Sandown Savvy Ghostmilk Eyes Final
- Thursday, 17 June 2010 00:46
Trainer Peter Moody is confident his Irish import Ghostmilk can continue on her winning way in the $70,000 Captain Gerrard At Lindsay Park Series Final (1400) this Saturday at Sandown.
"She comes in nicely at the weights and has drawn well," said Moody this morning.
"On her last start effort she should take a lot of beating."
At her last outing Ghostmilk handed out a three length lesson to the fillies and mares some of which will line up again on Saturday in a race which looks no stronger on paper.
Moody will claim three kilograms on the six-year-old mare thanks to recently indentured apprentice Taylor Lovelock-Wiggins, adding to the oppositions woes.
"With Taylor's claim she will drop two kilos on her last start win which is a big help going into the final of an series," said Moody.
"Taylor is riding well given his claim and has already saluted a number of times on Saturday city meetings for me," Moody added.
Ghostmilk is still an unknown quantity to the leading Melbourne trainer having only had a handful of starts since arriving from Ireland and Moody admits he is still working the mare out.
"There are still a number of unknowns with the mare," said Moody.
"I'm still not sure what her ideal distance is nor how she will handle the 10 day backup.
"In saying that she pulled up well after the win and has won twice at the Sandown track over the distance so it would be hard to overlook her on Saturday," he added.
Ghostmilk has raced just the six times in Australia for two wins and has only missed a cheque on the one occasion for the Moody stable.
Picture: Colin Bull
