Darren Weir says his Melbourne Cup prospect Puissance de Lune is coming along well. He says: "It is exciting...I rode him up the dunes this week and he's great...just doing a lot at the beach and keeping happy." Weir trained MC runner-up She's Archie in the first of Makybe Diva's three Melbourne Cups in 2003, he's never had the an early hot chance like Puissance De Lune. The import went to top of early MC betting after his emphatic win in the Grp 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes last spring. I

Darren Weir says his Melbourne Cup prospect Puissance de Lune is coming along well. He says: "It is exciting...I rode him up the dunes this week and he's great...just doing a lot at the beach and keeping happy." Weir trained MC runner-up She's Archie in the first of Makybe Diva's three Melbourne Cups in 2003, he's never had the an early hot chance like Puissance De Lune. The import went to top of early MC betting after his emphatic win in the Grp 3 Queen Elizabeth Stakes last spring. It's likely that PDL will have his return to racing in the Grp 2 Blamey Stakes (1600m) at Flemington on Mar 9.

Black Caviar will make her first appearance on a racetrack for seven months when she has an exhibition gallop between races at Caulfield on February 2. The Melbourne Racing Club says the connections of the great unbeaten mare had agreed to have her gallop before the public. She hasn't been in front of the public since winning the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot last June. February 2 is the MRC's National Jockey Trust Day and this gallop will be an important stepping-stone to having Black Caviar fit to race first-up in the Group 1 $500,000 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on February 16.The MRC will announce more details about the special gallop in the coming weeks (TVN).