Kent keen on lightly raced fillies bound for Morphettville stakes race
Trainer finds it hard to split Parlophone and Euphoric Summer in Adelaide
Michael Kent Jr and senior training partner Mick Price will launch a two-pronged attack on SAJC Lightning Stakes (Listed, 1050m) in a big to land some valuable “black-type” for a pair of juvenile fillies at the same time as the stable awaits the arrival of high-profile recruit Wisdom Of Water (Headwater).
Euphoric Summer (Not A Single Doubt) and the well-bred Parlophone (I Am Invincible) were last night on the road to Adelaide for tomorrow’s two- and three-year-old race and Kent is upbeat about the chances of the duo.
Deemed worth of a Magic Millions campaign early in the season, Euphoric Summer won the Clockwise Classic (1000m) at Ballarat and was third to subsequent Group 1 winner King’s Legacy (Redoute’s Choice) in the B J McLachlan Stakes (Gr 3, 1200m) prior to an unplaced run in the 2YO Classic (RL, 1200m) in January.
The Cressfield-bred filly has had two starts this campaign, her latest when fourth at Caulfield over 1100 metres on June 27, while stablemate Parlophone stamped her class with a first-up win at Sandown on June 24.
“The key to Euphoric Summer is that she is going from 61 down to 52 kilograms, a nine kilo weight swing, and she won’t know herself,” Kent told ANZ Bloodstock News yesterday.
“She looks really good and she’s already a stakes-placed filly who has drawn well and she’s an uncomplicated ride which is good because we’ve got a relatively inexperienced rider, but I’m sure Eran (Boyd) is capable of getting the job done.”
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Parlophone is a promising filly whose half-brother is Telemon Thoroughbreds’ first season sire Sun City (Zoustar), while her Deep Field (Northern Meteor) yearling half-brother was bought by Alan Bell for $800,000 this year.
She was retained to race by her breeder Geoff Walsh and partners who include Lindsay Maxsted and Kent said she is a filly “I really like”.
“She’s got form through Personal who went onto run third in the Blue Diamond. We gave her a break and she’s come back as an improved horse and first-up she was a bit quirky,” he said.
“She’s done it twice now where she’s bucked out of the barriers for five or six strides and I thought the race was over at Sandown first-up on a day where you couldn’t make ground but she gobbled them up late to win which was mightily impressive.
“She’s really come on and she looks outstanding.”
Euphoric Summer (barrier 6) and Parlophone (barrier 5) will not only clash on tomorrow, they also went head-to-head in a Caulfield track gallop earlier this week.
“They’ve both had a little jump out in between runs to tick them over. They went super and they galloped again on the course proper Tuesday morning and there was hardly anything between them,” he said.
“They’ve both drawn good barriers, so we’re really happy with both of them and I wouldn’t be surprised if either of them won and hopefully both of them get some black type.”
“They’ve both drawn good barriers, so we’re really happy with both of them and I wouldn’t be surprised if either of them won and hopefully both of them get some black type.” – Michael Kent Jr.
Providing both fillies pull up well from their Adelaide trip, they will press on to the Quezette Stakes (Gr 3, 1100m) at Caulfield on August 15.
Kent also revealed yesterday that a three-run spring campaign had already been mapped out for rising three-year-old colt Wisdom Of Water, who took out the Ken Russell Memorial (Gr 3, 1200m) at the Gold Coast in May when trained by Toby and Trent Edmonds.
Aquis Farm bought into the son of Vinery Stud’s first season sire Headwater (Exceed And Excel) prior to the colt’s fifth placing in the J J Atkins Plate (Gr 1, 1400m) in June.
“The plan is to go to Danehill, Blue Sapphire and the Coolmore with three runs in the spring. He’s on his way down now and is literally in transit at the moment,” he said.
“We’ll get to know him over the next couple of months, but it’s exciting to have a horse of that calibre in the stable. You can always try to teach them new habits, but you can’t replace ability.”
