Black Caviar's Futurity run is undecided
By Robert Windmill
A Futurity Stakes start hangs in the balance for Black Caviar while trainer Peter Moody weighs up with connections the best path to Royal Ascot for the unbeaten champion.
Moody said he would meet with Black Caviar's owners on Tuesday night, adding that in his own mind he knows what he wants to do.
He gave a hint that Black Caviar could be running the Futurity when he said on Tuesday "I can't fault the horse".
"Initially I was not big on it but the horse has done particularly well," he told TVN.
"I will discuss it with the owners this evening and lay out my thoughts what the positives and negatives are.
"I've sort of got in my own mind what I want to do but it is not fair to mention that until I discuss it with them."
Black Caviar would set an Australasian record of 20 consecutive wins should she win Saturday's weight-for-age Futurity Stakes (1400m).
Acceptances close on Wednesday morning.
Moody is mindful that lining up in Saturday's Group One would mean four runs in five weeks and three Saturdays in a row after winning the Orr Stakes and the Lightning Stakes at her last two starts.
"It is a big ask for any horse and I will give them (the owners) my thoughts this evening and we will go from there," Moody said.
He said "all roads to lead to Royal Ascot" but the path to get there needed to be sorted out.
"If we do run Saturday where does that leave us and if we don't run Saturday where we do we go from there?" Moody asked.
"I would think in the next 24 hours, probably tomorrow, I will be able to definitely suggest where she is headed."
He said the $2 million Golden Shaheen option at the end of March was still on the table with a scheduled flight from Melbourne to Dubai on March 9.
He said he hoped to make a reconnaissance trip to Dubai after next week's Melbourne Premier Yearling Sales.
Moody has taken advice from former South Australian Jeremy Gask who is now based in England on how best to manage the trip.
He said that unlike in Australia, trainers use their own staff as barrier attendants in England and that he would be recommending to the owners that a Racing Victoria attendant accompany Black Caviar.
The barrier attendant would also be responsible for putting the customary barrier blanket on Black Caviar at the start.
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