"We'll keep an open mind about that for a while but her next start will be in either the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes or the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, we'll just sit on the fence for the moment," he said on Saturday.
"Today was a learning curve to see where we are at.
"I thought she would run very well if she ran up to her work. The barrier [11 of 13] concerned me."
Nolen was able to get King's Rose ($7.50) into a beautiful trailing position following Heart Of Dreams ($2.60 fav) and when he hit the front she was there to pounce and scored by a short head from him with Red Colossus ($13) three-quarters of a length away third.
"She's a high-quality mare. I'm very impressed with her," Moody said.
"She had good improvement too. I think she just peaked on her run the last 100m, she was going to win a bit softer than she ended up winning by."
Trainer Mick Price was quite satisfied with runner-up Heart Of Dreams.
"He ran as good as he could and he was pegging the winner back a bit," he said.
"I'd be leaning to an Underwood Stakes start for him here at the 1800m, rather than the Dato Tan Chin Nam. I think they would be a bit nippy for him over the 1600m around the Valley.
"He's in for a good preparation."
Trainer Greg Eurell was very happy with Red Colossus who charged home late for third.
"If he had been able to get out earlier he would have made it interesting," he said. "He has come back in great shape and his next run will be in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes."
In other Victorian news, activists seeking a ban on jumps racing are calling for an immediate end to the sport after the death of a horse at Melbourne's Grand National Steeplechase yesterday.
Six-year-old Fergus McIver became the fourth horse to die in a jumps race this season in Victoria when he crashed at the last obstacle in the Houlahan Hurdle at Sandown.
Rider Aaron Lynch escaped unharmed but Fergus McIver died of a suspected heart attack. The Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses was at Sandown protesting against the jumps races when the horse died.
Several protesters entered the racecourse and unfurled banners calling for the end of the sport, before being evicted.
Group spokesman Ward Young said it was the 10th jumps death in Victoria and South Australia this season. "Racing Victoria seems to think it's acceptable that their athletes are killed for the sake of entertainment.
"We're wondering whether they'd act the same if jockeys started dropping like flies, because it's deplorable that they set a fatality rate for their athletes. We think that jumps racing should be ended immediately and that the government should be ashamed of themselves for investing A$2 million of taxpayers' money into this sport."
Mr Young said his organisation would continue to campaign against jumps racing until it was made illegal across the country.
-AAP
