GOOD
AUD $201,300

Tobin Brothers Cockram Stakes (G3)

AUD $201,300
Age: 4yo and up Sex: M Type: OPEN
5f212y TURF GOOD
FP Silk Horse, Age & Sex
Sire & Dam
Jockey
Trainer
SP
WT
1st 1. QUINTESSA (NZ) 4yo M
SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - CHAQUINTA (NZ)
DANIEL STACKHOUSE
MARK WALKER
$12
60kg
Te Akau Awarded Racing Partnership 1 (Mgr: Mrs K W Fenton-Ellis) & Te Akau Awarded Racing Partnership 2 (Mgr: Mrs K W Fenton-Ellis)

Sales Information

2nd 8. EXTRATWO (AUS) 5yo M
TORONADO (IRE) - RED PIXIE (AUS)
JOHN ALLEN
CIARON MAHER
$6
56kg
Ciaron Maher Racing, W A Bourne, Qatar Bloodstock Ltd, N A Greenhalgh, Mrs M T Greenhalgh, A R E Investments, M Belford, L Caminiti, B Sellenger, M Sellenger, J Garvey, Mrs A N Raffoul, M Johnston, N A Johnston, B T Redmond, B Thomas & M W Luttick

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3rd 11. LA DANSEUSE ROUGE (AUS) 5yo M
MANHATTAN RAIN (AUS) - MARGAUX (IRE)
HARRY COFFEY
CLIFF BROWN
$17
56kg
Imperial Racing Stable (Mgr: M Harding)
4th 16. AVIATRESS (AUS) 4yo M
SMART MISSILE (AUS) - TWIN STAR ROCKET (AUS)
CRAIG WILLIAMS
R & C JOLLY
$8
56kg
5th 2. WROTE TO ARATAKI (NZ) 6yo M
WROTE (IRE) - GALLOPING GERTE (NZ)
JAMIE KAH
MATTHEW WILLIAMS
$15
59kg
6th 5. COMRADE ROSA (AUS) 6yo M
CAPITALIST (AUS) - NO LOOKING BACK (AUS)
MARK ZAHRA
TONY GOLLAN
$7
57kg

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7th 6. WOLLOMBI (AUS) 5yo M
EXTREME CHOICE (AUS) - HAZLEBROOK (AUS)
JYE MCNEIL
TONY GOLLAN
$21
57kg

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8th 9. FORTUNATE KISS (AUS) 6yo M
DIVINE PROPHET (AUS) - KISS ME GOODBYE (AUS)
ZAC SPAIN
LLOYD KENNEWELL & LUCY YEOMANS
$31
56kg

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9th 14. CINDY FALLS (NZ) 6yo M
SACRED FALLS (NZ) - VICKEZZCRISTAL (NZ)
BLAKE SHINN
LEE & SHANNON HOPE
$41
56kg

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10th 13. CASTE (AUS) 5yo M
SIR PRANCEALOT (IRE) - BOAT QUAY (AUS)
MICHAEL DEE
BEN, WILL & JD HAYES
$13
56kg

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11th 10. STARLIGHT SCOPE (AUS) 7yo M
NIGHT OF THUNDER (IRE) - DELIVER THE DREAM (AUS)
PATRICK MOLONEY
PAT CAREY & HARRIS WALKER
$41
56kg
12th 4. LIFE LESSONS (NZ) 6yo M
TAVISTOCK (NZ) - BROCKMAN'S LASS (AUS)
LUKE NOLEN
PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN
$31
59kg

Sales Information

13th 12. EXPRESSIVENESS (NZ) 6yo M
SHAMEXPRESS (NZ) - WHITEHAVEN GIRL (AUS)
DAMIAN LANE
MICK PRICE & MICHAEL KENT JNR
$5
56kg

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