Peter Moody believes his stable’s influence at the elite level this spring might be short-lived, but he is confident an early stakes win is just around the corner for one of his emerging juvenile fillies. Following Ole Dancer’s impressive victory in the opening race at Caulfield on the weekend, the Group 1-winning trainer predicted that several of his promising two-year-olds are capable of making an impact in the coming months.
Ole Dancer, who is unbeaten from two starts, is part of a small but talented group of fillies Moody trains in partnership with Katherine Coleman. “I’ve got five or six of them (spring hopefuls) and I need them because there’s nothing else,” Moody said. “That filly Conscience. It will win on Wednesday (at Sandown) and it will win the Quezette. There’s a forecast for you because this one (Ole Dancer) can’t keep up with her.”
Conscience is currently the second favourite with swiftbet in the race at $2.25 just behind the Phillip Stokes trained Ferivia at $2.15.
Moody has a strong record in the Group 3 Quezette Stakes (1100m), having won the race four times, and he believes Conscience is primed to continue that success. He also holds high hopes for a pair of talented fillies by The Autumn Sun. “There’s a real nice Autumn Sun filly – or two of them actually. One is called Vivid Sun, which won at Ballarat at its only start and if you have a look at Vivid Sun’s trial, you’ll see another Autumn Sun that cantered up behind it (an unraced filly called Sun In June), so I’ve got five or six of them,” Moody said.
The Caulfield trainer will map out spring paths for each filly over the coming weeks, with the Group races at Caulfield and Sandown shaping as logical stepping stones towards longer-term targets.
Punters keen to follow Moody’s exciting young team can explore futures markets for races like the Quezette Stakes at leading betting sites.
