Peter Moody has chosen to run four-year-old Nunthorpe in Adelaide on Saturday in preference to Victoria's Good Friday feature in the hope of notching valuable black-type merit for the mare.
The $500,000 Country Discovery (1200m) at Yarra Valley was initially on Moody and co-trainer Katherine Coleman's minds but the risk of not making the field, and finding a winnable race in the Listed Matrice Stakes (1200m) swayed the choice to head to South Australia on Saturday.
"With her rating she was a chance of not getting a run at Yarra Valley," Moody said.
"She's stakes placed but not a stakes winner so that could have held her back from getting a run on Good Friday."
A winner of four races together with three placings in her nine starts, Nunthorpe comes off finishing second in the Listed Abell Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley on March 1 and is the $3.20 favourite across markets.
Similarly for Quickster, the stable has chosen to scratch the three-year-old filly from Moonee Valley in favour of starting in the Listed Clare Lindop Stakes (1600m).
The $2 favourite for the Group 1 South Australian Oaks (2000m) lead-up, Quickster will be ridden by Will Price who will also take the ride on Nunthorpe.
FP | Silk | Horse, Age & Sex Sire & Dam |
Jockey Trainer |
SP
WT |
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1st |
6. QUICKSTER (AUS) 3yo F SHAMUS AWARD (AUS) - SPECIAL FAVOUR (AUS) |
WILL PRICE PETER G MOODY & KATHERINE COLEMAN |
$2.4
55kg |
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Rosemont Stud Pty Ltd (Mgr: A P Mithen) | |||||||||||
2nd |
4. THE AUTUMN BELLE (AUS) 3yo F THE AUTUMN SUN (AUS) - WINNING BELLE (NZ) |
MADISON LLOYD HENRY DWYER |
$4.4
55kg |
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J Mackenzie, Ms L Duncan, P Doyle, T Pender, P Lewis, A Kennedy, A Patterson, I Foster, G Pell, L Henry, P Stockwell, B Garrigan, N Goonan, A Riley, A Goonan, Dr J Cleeland, Sunny Belle's (J Morris), Blue Moon Racing (R Cartledge), Jameson Oaks (S Kelly) & Kratzie Racing No 42 (D Kratzmann) | |||||||||||
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3rd |
11. MADISON KATE (AUS) 3yo F SO YOU THINK (NZ) - MISS OTTO (AUS) |
LACHLAN NEINDORF PHILLIP STOKES |
$26
55kg |
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S Scaffidi-Muta, Mrs A Rossi & Miss M K Scaffidi-Muta | |||||||||||
4th |
3. JUSTABOOM (AUS) 3yo F JUSTIFY (USA) - KONONKOP (ARG) |
CALLAN MURRAY R GRIFFITHS & M DE KOCK |
$5.5
55kg |
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5th |
5. SENTIMENTAL FLAME (AUS) 3yo F KERMADEC (NZ) - SENTIMENTAL STAR (AUS) |
DOM TOURNEUR TRAVIS DOUDLE |
$12
55kg |
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6th |
10. ZASZOU (AUS) 3yo F ZOUSTAR (AUS) - ZASORCERESS (NZ) |
LIAM RIORDAN DANNY O'BRIEN |
$15
55kg |
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7th |
7. DIAMONDS CHOICE (AUS) 3yo F SO YOU THINK (NZ) - FULLAZZ (AUS) |
CAITLIN JONES CHRIS BIEG |
$15
55kg |
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8th |
15. SEEKING STARDOM (AUS) 3yo F TOSEN STARDOM (JPN) - SCARLET MORETTA (AUS) |
TEAGAN VOORHAM ANDREW GLUYAS |
$201
55kg |
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9th |
9. ANGELIC APPEAL (AUS) 3yo F SIR PRANCEALOT (IRE) - BLANCHEE (AUS) |
JASON HOLDER GARY & DEAN ALEXANDER |
$18
55kg |
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10th |
12. SPANGLED SIPPER (AUS) 3yo F STARSPANGLEDBANNER (AUS) - HIGH TEA (NZ) |
JACOB OPPERMAN ANDREW BOBBIN |
$31
55kg |
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11th |
14. DIVINE FIRE (AUS) 3yo F DIVINE PROPHET (AUS) - ALLEYOOP (NZ) |
BEN PRICE W CLARKEN & N O'SHEA |
$41
55kg |
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