Peter Moody has declared Black Caviar a certain starter in Saturday's Group Two Schweppes Stakes at Moonee Valley after she pulled up well from a "super" gallop on Tuesday morning.Moody said the unbeaten Bel Esprit four-year-old had been unlikely to take her place in the 1200m sprint after she missed a gallop due to the very wet conditions at Caulfield last Saturday.The trainer did not want to risk her by galloping her on a wet surface and risking another muscle tear which she has been susceptib

Peter Moody has declared Black Caviar a certain starter in Saturday's Group Two Schweppes Stakes at Moonee Valley after she pulled up well from a "super" gallop on Tuesday morning.

Moody said the unbeaten Bel Esprit four-year-old had been unlikely to take her place in the 1200m sprint after she missed a gallop due to the very wet conditions at Caulfield last Saturday.

The trainer did not want to risk her by galloping her on a wet surface and risking another muscle tear which she has been susceptible to in the past, so she did pacework instead.

"As the week progressed and she worked super on Tuesday I swung around from thinking we were no hope of running to be pretty keen on running," Moody said.

"Yesterday (Thursday) morning we were very happy with her so we had no hesitation in accepting.

"It wasn't just the way she galloped (on Tuesday) but the way she pulled up.

"She pulled up a fair bit cleaner in the wind than what I expected and Luke Nolen and I thought right then and there that we weren't behind the eight-ball as we may have thought."

Later on Thursday morning, Moody learned that brilliant Group One Manikato Stakes winner Hay List had not accepted due to running a temperature.

Moody expects three-time Group Two winner Black Caviar to jump to the front from barrier two in the small field of six as she attempts her seventh straight win.

"You'd be surprised if anything crossed her but if something does, well so be it. We're not desperate to lead," he said.

"But if it's there we'll take it up."

Black Caviar resumed from a suspensory injury when she led all the way to win the Schillaci Stakes (1000m) at Caulfield on October 9.

Meanwhile, the Gerald Ryan-trained NSW Horse of the Year Melito's second-up form is better than her first-up form but race jockey Corey Brown was buoyed by her impressive workout when he rode her at Moonee Valley on Tuesday morning.

"I was really happy with her. She's come back a lot bigger and more mature," he said of the dual Group One winner who hasn't raced since winning the Group One Winter Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on June 26.

"I was really impressed with her. I don't know if she can beat Black Caviar.

"When I won the Winter Stakes on her, nothing else wanted to lead so I took her to the front and she held on.

"She's really tough. We'll see if she's good enough."

Melito has been placed in her three first-up runs but is unbeaten in her three second-up outings.

Black Caviar is $1.55 favourite with TAB Sportsbet ahead of outstanding Sydney mare Hot Danish at $4 and Melito at $8 with Eagle Falls next best at $11.