Racing
Moody and Coleman after more G1 success
Ole Dancer will chase another Sydney Group 1 win for Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman when she lines up in the Coolmore Classic at Rosehill.
The Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman stable will look to parlay their recent Group 1 success with another three-year-old filly at Rosehill.
Sheza Alibi took out the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on Saturday and this time it will be fellow three-year-old Ole Dancer's turn in the Coolmore Classic (1500m) at Rosehill on Saturday.
The Coolmore Classic is a Group 1 contest for the fillies and mares, and Ole Dancer will be third-up into Saturday's contest.
Ole Dancer, who won the Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m) at Caulfield in the spring, has had two runs back from a spell.
First-up at Flemington on February 14 she chased home Sass Appeal, who was successful in the Kewney Stakes at Flemington last Saturday, before heading to Sydney where she finished third to Tempted in the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) at Randwick two weeks later.
Moody said Ole Dancer had progressed well since her Randwick placing and reported she had galloped well in front of Coleman in Sydney on the weekend.
"She stayed up there and has done well," Moody said.
"Sheza Alibi just likes the home environment a bit more, whereas Ole Dancer, you could park her in an apartment somewhere and it wouldn't bother her.
"Katherine's been up there and is really pleased with how she is.
"Zac Lloyd rides her on Saturday as Trumby (Luke Nolen) can't make the weight."
While Ole Dancer remained in Sydney following her first outing clockwise, Moody has brought Sheza Alibi back to his Pakenham base to keep an eye on the filly.
Moody is mindful of the tough program the filly had undertaken in the past 11 months and would like to give her a break before getting too far into the autumn.
"She probably has one more if she pulls up alright, but if she doesn't, she'll go to the paddock," Moody said.
"The fact that we are bringing her home, she won't run again within three weeks, because it would be too hard to make two trips in two weeks, but I'm mindful she was in work 11 months last year.
"That was why I wanted to run her in the Australian Guineas and then maybe have one or two runs in Sydney before she spelled."
A total of 16 fillies and mares have been entered for Saturday's Coolmore Classic including Cinsault, who will be looking to extend her winning sequence to four this campaign, Arctic Glamour, Jenni The Fox, Manaal, Savvy Hallie and Verona Rose.
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