Peter Moody has smashed his way to 100 city winners at Flemington with a winning double with two sons of Testa Rossa.Moody described the achievement, which crowns his best year as a trainer, as "very fulfilling and very gratifying".He is only the third trainer to top the premiership and train 100 city winners after Lee Freedman (115 in 2006) and David Hayes (103, 2007)."I am extremely proud," Moody said."To be even be mentioned in the same breath as DA Hayes and DL Freedman is beyond my wildest
Peter Moody has smashed his way to 100 city winners at Flemington with a winning double with two sons of Testa Rossa.
Moody described the achievement, which crowns his best year as a trainer, as "very fulfilling and very gratifying".
He is only the third trainer to top the premiership and train 100 city winners after Lee Freedman (115 in 2006) and David Hayes (103, 2007).
"I am extremely proud," Moody said.
"To be even be mentioned in the same breath as DA Hayes and DL Freedman is beyond my wildest dreams.
"It has just been a wonderful year."
Three-year-old Sidecar, ridden by Craig Newitt, took out Saturday's Australian Lamb Company P/L Hcp (1700m) to take Moody to 99.5 winners and he later made it 100.5 when Craig Williams steered Testascana to victory in the Hanan Displays Hcp (1600m).
Moody has had many highlights during the season, none greater than the emergence of Black Caviar as the world champion, but on Saturday took a moment to reflect on how good Testa Rossa, the sire of his two winners at Flemington, had been to him during his training career.
"I have always had a bit of attraction to the breed and I probably trained his first two good horses, Testafiable (2006 SA Derby) and Tereschenko (2006 Magic Millions Trophy)," Moody said.
"They are just good, tough, honest, bread and butter horses."
Moody said his staff allowed him to train horses to the best of his ability while his owners had been incredibly loyal and came with him on the journey.
"We are fortunate enough in that we have built a great team of owners around us," Moody said.
"The last few seasons have been the fruition of a lot of hard work and a lot of loyalty which I think is very much undersold in this industry.
"I have a lot of loyal people who have helped me along the way and that makes occasions like this possible.
"A few years back we cut the team back 25 per cent and concentrated more on quality than quantity.
"The good thing about it and most gratifying thing about it was the people who were with me seven or eight years ago I have been able to encourage to improve the stock with me.
"We have always had 150 winners and ran second in the (Melbourne) premiership eight years so it hasn't been an overnight success story but just a matter of improving the cattle.
"Instead of winning three at Donald every Saturday we started winning three at Caulfield and Flemington.
"My business is about return to owners and if I can't put horses in a race where they can win I try and put them in races where they can run second, third, fourth and fifth and to put something back in the owners' pockets because this business is about return on investment."
Moody said reaching 100 was not a focus and that the attention on it had even become a little disconcerting.
"It has been so much of a build up," Moody said.
"It was like if I didn't get the 100 it has been a failed year but I'm 60 in front on the premiership and the leading Group One trainer.
"That's why I haven't thought about it."
Moody is measured in his hopes for next season.
"I have got 76 boxes and if I get two winners per box overall and one (per box) in town that would be massive."