Extracts courtesy The West Australian website:

SPACE Age (200/1), who rocketed into contention for next week's Kalgoorlie Cup with a sensational Boulder Cup victory on Saturday, may get a new rider.

Trainer Neville Parnham said yesterday he would discuss the issue with the horse's owners in the next 48 hours.

"Final riders aren't until Wednesday," the trainer said. "I will have a chat to the owners before then to see what they want to do."

The horse won the 2000 Gosford Cup (2100m) for trainer Neville McBurney and also had wins at Canterbury, Randwick and Rosehill. But his recent lacklustre form in Broome was responsible for his long odds. Murdoch University vets then found he had ulcers, the worst case they had seen.

TRAINER Ross Price is battling to overcome an injury to his stable star Wool Zone, favourite for Saturday's Swan Draught Kalgoorlie Gold Cup (2300m).

Wool Zone was ridden by Kevin Forrester when he finished 13th as $2.50 favourite to Space Age in Saturday's Boulder Cup (1760m). Forrester replaced Paul Harvey, who lost his bid for a stay of proceedings on Friday to keep the ride.

Wool Zone was last out of the gates and became caught in a ruck of horses about the 1200m mark when trying to improve his position. The four-year-old was trapped wide and knuckled down badly at the top of the straight, appearing to lose confidence on the rain-affected track.

Price said the horse had a cut on his near-hind tendon.

"I have kept the swelling down with cold water and ice," the trainer said yesterday.

"The wound is about the middle of the tendon and there is a bit of heat in it.

"He won't do a lot until Wednesday when he'll go back to the track."

Price said Jason Whiting and Glenn Smith were being considered for the ride on Wool Zone in the cup.

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