IT MIGHT have been the first metropolitan meeting of the new season at Betfair Park yesterday, but after a runaway premiership win last season champion trainer Peter Moody quickly showed that he would be the man to beat again with a winning double, reports Andrew Garvey in The Age.His report adds: While Moody's second winner, Mid Summer Music, might not be seen in the big spring races, his first, the lightly raced Achievements, looks to have the ability to take him much further than yesterday's
IT MIGHT have been the first metropolitan meeting of the new season at Betfair Park yesterday, but after a runaway premiership win last season champion trainer Peter Moody quickly showed that he would be the man to beat again with a winning double, reports Andrew Garvey in The Age.
His report adds: While Moody's second winner, Mid Summer Music, might not be seen in the big spring races, his first, the lightly raced Achievements, looks to have the ability to take him much further than yesterday's victory in the Attley Handicap (1200 metres).
''He's been a little disappointing,'' Moody said. ''I'd expected him to do a bit more at his first couple of runs but he's a damn good colt.''
He said Achievements had shown as much ability at home as any of his three-year-olds but had been unable to take that ability to the races.
''Maturity is a wonderful thing and with a bit of education he is finally getting there,'' the trainer said of the Redoute's Choice colt, whose dam, Rubitoff, is a sister to Newmarket Handicap winner Rubitano.
Damien Oliver, substituting for stable rider Luke Nolen, who is riding in the Shergar jockeys' challenge in England, had Achievements ($1.75 favourite) in front for most of the race.