Price Has Numbers On His Side
- Thursday, 22 July 2010 07:15
Simon Price has numbers on his side as he tries to bridge the gap on Chad Lever in the Adelaide jockeys' premiership.
Price has six rides - the most of the three jockeys in serious contention for the title - at Morphettville on Saturday.
Lever, the defending champion, has three rides while apprentice Libby Hopwood has been restricted to two mounts.
With 45 winners, Lever leads Hopwood by 2-1/2 wins with Price a further half-win behind.
In a photo-finish, Lever snatched the 2008-2009 premiership from Price on the last day of the season.
A similar result could easily unfold this year.
"There are only two meetings left so it's a ticklish situation for everyone involved," Price's manager Mal James said.
Lever edged closer to successive titles with a winner last Saturday.
Among Price's Saturday book is a mount for Melbourne trainer Colin Little.
Palatine will be making his Australian debut after winning two races from a nine starts in New Zealand.
The four-year-old, who runs in the McMahon Services Handicap (1250m), hasn't raced since winning at Ellerslie on January 31 with Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman in the saddle.
