Group One winner No Wine No Song will make a surprise bid for a second Sydney Cup this autumn after recovering from his second tendon injury in as many years.The eight-year-old has raced just once since winning the Sydney Cup two years ago and given his age, it was widely assumed he had been retired.However, trainer Kevin Moses revealed No Wine No Song had been nursed back to health by his owner Joe O'Gara and had returned to his stable as good as ever,"He's done two tendons now, different ones,

Group One winner No Wine No Song will make a surprise bid for a second Sydney Cup this autumn after recovering from his second tendon injury in as many years.

The eight-year-old has raced just once since winning the Sydney Cup two years ago and given his age, it was widely assumed he had been retired.

However, trainer Kevin Moses revealed No Wine No Song had been nursed back to health by his owner Joe O'Gara and had returned to his stable as good as ever,

"He's done two tendons now, different ones," Moses said.

"We just gave him time and his owner massaged his leg every day.

"He is absolutely flying, I couldn't be any happier with him and he'll probably trial very soon."

No Wine No Song won the Group Two Chairman's Handicap in 2007 but it was during the autumn of the following year that he really shone.

He took out the Group Three Randwick City Stakes and posted successive wins in the Chairman's before defeating Pentathon to win that year's Sydney Cup.

Moses confirmed the 3200 metre staying feature would again be No Wine No Song's goal this season.

"That's where we're heading," he said.

Moses celebrated a winning double at Rosehill on Saturday when Deltona backed up from a sixth to Rabbuka in the Listed Frank Underwood Cup a week earlier to take out the Kraft Philadelphia Hcp (2000m) and Mr Unforgettable won the final race of the day.

Deltona raced just behind the speed and after hitting the front at the top of the straight, Deltona found plenty to hold out Sir James by half a length with Carnegies Cruzin third.

He is raced by prominent owners Don and Val Storey who didn't make it trackside due to the extreme heat in Sydney.

"I told them they should come out because he was a great chance but it was just too hot for them," Moses said.

"I rode quite a few winners for them, mainly trained by John Hawkes, and they are lovely people."

The heat took its toll on winning rider, apprentice Kody Nestor, who was distressed after the race and monitored closely by medical staff.

Moses said he would keep Deltona to races up to 2000 metres and try to find another suitable assignment for him in the coming weeks.

The trainer was accompanied by his star house guest, recently retired champion European jockey Mick Kinnane who is spending a couple of weeks holidaying in Sydney.