Better Land Could Run In Up And Coming

Group One winner Dissident and Golden Slipper placegetter Bring Me The Maid begin their campaigns at Randwick on Saturday and could be joined by stablemate Better Land.

Trainer Peter Moody is favouring the Up And Coming Stakes for Better Land over the Run to the Rose a week later.

Randwick Guineas winner Dissident will resume in the weight-for-age Group Two Warwick Stakes (1400m) while talented filly Bring Me The Maid lines up in the Group Two Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m).

Better Land, a son of Shamardal out of former brilliant juvenile Amelia's Dream, made an encouraging start to his campaign when second to Scissor Kick in the Listed Rosebud (1200m) at Randwick last Saturday week.

The options for him are the Group Three Up And Coming Stakes (1300m) on Saturday or The Run To The Rose (1200m) the following week.

"I'll go up there on Monday and have a look at them," Moody said.

"I've got Dissident in the Warwick Stakes, Bring Me The Maid in the Silver Shadow, and possibly I'm thinking strongly that I'm going to run Better Land in the Up And Coming rather than wait an extra week for The Run To The Rose.

"I just think he'll be benefited at the 1300 metres whereas The Run To The Rose is only 1200."

Better Land was spelled after his three length win on debut at Sale in April and tackled The Rosebud first-up.

"We always had the feeling he would (measure up) but you want to see them do it," Moody said.

"He didn't have the best of luck with his run in the Rosebud. If he had a (good) barrier he probably wins."

Dissident has had two barrier trials, one in Brisbane and the other in Sydney, ahead of his return while Bring Me The Maid has trialled in Brisbane and Hawkesbury.

With Chad Schofield on the receiving end of a one-month careless riding suspension at Caulfield on Saturday, Bring Me The Maid will need a new jockey.