Racing: Moodie pays late entry fee to run Crystal Lily in Slipper

SYDNEY - Owner David Moodie could have two runners in next week's Golden Slipper next Saturday but it will cost him A$300,000 to do so.

Moodie owns both Sweet Embrace winner Crystal Lily and Saturday's group two Magic Night Stakes winner Willow Creek and will have to pay a $150,000 late entry fee for each filly if they are to take their place next week.

Willow Creek ($5) was suited by the breakneck pace set by Victorian filly Psychologist in front and charged home to win the Magic Night by three-quarters of a length over the eye-catching More Strawberries ($3.50 fav) with Celts ($5) a half-length away third.

"I want a runner in the race, not buy the place," Moodie quipped when asked if Willow Creek would line up in the Slipper.

Moodie will pay the entry for Crystal Lily but says it is less likely Willow Creek will head that way as well.

"I think that might have been her grand final but we'll just see how she pulls up," Moodie said.

"My first inclination is that she's probably more of a Sires horse.

"The other horse [Crystal Lily] is definitely going in but we'll let the dust settle on her [Willow Creek] and then make a call."

Trainer Peter Moody, who prepares Willow Creek, believes he has a top spring prospect and said he would see how the filly pulled up from her Rosehill win before deciding if her campaign continues in Sydney.

"I think she's better suited at seven furlongs [1400m], she really strikes me as a Thousand Guineas filly in the spring not a Slipper filly, but David and Jenny [Moodie] have had more experience than me.

"Firstly, we'll let the horse do the talking and, secondly, they'll have discussions about it later."

- AAP