Black Caviar 3/9/09

Hardly Moody with the two favourites
Brad Waters
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Caulfield trainer Peter Moody is a relaxed man despite having short-priced favourites for both of Saturday’s Group II Flemington features, the Danehill and Makybe Diva Stakes.
TAB Sportsbet has opened the Moody-trained filly Black Caviar as a $1.70 favourite to win the Danehill Stakes on the back of her three brilliant wins, the latest being a four-length romp at Moonee Valley on August 22.
The Group I A J C Sires’ Produce winner Manhattan Rain has been installed as a $6 second elect but Moody said Black Caviar needs to have improved from her first-up run to beat the colt.
“She did it fairly comfortably at Moonee Valley but she’s up against a quality field on Saturday,” Moody said. “Manhattan Rain was prominent against the best two-year-olds in the autumn and he’s a Group I winner.
“Black Caviar is a lovely athletic filly and I think she’s going to put on a good show on Saturday.”
Moody’s other Danehill Stakes runner, Wanted, is rated a $21 chance by TAB Sportsbet but Moody said the colt’s recent trackwork was of a good enough standard to give him an each-way chance.
Meanwhile, Typhoon Tracy has opened as a $2.30 favourite to take out the Makybe Diva Stakes despite being beaten into third by Predatory Pricer, who is rated as a $4.60 chance.