Sat's Dato Tan at Moonee Valley should be a thriller, though media 'experts' are throwing a cloud over Shoot Out's ability to handle the circuit. The Valley should be OK for Whobegotyou and Typhoon Tracy but there's a lot of chat around that it's a major query for Shoot Out. Typhoon Tracy has won both her runs at the track - in 3YO fillies races two seasons ago. Whobegotyou won at his first four runs at the track, including last year's Dato Tan, before apparently jarring up when unplaced in the
Sat's Dato Tan at Moonee Valley should be a thriller, though media 'experts' are throwing a cloud over Shoot Out's ability to handle the circuit. The Valley should be OK for Whobegotyou and Typhoon Tracy but there's a lot of chat around that it's a major query for Shoot Out. Typhoon Tracy has won both her runs at the track - in 3YO fillies races two seasons ago. Whobegotyou won at his first four runs at the track, including last year's Dato Tan, before apparently jarring up when unplaced in the Cox Plate last year.
Trainer Peter Moody is warning that Typhoon Tracy is not yet fully geared up. He says: 'She's fitter for sure after the Memsie Stakes but she still has lots of improvement to come...There is still six weeks to go until her spring aim of the Cox Plate...She was not wound right up for her first-up run where she tired late and she'll take further improvement out of Saturday.'
Will Peter Moody's imported mare Ghostmilk become a shooting star for the Cups and/or the Cox Plate? We'll find out soon enough. Moody has Ghostmilk in Sat's Stocks Stakes. The mare has won five of her 10 Australian starts including both starts at Moonee Valley. IASbet.com has Ghostmilk the early fav for the Stocks at $3.70 (11/4).
Shane Dye is considering an offer to ride in India following his sudden decision to quit Mauritius. Dye split from the powerful Rameshwar Gujadhur stable on August 31 after riding just one winner for it in 7 weeks.