This time in 2025, Coeur Volante was being prepared for the Tattersalls Tiara. While her days as a top-tier Group 1 contender may have passed, there’s still significant prize money available.
The daughter of Proisir, a recent winner at Sandown, is set to pursue more earnings in the $150,000 open handicap over 1400 metres at Caulfield next Saturday.
The five-year-old mare is very likely headed for Widden’s breeding barn later this year, where she will be covered by Zoustar. Co-trainer Ben Hayes stated there’s no compelling reason to cease her racing career in the interim.
“It’s a chance for her to make some more money before the new breeding season,” he explained.
“She’s already a Group 2 winner and the only way you can improve the pedigree is winning a Group 1 and the only Group 1 left is the Tatts Tiara, which is next week and she’s not running there.
“She’ll probably race into spring.”
Coeur Volante achieved victory in the Group 3 Mannerism Stakes (1400m) under the guidance of Mike Moroney and Glen Thompson, less than a week before Moroney’s passing in February of the prior year. Thompson then took over the training of the $90,000 Karaka yearling. Earlier in her career, she had won the Group 3 Champagne Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley and the Group 2 Thousand Guineas Prelude (1400m) at Caulfield.
She experienced an unlucky fourth place in the 2023 Group 1 Thousand Guineas (1600m), which was won by Joliestar.
Last year’s Tattersalls Tiara was her most recent Group 1 start, where she finished second-last in the field of 18 runners.
The previous owners offered Coeur Volante for sale via Inglis Digital in November, where she was purchased by Widden and Bangaloe Stud for $500,000. Since then, in two starts for her new owners, she finished third in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes before her winning performance over 1400m at Sandown on June 13.
“It’s all worked out well with her and she was a nice, impressive win,” Hayes commented.
“It was really good to get her back in the winner’s stall.”
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