Race Result:

1st: Life Lessons (D Stackhouse/P Moody & K Coleman) - $6.50
2nd: Princess Grace (J McDonald/C Waller) - $1.65F
3rd: Wrote To Arataki (D Yendall/M Williams) - $19

Winning Time: 1:23.13    Last 600m: N/A

Margins: Long Neck x Short-½-Head

That was gutsy

The daughter of Tavistock holds off the short-priced favourite, Princess Grace @moodyracingpgm pic.twitter.com/yYKnwi1DhH

— Racing.com (@Racing) October 7, 2023

 

Winning Trainer: Peter Moody & Katherine Coleman (Katherine speaking)

Pleased at training her first G2 winner: "We're thrilled with her. She's come up well after than run behind Amelia's Jewel and she couldn't have done much more that day.

"She's maintained her condition. We brought here here thinking she'd run very well.

Before this prep: "She needed a good spell. She was good over summer. We tried to give her a short freshen-up and then have her up for the autumn and it just didn't work out.

"She just needed a good break, which she's had. She's come back stronger and she's a mare in form and if we can keep her happy we'll be in for a very good prep."

Empire Rose as possibility: "The way she was finishing that race off there I wouldn't be saying no."

Winning Jockey: Daniel Stackhouse

"My plan was to be in front of Princess Grace as I knew that turn-of-foot that I had, Princess Grace would fight hard if I had her in front of me.

"My filly is tough and 'Moods' gave me good confidence on Tuesday that she worked really well.

"She was just a bit slow, I always wanted to be positive on that tempo and I thought I was controlling the race for a while and she's done a good job."

The horse's improvement: "I think she is mentally and physically more filled out. She gave me a good feel the other day (and) I hadn't ridden her for a while. I felt there was more improvement to come and I think she showed that today."