Jockey Luke Nolen says Typhoon Tracy is ready for all comers in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield.Nolen said the four-year-old mare was more forward than she was in the spring heading her in to her second run and was primed to become the fourth Orr Stakes winner in 20 years to land the Futurity next Saturday."I feel she is a lot closer to the mark this time in compared to the spring when we were trying to peak her for the Cox Plate," Nolen said.Typhoon Tracy was placed at her first two runs last

Jockey Luke Nolen says Typhoon Tracy is ready for all comers in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield.

Nolen said the four-year-old mare was more forward than she was in the spring heading her in to her second run and was primed to become the fourth Orr Stakes winner in 20 years to land the Futurity next Saturday.

"I feel she is a lot closer to the mark this time in compared to the spring when we were trying to peak her for the Cox Plate," Nolen said.

Typhoon Tracy was placed at her first two runs last campaign in the Liston Stakes (third) and Makybe Diva Stakes (second) but had her Cox Plate campaign abandoned after she finished eighth in the Underwood Stakes.

She resurrected her spring with wins in the Group Two Tristarc Stakes and Group One Myer Classic.

She was stunning first-up when she won the Orr by two lengths from Heart Of Dreams and Sirmione.

The last horse to complete the Orr-Futurity double was Yell in 2003.

Other recent winners have been Desert Sky (2001), and Primacy (1994) while another nine horses dating back to 1942 have also landed the double.

Nolen said he was unsure about how the Futurity field would take shape but is confident that she will be able to handle all challengers.

"The Orr Stakes will bring her on nicely," Nolen said. "I am very with the way she is going."

Trainer Peter Moody said Typhoon Tracy worked within herself on the course proper at Caulfield on Tuesday and is thrilled with her progress.

"She just had a spin around (on Saturday)," Moody said.

"She is a big athletic mare and she doesn't take a lot of work.

"She is in real good shape."

Melbourne Racing Club racing manager John Faulkner said it was too early to know how many horses would line up against Typhoon Tracy in the Futurity, which is the first leg of the Asian Mile Challenge.

The Asian Mile Challenge four-race series also features the $US5 million Dubai Duty Free, the Champions Mile in Hong Kong and the Yasuda Kinen in Japan on June 6.

Typhoon Tracy is among the nominations for the Challenge. Others local stars include Carrara, Changingoftheguard, Danleigh, El Segundo, Manhattan Rain, Mentality, Road To Rock, Rock Kingdom, Our Aqaleem, Starspangledbanner, Theseo, Trusting, Turffontein and Weekend Hussler.

New Zealander Tavistock is not entered for the series but is expected to line up in the Futurity anyway after his barnstorming finish to win the Group One Waikato Draught Sprint at Te Rapa on February 13.

Tavistock also won the Group One Mudgway Stakes at Hastings last August.

Trained by Andrew Campbell, Tavistock had a stint with Mick Price as a three-year-old when he raced as Lord Tavistock and was stakes placed in Melbourne.