Former Cox Plate prospect Typhoon Tracy has unleashed the full force of her power with devastating effect on her rivals to score an easy win in the Group One Myer Classic at Flemington.On a day to remember for trainer Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen, the four-year-old mare handed out the biggest thrashing of Derby Day to bring up her seventh win in 10 starts.After giving up a crack at leading in the early stages, Typhoon Tracy relaxed behind Jolie's Shinju and Gold Water who both paid the pric
Former Cox Plate prospect Typhoon Tracy has unleashed the full force of her power with devastating effect on her rivals to score an easy win in the Group One Myer Classic at Flemington.
On a day to remember for trainer Peter Moody and jockey Luke Nolen, the four-year-old mare handed out the biggest thrashing of Derby Day to bring up her seventh win in 10 starts.
After giving up a crack at leading in the early stages, Typhoon Tracy relaxed behind Jolie's Shinju and Gold Water who both paid the price for their eagerness, finishing last and second last respectively.
A Group One winner of the Coolmore Classic in March, Typhoon Tracy blew away her opposition in the straight to win by 4-3/4 lengths from Lady Lynette and Zarita in the 1600m feature.
Moody and Nolen could not have been on a bigger high after earlier in the day combining to win the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes with three-year-old filly Headway.
"Flemington has been terrific for me during Cup week as I have won the majority of my Group Ones here but to win two on this day is special," said Moody, who celebrated his first win at the elite level with Amalfi in the 2001 Victoria Derby.
Moody said Saturday's Group One double also signalled the arrival of Nolen, who won the 2007 Cox Plate on El Segundo, as one of Australia's great jockeys.
"He has been a big and loyal part of my team for five or six years and I think it is a sign of the arrival of him as a big-time rider," Moody said.
Moody said he erred in trying to make Typhoon Tracy a Cox Plate horse this campaign but she had rebounded with gusto to win the Group Two Tristarc Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield leading up to her emphatic performance at Flemington.
"Words can't describe her," Moody said.
"She makes my job very easy. She is a supreme athlete and has never had a day's problem in her life.
"We had her on a Cox Plate path and we were a little bit soft on her early in the preparation when she got beaten in two races but, I think, trained as a sprinter-miler there's not many in the land that would roll her."
Moody said her owner John Hutchins didn't get his wish to run her in the Cox Plate but he could get another one to race her overseas.
"She is extremely talented and has kept improving," Moody said. "The sky is the limit.
"I don't know where we go next year but it is going to be a terribly exciting ride."
Moody is keeping the option open to run her in next Saturday's Group One Emirates Stakes (1600m) on the last day of the Cup carnival while she is in such dashing form.
"She missed a couple of opportunities at Group Ones going to the Cox Plate but she is probably deserving of another one next Saturday if she is 110 per cent," Moody said.