Winning Double For McEvoy On Moderate

A flying start meant the difference between winning and losing for the Peter Snowden trained filly Moderate in the Lexus Hybrid Plate at Flemington today.

Kerrin McEvoy produced almost a carbon copy of his win earlier in the day on Wistful by bouncing Moderate ($2.00-$2.15-$2.05F) out of the barriers two lengths in front of the rest of the field. In contrast the second placed Roop All ($12-$14) was slowly away and put in a magnificent effort to fail by long neck on the line.

Third was Politeness ($3.50-$5.00-$4.80).

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"We were quite content to sit back and have the last look at them but she flew a length or two in front and our golden rule is that when they begin that quickly we always take an advantage of that", Snowden said.

"Coming to the corner she got on the wrong leg and took a look at everyone in the grandstand but she was able to get away and win which makes it even better."

"I wouldn't say it was clinical but she got the job done."

Racegoers thought that Moderate got onto the wrong leg, but McEvoy explained that she was hanging out which made her action look awkward.

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"She was on the right leg but she was hanging out and I thought she'd straighten up once I got her balanced and onto her fresh leg but she continued to do a bit wrong."

"The one positive you can take out of it is that once she learns and concentrates she is going to have more to give."

"I was worried at the furlong but at the 100 metres I thought she was going to hold them off even though she was doing a bit wrong."

Snowden pointed out that Moderate has an 80% strike rate which shows that the Commands filly is able to do things wrong but has enough ability to win anyway.

"She's won four from five now, her last start was very dominant and I was expecting her to do a similar thing today but she did it in exact opposite fashion and still got away with it."

Photos: Fiona Tomlin