PETER Moody has tinkered with the spring program of champion mare Typhoon Tracy, whose assault on October's $3 million Cox Plate begins next month, reports The Age.It says: Moody said at Caulfield on Saturday that the five-time group 1 winning mare, who is likely to be officially recognised next month as the country's leading thoroughbred, will use the 1400-metre Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on August 28 as her first-up run for the spring.''She'll have a slightly different program this year becaus
PETER Moody has tinkered with the spring program of champion mare Typhoon Tracy, whose assault on October's $3 million Cox Plate begins next month, reports The Age.
It says: Moody said at Caulfield on Saturday that the five-time group 1 winning mare, who is likely to be officially recognised next month as the country's leading thoroughbred, will use the 1400-metre Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on August 28 as her first-up run for the spring.
''She'll have a slightly different program this year because I gave her a couple of extra weeks (in the paddock) to get her over that virus in Sydney,'' he said. ''Last year I ran her in the Liston and went three weeks into the Makybe Diva Stakes. But this year she'll resume a few weeks later in the Memsie and go two weeks into the Dato Tan Chin Nam and then I'll play it by ear from there.''
Last year, Typhoon Tracy had her Cox Plate campaign aborted after she was beaten easily in the Underwood Stakes when she stepped to 1800 metres for the first time. But Moody is confident that with the further 12 months maturity she has, the mare will be able to run out a strong 2000 metres.
Several of Moody's stars will resume over the next month but for rising four-year-old mares such as group 1 winner Headway and multiple group 2 winner Avenue, their campaigns depend solely on their form.