Superstar sprinter Black Caviar is set to have a mate for her trip to England with Group One winning stablemate King’s Rose to give leading trainer Peter Moody a second runner at Royal Ascot in June.
The Hong Kong-owned King’s Rose will be set for the Group One Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) at Royal Ascot on June 19 to begin an extended stay in England and Ireland.
The former New Zealand-trained Group One winner will end her racing career in England before she is served by champion sire Galileo at Coolmore Stud in Ireland to southern hemisphere time during the northern autumn.
Once in foal, King’s Rose will return to Cambridge Stud in New Zealand, said Marcus Corban, the NZ-based racing manager for King’s Rose’s Hong Kong owner Dr Gene Tsoi.
Moody said the Redoute’s Choice mare would resume in the Group One $1 million Newmarket Hcp at Flemington on March 10.
“She’s in great shape, I’m really pleased with her,” Moody said.
“I’m going to run her first up in the Newmarket. I think it will be a great option for her.
“She was a strong winner first up in the Memsie Stakes at 1400m at Caulfield last preparation.
“The 1200m up the straight fresh, big and strong, I reckon it’s an ideal target for her.”
The four-year-old will then go to Sydney for the Group One Coolmore Classic (1500m) on March 24 and Group One Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) on April 7, both at Rosehill, before making the trip to England.
King’s Rose was transferred to Moody after she won the Group One New Zealand 1000 Guineas and was later crowned as NZ Three-Year-Old Filly of the Year.
She won the Memsie Stakes and Stocks Stakes, both at Group Two level, for Moody before a seventh in the Group One Cox Plate at Moonee Valley and a second in the Group One Emirates Stakes at Flemington.
A half-brother to King’s Rose by Fastnet Rock sold for the top price of $NZ1.75 million ($A1.37 million) at the recent Karaka yearling sale.
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