PETER Moody will cheer for Winx on Saturday as Sydney’s super mare tries to surpass the great Black Caviar’s record of 25 successive wins.
Except the retired trainer won’t be at Royal Randwick to watch Winx in the race named in her honour, he’ll be trackside for his first Broome Cup, as a guest of Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa.
“She’s an absolute superstar,’’ Moody said. “She might be the best we’ve ever seen. I don’t know. She’s certainly well up there.
“ … barring misadventure or misfortune, it is impossible to see her getting beaten there again. She’s great for racing, she creates interest, she puts bums on seats.”
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READ NOWMoody has been loath to compare the two horses, the only possible point of difference the fact Winx was beaten early in her career, while Black Caviar was never beaten.
“I am not going to suggest Black Caviar is better than any of them, the modern champions or previous champions, but the one thing I can say is put all their records together on a wall and only one of them was ever undefeated,” Moody said.
Moody retired from training in 2016 after being cleared by the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board of deliberately administering illegal levels of cobalt to a stallion.
“I always say ‘never say never’ but it’s (training again) not on the radar,’’ he said.
“I still race quite a few and breed quite a few and I do a fair bit of consultancy and promotional work around the industry so I am getting my fix.
“Do I miss it? I don’t miss the day-to-day grind, but I miss the challenge of training, but running a business and having all the staff, no.”
Moody trained 52 Group 1 winners, 15 of those with Black Caviar, who won $7.9 million in stakes.