The focus is intensifying for Sheza Alibi.

The highly-regarded filly is nearing the conclusion of her Queensland stint and is set to rejoin the Pakenham stable operated by Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman.

Following her sensational win in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile, the daughter of Saxon Warrior headed north. Trainer Peter Moody mentioned she has relished her time off, preparing for a pivotal four-year-old season.

“She actually travels home from Queensland next week,” Moody said from Flemington on Saturday.

“(It’s been) slowly, slowly. She’s done about seven weeks’ work up there and enjoyed it.

“There wasn’t a lot of developing to do, she just had to maintain her health and wellbeing and she’s done that.”

Sheza Alibi enhanced her reputation as Australia’s premier horse during the Sydney Autumn Carnival, with her dominant 4-1/4-length victory in the Doncaster Mile following an earlier Group 1 success in the Randwick Guineas (1600m).

After a brief rest period, she underwent a month of pre-training before a three-week spell at Eagle Farm.

“Trot and canter for a month, just to put a base in them and the last three weeks she’s been in at Eagle Farm at our stable there,” Moody elaborated on Sheza Alibi’s current work program.

“She’s done three weeks at three-quarter pace and she’s ready to have a gallop now.”

Moody indicated that the spring program for the Horse of the Year candidate is still taking shape, but initial plans are being developed with a view to a first-up run in the Group 1 Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 29.

“She probably has a jumpout at the end of the month, trials the first or second week of August somewhere there and the Memsie’s at the end of August,” he stated.

“That was the first possible (target) – I’m not saying that the one – but that’s the first option.”

The Memsie Stakes is scheduled seven days after the Group 1 Winx Stakes in Sydney, a race many racing fans would prefer her to resume in, as it would potentially create a significant clash with fellow Horse of the Year contender Autumn Glow.

The main objective for Sheza Alibi in the spring is the $10 million Golden Eagle (1600m), scheduled for October 31, a race over the same distance and course as her two Group 1 wins, where she is currently a strong favourite.

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