Racing: Happy Moody welcomes his stable stars

MELBOURNE - The spring carnival has only just ended but already trainer Peter Moody is gearing up for an exciting autumn with the arrival of a galaxy of stars at his Caulfield stables.

New acquisition Duporth and fellow group one winners Typhoon Tracy and Headway will walk in through the stable gate today, with Wanted, Avenue, Hanks, Ocean Dream, Trounce and Salinas.

They will join group two Danehill Stakes winner Black Caviar who has been back in training for three weeks after recovering from a chest muscle injury, and Set For Fame and Carlton Forward.

"Nine stakes horses go back in work on Monday," Moody said on Saturday.

"They have all had two, three or four weeks off to get ready for the autumn."

Moody said the short break wasn't a major concern with none of his stars having more than five runs in spring.

"The good thing about having so many horses is that we didn't have to race them every week," Moody said.

"I think the only horse I backed up all carnival was Wanted for two days at Flemington and he is still fatter than me.

"They all went to the paddock in form without having bottomed out."

Moody is planning a major attack on the group one Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington on January 30 with as many as three runners including Black Caviar, who is unbeaten in four starts.

The group one Australia Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley in February is also on her programme.

Moody said Black Caviar and Set For Fame were yet to establish their level and could deliver on their huge promise in the autumn.

"Black Caviar has all the wraps on her but still hasn't done it and Set For Fame is terribly exciting," Moody said.

"Set For Fame was the only one we could ever work with Black Caviar, and she should have beaten Irish Lights when she finished second to her in the Thousand Guineas Prelude."

A 3-year-old daughter of Reset, Set For Fame has raced four times for a win and two seconds.

Moody said Avenue would target the group one Oakleigh Plate (1100m) first up at Caulfield in February while Tickets, who will return to the stable after another week in the paddock, would try to win the group one Newmarket (1200m) first-up on March 6.

Last-start Coolmore Stud Stakes winner Headway and Wanted are other Moody-trained 3-year-olds being aimed at the premier autumn sprints.

Moody resisted the temptation to run AAMI Vase (2040m) winner Hanks in the Victoria Derby and is hopeful that it will pay dividends next year.

Moody said Hanks would have a light autumn and may launch his AJC Australian Derby campaign in the group one Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington on March 6.

He said Ocean Dream was his hope for the AJC Australian Oaks (2400m).

Typhoon Tracy is the best of Moody's older horses and has numerous autumn options including a defence of the Coolmore Classic in Sydney.

- AAP